 Winter then asked "Die Suidwester" to apologise for its attacks, and said that if it did not do so, he would sue the newspaper and its editor, Frans van Zyl.Frans van Zyl was a member of the South West Africa Legislative Assembly, and his brother Eben van Zijl was a member of the Executive Committee.The Legislative Assembly held a special night session to amend an ordinance that allowed the Administrator-in-Executive Committee to deport people from the territory.