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1893-1958

Johannes Gerhardus Strijdom

… (1956). The beginning, in 1957, of the protracted Treason Trial of the government's extra-parliamentary opponents also …

B-0009106

1907-1995

Professor Harold Jack Simons

… respected lecturers. He was a defendant in the sedition trial that followed the African mineworkers' strike of 1946 …

B-0009059

1913-1999

Yetta Barenblatt

… her involvement in political affairs after the Treason Trial, and was detained in Johannesburg during the 1960 State …

B-0007828

Jomo Kenyatta

… authorities, and on 21 October 1952 he was arrested. The trial, which lasted several months, was a travesty ”” … and the judge was openly hostile to Kenyatta…

B-0099749

1939

Thomas Madikwe Manthata

… of the 1984 uprising,he became a defendant in the Delmas trial of 1985-89.Although convicted of treason in late …

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1918-1977

Elijah Nkwenkwe Loza

… ANC.He was sentenced to six years' imprisonment in the trial State v. Mbolompo and 44 others,but was released after …

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Mngqingo Pikani

… against Pikani and Maqutu but they failed to appear for trial.  The community sheltered the accused and threatened to …

B-0149319

1928-2012

Joe Mkhwanazi

… in South Africa and charged in the infamous Bethal Trial, Mkhwanazi’s leading role in Anti-Apartheid activities …

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1909-1961

David Pratt

… reports on the inquiry into the Sharpeville massacre, the trial of Robert Sobukwe , the police sealing off townships on … further was reported on Pratt until…

B-0068322

1935-2012

Abdul ‘Apamai’ Rahman Dawood

… Dawood was detached from the Defiance Campaign and Treason trial in the early and late fifties respectively, he became … being involved in clandestine…

B-0071944

1925-2013

Alan Robert Lipman

… the "'Big Daddy' of the liberation movements." The Rivonia Trial in 1963 forced Lipman and his wife to leave South … the country, then he would have been…

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1924-2010

Harry Heinz Schwarz

… notably, Schwarz served on the defence team of the Rivonia Trial that saw his former classmate Nelson Mandela amongst … Schwarz refused any payment from…

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1950

Nyangana Zithulele Absolom Cindi

… the Terrorism Act and became a defendant in the lengthy trial of the South African Student Organisation (SASO) Nine …

B-0068439

1920-2009

Amina Desai

… Communist Party (SACP)  in 1972. On the first day of her trial, she suggested to her lawyer that he contact Timol who …

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1941-2010

Eugène Ney Terre’Blanche

… resigned from the movement shortly before the start of the trial.  One of them was Jacob Viljoen, a co-accused with Terre'Blanche in an earlier trial for…

B-0009130

1919-2000

Mary Dorothy Benson

… Benson was asked to take over the office of the Treason Trial Defence Fund in 1957, becoming secretary of the defence … him in a car as he posed as her…

B-0007841

1914-1998

Archibald Jacob Gumede

… appeared at the preparatory examination of the Treason Trial in Johannesburg but charges against him were dropped in … David, Naidoo, and Sewpershad) was…

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1920-1989

Albert Newall

… donated pieces to the 1958 auction in aid of the Treason Trial’s Defense Fund – raising money for the legal defence of …

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1977

Samuel Malinga

… which culminated in the Pan-Africanist Congress trial in Bethal in 1978. Mrs Malinga was initially unable to …

B-0074811

1923-1987

Massabalala (Bonnie) Yengwa

… treason in December 1956. He was released from the Treason Trial a year later and took up his legal studies again, …

B-0009251

1934-2013

Ian Berry

… of South African politics and covered the Treason Trial for the newspaper. Eighteen months after starting at …

B-0007844

1961

Brett Murray

… pictures of himself taken during the years of the Rivonia Trial prisoners' sentences and explored his role in the …

B-0008712

1962

Christopher “Dali” Daluxolo Mpofu

… his comrades were charged and allowed bail, followed by trial. In 1979 he became an active member of the ANC, and … took place in Maseru, (Lesotho).” [9] It…

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1930-2013

Ismail Jacob Mohamed

… three and a half months in detention without charge or trial in 1976. He threw himself into community work in the … were arrested and the Mohameds became…

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1935-2026

Shanthivathie (Shanthie) Naidoo

… the banning orders. She had gone to court to attend the trial of the late Bram Fischer , a jurist and Chairman of the … to the court on 21 December 1969, to…

B-0008735

1930-2019

Hassim Mohamed Seedat

… was detained for a month in 1965 in connection with the trial of MD Naidoo who was sentenced to five years on Robben …

B-0141676

1960-2020

Zindziswa “Zindzi” Nobutho Mandela

… at Robben Island after the conclusion of the Rivonia Trial in 1964.  She went on to live with her mother Winnie …

B-0150021

Benjamin Johnson Langa

… rights lawyer involved in defending political activists on trial. Pius Langa would later go on to become South Africa’s … the two killers testified in their…

B-0080452

1901-1968

Zachariah Keodirelang Matthews

… principal of Fort Hare to being an accused in the  Treason Trial . On his release from the trial in late 1958, he returned to Fort Hare, but …

B-0008500

1945-2004

Sheila Weinberg

… seven months and imprisoned for five years after a lengthy trial over Central Committee membership of the banned SACP. … regularly accommodate those in need…

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