CHARLES ALFRED ZEELIE
Your Honour, no.   The main reason, the main purpose of this behaviour was not to jeopardise the government and the police force, and to put them to shame.  I want to mention it that the commemoration of the 1976 unrests was just around the corner.   If it became known that a section 29 detainee died during detention and interrogation, it would have had massive repercussions for the South African Police and the government of that day.   That could have led to a complete renewed unrest and violence, and also pressure from the outside world on the government of that day and pressure on the government to give in to the demands of the ANC.