Walter Sisulu and others are arrested for attending a party

Walter Sisulu, Lillian Ngoyi and Alfred Nzo were arrested after attending a party that was used as a cover up for a political meeting at the house of Lillian Ngoyi.  They were charged with contravening section 9(1) of Act 44 of 1950. The case was later withdrawn because there was no sufficient evidence provided to prove that the party was in fact a meeting. Sisulu was later arrested at Liliesleaf Farm outside Rivonia along with 7 other members of Umkhonto we Sizwe High Command. On this occasion Sisulu was not released. He, together with Nelson Mandela and 8 others were charged for treason in October 1963 and convicted. In June 1964 he was among 8 of the accused sentenced to life imprisonment at Robben Island. He was released at the beginning of the negotiation process that paved the way for a non racial democracy in South Africa.