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… The first treason trial in South African history post apartheid regime … of explosives found. 2003 19 May, A Boeremag treason trial starts amid high security at the Pretoria High Court, … Boeremag Treason Trial Timeline …

… when 156 Congress leaders were arrested and put on trial for high treason. The swoop came in the early hours of the morning of … the previous bannings and banishments had not worked. A trial was set up and unusual measures were taken to make sure … Treason Trial 1956 - 1961 …

… was to arrest key people and charge sixteen of them for treason and contravention of the Internal Security Act. The … been on stage when others had done so. Events before the Trial The lead up to the trial began in 1984 following an anti-Tricameral Parliament …

… Treason Trial Gallery …

… The Final Prize by Norman Levy (Chapter 12) A Charge of Treason When detectives invaded the Congress of the People on … the amorphous indictment of the accused in the Treason Trial in December 1956, while the names and addresses seized … lull while the government prepared for a sensational show-trial. New Age suspected that this was the case and in …

… African guerrilla trials, the Silverton and Soekmekaar trial. The charges brought against the accused were in … Soekmekaar police station. The accused were charged with treason; two counts of murder and 21 of attempted murder; … significant points of argument that kept coming up at the trial concerned the ANC’s policy to avoid bringing harm to …

… Excerpts from Chief Lutuli's evidence at the treason trial dealing with his understanding of a non-violent …

… The Treason Trialists, 1956 …

… Often referred to as "the trial that changed South Africa,” in October 1963, ten leading opponents of apartheid went on trial for their lives on charges of sabotage. In what was arguably the most profound moment in the trial, Nelson Mandela made a speech in the dock in which he …

… of 183 467 ‘man days’ to various mining companies. The trial of trade unionists, mineworkers and members of the CPSA … Secretary, was arrested. The story of the Sedition Trial was covered by newspapers as far as Australia. An … of the CPSA were arrested and charged with sedition and treason. The government continued to apply pressure on the …

… A collection of letters that relate to the Rivonia Trial. Some of these items have been scanned from originals … Letters: Rivonia Trial 1963-1964 …

… On the Rivonia Trial …

… Mandela, then serving a five-year sentence following his trial in 1962 when I had acted as his legal representative. I … fresh in my mind, in May and June 1964 as the Rivonia Trial drew to an end. They were intended to provide a factual account of the events leading up to the trial by one of the participants who “got away”. I decided …

… speeches and public statements that relate to the Rivonia Trial. These are text files and transcriptions from various … Speeches and Public Statements: Rivonia Trial 1963-1964 …

… The Rivonia Trial Fifty Years later …

… the book The Final Prize by Norman Levy (Chapter 16) On Trial State versus Abram Fischer and Thirteen Others The … 90-day detainee under solitary confinement to an awaiting trial prisoner was bewildering and the transition … The senior prosecutor, Liebenberg, had appeared in the Treason Trial nine years previously and remained as …

… of videos and audio files that relate to the Rivonia Trial … of videos and audio files that relate to the Rivonia Trial 1963-1964 …

… of official documents and articles that relate to Rivonia Trial 1963-1964 …

… of flyers, posters and buttons that relate to the Rivonia Trial 1963-1964 …

… and other political movements, and accused them of high treason. The preliminary hearing of the Treason Trial was held in January 1957, with the accused in cages and … accused, but continued the case with the remaining 91. The trial continued, with the state changing the charges when …

… in Johannesburg during the strike. 1947 26 August, Stands trial with 49 others for involvement in the African … suspended for two years. Bram receives the verdict of the trial while in Vienna to attend the Congress of the People … December, 156 Congress leaders are arrested and tried for treason in what becomes known as the Treason Trial . Bram is …

… a regional approach and securing access to lawyers. The Treason Trial When 156 leaders of the ANC and allied organisations … Reeves that he would raise money for the forthcoming trial. Reeves set up a Treason Trial  Fund inside South …

… one of the 156 activists who are arrested and charged with treason in what would become the Treason Trial . 1960 March, In the aftermath of the Sharpeville … The charges are dropped against the 156 in the Treason Trial. First goes on a secret trip to South West Africa (now …

… towns, the pass laws, pass burnings, bus boycotts, the Treason Trial , and countless demonstrations and protests, … 1961, the day of the organisation’s first attacks. After a trial accusing him and thirteen other individuals of …