Walter Sisulu convicted of inciting protest

Date: 4 Mar 1963
Updated: 30 Sep 2019

Walter Sisulu convicted of inciting protest

Former secretary-general of the African National Congress (ANC), Walter Sisulu, was convicted of having incited a stay-at-home of African workers in protest of the Republic of South Africa Constitution Act of 1961. This incitement was seen as an attempt to further the aims of the ANC. He was sentenced to six years' imprisonment, but was released on bail and placed under a 24-hour house arrest.

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01South African History Online,"General South African History Timeline: 1960s",From: South African History Online,[Online],Available at: www.sahistory.org.za,[Accessed on:05 February 2014]

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Walter Sisulu convicted of inciting protest. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011975

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"Walter Sisulu convicted of inciting protest." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011975. Accessed 11 Sept. 2026.

South African History Online. "Walter Sisulu convicted of inciting protest." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011975.