/ 16 April 1987

UDF beats banning

A banning order prohibiting a United Democratic Front gathering in Cape Town was set aside at the last minute late yesterday afternoon.

A banning order prohibiting a United Democratic Front gathering in Cape Town was set aside at the last minute late yesterday afternoon — barely an hour before the meeting was due to start.

A full bench of the Cape Town Supreme Court yesterday overturned the ban, imposed on Tuesday.

The court, which heard the urgent, application at 5pm, granted the order with costs, but did not give judgement.