Twelve Africans are acquitted at the Supreme Court

Date: 3 Jul 1969
Updated: 22 Aug 2019

Twelve Africans on trial at the Supreme Court in Grahamstown, accused of having conspired to take over a town and kill Whites, were acquitted on the charge, but were given prison sentences ranging from seven to one year's imprisonment for being members of the illegal organisation Poqo, armed wing of the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) and forerunner of the Azanian People's Liberation Army (APLA). Twelve other accused were acquitted on all charges. References: Kalley, J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, Westport: Greenwood.

Search events by date

What happened on your birthday?

Cite this entry

South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Twelve Africans are acquitted at the Supreme Court. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012123

South African History Online (2011) 'Twelve Africans are acquitted at the Supreme Court', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012123 (Accessed: 27 August 2026).

South African History Online, Twelve Africans are acquitted at the Supreme Court [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012123, (accessed 27 August 2026).

"Twelve Africans are acquitted at the Supreme Court." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012123. Accessed 27 Aug. 2026.

South African History Online. "Twelve Africans are acquitted at the Supreme Court." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012123.