Black, white and red poster. Notice of an exhibition on the Treason Trial of 1956-1961 opening on 27th February 1996 at the Museum Africa, Johannesburg. Photograph of a crowd of people outside the Drill Hall in Johannesburg on the first day of the Trial, 19th December 1956, carrying placards saying 'we stand by our leaders'.
Archive record
Tried for treason

- Updated
- 26 Jun 2019

South African History Online. (2016, February 22). Tried for treason. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0117781
South African History Online (2016) 'Tried for treason', South African History Online, 22 February. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0117781 (Accessed: 21 July 2026).
South African History Online, Tried for treason [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0117781, (accessed 21 July 2026).
"Tried for treason." South African History Online, 22 Feb. 2016, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0117781. Accessed 21 July 2026.
South African History Online. "Tried for treason." South African History Online. February 22, 2016. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0117781.
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