The remarks of the Honourable Judge President Mr Justice De Wet, in passing sentence in the matter of the State vs Mandela and others, held in Pretoria, South Africa. The trial became known as the Rivonia Trial.
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In the Supreme Court of South Africa before the Honourable Judge President Mr Justice De Wet, in passing sentence in the matter of the State vs Mandela and others, held in Pretoria, South Africa

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South African History Online. (2016, February 22). In the Supreme Court of South Africa before the Honourable Judge President Mr Justice De Wet, in passing sentence in the matter of the State vs Mandela and others, held in Pretoria, South Africa. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0120530
South African History Online (2016) 'In the Supreme Court of South Africa before the Honourable Judge President Mr Justice De Wet, in passing sentence in the matter of the State vs Mandela and others, held in Pretoria, South Africa', South African History Online, 22 February. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0120530 (Accessed: 22 July 2026).
South African History Online, In the Supreme Court of South Africa before the Honourable Judge President Mr Justice De Wet, in passing sentence in the matter of the State vs Mandela and others, held in Pretoria, South Africa [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0120530, (accessed 22 July 2026).
"In the Supreme Court of South Africa before the Honourable Judge President Mr Justice De Wet, in passing sentence in the matter of the State vs Mandela and others, held in Pretoria, South Africa." South African History Online, 22 Feb. 2016, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0120530. Accessed 22 July 2026.
South African History Online. "In the Supreme Court of South Africa before the Honourable Judge President Mr Justice De Wet, in passing sentence in the matter of the State vs Mandela and others, held in Pretoria, South Africa." South African History Online. February 22, 2016. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0120530.
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