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1929-2010

Vincent Joseph Gaobakwe Matthews

… 1956. Most of those charged were released on bail and the trial began in 1958. Matthews and his father were among those acquitted in the marathon, four-and-a…

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1944

Subbiah Moodley

… period. That was his second ninety-day period. He went on trial for “for defacing public property at the University. … time he was charged for sabotage…

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1913-1969

C. J. Mayekiso

… Congress of Trade Unions . A defendant in the  Treason Trial  for its full length (1956 to 1961), he was rearrested …

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1947

Pandelani Jeremia Nefolovhodwe

… Cindi, Muntu Myeza and Kaborane Sedibe. After a lengthy trial that became known as the SASO Nine trial, all were convicted on 21 December 1976 and sentenced …

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1935

Judge Albert Louis “Albie” Sachs

… was placed in solitary confinement for 168 days without trial. He eventually went into exile in 1966. He spent eleven … which is now a classic of prison…

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1897-1961

Elias Phakane Moretsele

… the 156 accused who were tried during the famous treason trial. He was in fact one of the last 30 accused held until end of trial, but died early in March…

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1925-1968

Patrick Mosell Molaoa

… He was one of the first-string accused in the Treason Trial, and after his acquittal in 1961 he worked in the sales …

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1923-2004

Wilton Zimasile Mkwayi

… was later among the first-string accused in the Treason Trial. When other treason defendants were detained during the …

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1935-2007

Gaus Shikomba

… to Pretoria. He was later brought back to Namibia for his trial. He was found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment …

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1910-1989

Issy Heymann

… with the  aim of making him testify in the Bram Fischer Trial, but Heymann refused.  Issy Heymann died in 1989.  …

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1918-1996

Rowley Israel Arenstein

… , a journalist, was a defendant in the 1956 Treason Trial . Though banned, he continued to defend persons accused … that he was expelled. Arenstein was…

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1923-2004

Anthony Richard Stubbs

… Robert Sobukwe . In Pretoria in 1975, a protracted trial of nine BC leaders took place. Stubbs, in his role as … Black People's Convention, was a regular…

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1923-2016

Audrey ‘Bobbie’ Cobden

… reasons behind the boycott. During the 1955 - 1956 Treason Trial , she worked tirelessly for the Treason Trials Defence …

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1914-2016

Selloane Ethel Leisa

… leader, Lilian Ngoyi , who during the Rivonia Treason Trial was on the run and needed a place to hide. Furthermore, … women who actively supported the ANC…

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Mohammed Tikly

… African National Congress (ANC).  During the 1963 Rivonia Trial, he  together with three other activists participated … particular. The idea was to maximise…

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1957-1998

Simon Nkoli

… penalty. This was the beginning of the Delmas Treason Trial, which would become one of the longest running trials … to be released on bail and another two…

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1971

Josiah Thugwane

Josiah Thugwane was the first Black South African athlete to win an Olympic gold medal. He was born on 22 April 1971 in the small town Bethal, eastern…

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1922

George Edward Peake

… Chairperson through the period of the  Treason Trial , in which he was a defendant from 1956 until late … the Building Workers' Union, defendant in the 1956…

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1922

Greenwood Dumisa Ngotyana

… out of Cape Town after his release from the Treason Trial in late 1957 and was eventually restricted to the Tsomo …

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1938

Ngugi wa Thiong’o

… this time.  In 1976 wa Thiong’o co-authored the play, The Trial of Dedan Kimathi with a colleague, Micere Githae Mugo. … and he spent the rest of 1978 in…

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1952

Barbara Anne Hogan

… Terrorism Act and the Internal Security Act .During the trial, she admitted that she was a member of the ANC, but … ANC who was sentenced to life…

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1929-1981

Joe Nzingo Gqabi

… Gqabi became chief defendant in the 1977 “Pretoria Twelve Trial” that attracted wide attention in the country and … to testify against him in the resulting …

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1913-1994

Stephen J.C. Dlamini

… of black people. Dlamini was an accused in the Treason Trial of 1956 until charges against him were withdrawn in … Harry Gwala and other SACTU and…

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1933-2012

Evelina de Bruin

… political activism as such, until her name surfaced in the trial of the ‘Upington 14’ .  The trial was as a result of a protest that turned violent, in …

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1928-2011

Henry Gordon ‘Squire’ Makgothi

… 1956 he was released on bail. During the preparatory trial he was hospitalised with tuberculosis for several … Mine Hospital. In August 1958, when he…

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1928-2010

Jean Clarice Middleton

… had arrived. She was arrested within weeks of the Rivonia Trial , in which Mandela and the ANC leadership were jailed … was named as one of 14 defendants,…

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Mkhubo Mngomezulu

… allegedly gave money for Sondeza Lugogo Mngomezulu’s trial (for attacking a Chief) and signed the petition to the …

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William Mosehle Sekhukhune

… banishment order was signed, he was in custody awaiting trial for alleged violence. Officials feared that he could be …

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Joseph Fansio Mati

… Later they were transported to Walmer police station. The trial of the 29 was held in Port Alfred where they were charged with sabotage. In April 1964 six of…

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1945

Reverend Allan Aubrey Boesak

… his verdict on those accused in the Delmas [Treason] Trial, Church Square was full of policemen. Two blocks from … thought the rampage had nothing to do with…

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