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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…

B-0009223

1908-1964

Molly Fischer

… went underground or into exile. During the Rivonia Trial Fischer was quite involved in supporting the defense … daughter Ruth married Anthony Eastwood. At…

B-0008070

1928

Michael Kitso Dingake

… African Police.  He was severely tortured prior to his trial. Then they caught somebody, or the Botswana authorities … although the apartheid regime had,…

B-0064882

1954

Tony Sithembiso Yengeni

… with terrorism and detained for four years while awaiting trial. During his detention period Yengeni was exposed to …

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1961

Paul Shipokosa Mashatile

… to assassinate him. He was eventually detained without trial for four years from 1985 to 1989 after the declaration …

B-0064867

1927-2019

Ben Turok

… the People. He was arrested for treason in 1956 and stood trial until charges against him were withdrawn in 1958. …

B-0068644

1914-2011

Jean Bernadt (nee Alkin)

… She was involved in fundraising for the 1956 Treason Trial . She was labeled as a statutory communist under the …

B-0094343

1879-1924

Alfred Mangena

… to the British govern­ment on behalf of those facing trial after the 1906 Bambatha rebellion , and laid a charge …

B-0141684

1977-2008

Eudy Simelane

… the black lesbian community in townships. Following a trial, two of Simelane’s four attackers were convicted. Thato …

B-0149208

1922-2010

Lettie Malindi

… branch, and was one of those charged in the 1956 Treason Trial . Lettie attended primary school in Stellenbosch and …

B-0150379

1936-2018

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela

… figure and one of the key defendants in the Treason Trial , which had commenced the year before, in 1956. From … government restrictions on the movements of…

B-0008431

1934

Moosa “Mosie” Moolla

… Helen Joseph , Ahmed Kathrada and Walter Sisulu - to stand trial for the entire period until 1961. Despite the … they were all acquitted in March 1961, after…

B-0141674

1948

Timothy Peter Jenkin

… 6 of the Terrorism Act, which allowed detention without trial for up to 60 days, and was extendable. Lee made an … see family, and held at Pollsmoor Prison…

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1904-1983

Alex Hepple

… Party (1953-58), a founder and Chairman of the Treason Trial Defence Fund (1956-61), and Chairman of the South … Provincial Parliament, founder and Chairman…

B-0066278

1920-2017

Violet Sarah Matlou (née Phiri)

… husband was arrested with 156 others in the 1956 Treason Trial and she single-handedly took care of her four children …

B-0068680

1983

Portia Modise

… Guinea on 15 – 19 November 2008. In 2003, she had a trial with the British team, Arsenal women’s squad, but saw …

B-0099532

1949

Baleka Mbete-Kgositsile

… a note from her brother who was at the time an awaiting trial prisoner in Johannesburg ’s John Voster Square, the …

B-0008248

1924-1994

Elias Mathope Motsoaledi

… was sentenced to life imprisonment at the 1963–4 Rivonia trial for his MK involvement, along with former president …

B-0095282

14 January1918-1999

Dimitri Tsafendas

… summary hearing, Tsafendas was found unfit to stand trial, thus not guilty of Verwoerd’s murder by reason of … heard from Tsafendas himself. Also unmentioned…

B-0009157

1929-2021

Norman Levy

… with 154 others prior to what became known as the  Treason Trial . As a result, Levy was suspended as a teacher by the … and many others’ membership of the…

B-0008327

1937-2021

Ebrahim Ismail Ebrahim

… with 18 others in what became known as the 'mini-Rivonia' trial. He was convicted on three counts of sabotage in … and charged with high treason in May 1987…

B-0008038

1933

Mildred Lesiea

… Our Leaders Campaign’ in opposition to the 1956 Treason Trial . In 1957, she was involved in the campaign against … with sabotage under the Suppression of…

B-0083813

1958-2004

Martin Tose

… year was also characterised by the start of the Treason Trial, the compulsory carrying of pass books for Black people …

B-0122965

1914-2006

Nnoseng Ellen Kate Khuzwayo

… were picked up by the police and detained without trial. Ellen was held in the Johannesburg Fort for five …

B-0008257

1919-1976

Dr James Lowell Zwelinzima Njongwe

… In 1956 he was named a co-conspirator in the  Treason Trial  but was not arrested. In the 1960 emergency, however, …

B-0068251

1939-2024

Breyten Breytenbach

… in 1975, the catastrophe of his arrest, excruciating ‘show trial', and the two years spent alone in a cell directly …

B-0007886

1958-1995

Nithianandan ‘Elvis' Ganese Govender

… participate in the Cape to Rio Yacht Race. The murder trial date was moved to April 1996 to accommodate this. Then … backwards to accommodate the accused.'…

B-0150804

1925-2008

Nthato Harrison Motlana

… part in organising the Defiance Campaign of 1952 and stood trial with Walter Sisulu and Nelson Mandela in the "Sisulu and nineteen others" trial. He was…

B-0144724