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1922-2013

Vesta Smith

… Gatherings Act, held for four months as an awaiting trial prisoner and then given a five-year suspended sentence. …

B-0096465

1921

Jacqueline (Jackie) Arenstein

… briefly illustrates Arenstein’s involvement in the Treason Trial, and gives us some insight into the status she held as … of Communism Act, charged with…

B-0007793

Potlako Leballo

… In 1970 he appeared as the key state witness in the trial of seven Tanzanians convicted of plotting to overthrow …

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1919-1998

George Naicker

… Law and was subsequently charged in the Natal sabotage trial sitting at Pietermaritzburg and sentenced to 14 years’ … Natal Indian Farmers Union, accused in…

B-0068192

1932-2002

Curnick Muzuvukile Ndlovu

… testified in the in favour of the state in the Rivonia trial . Ndlovu was sentenced to 20 years in prison and sent …

B-0070371

1920-2018

Rica Hodgson

… she became fundraiser and secretary of the Treason Trial Defence Fund and later, in 1961, for the Johannesburg …

B-0080342

1943

Joyce Sikhakhane-Rankin

… the World newspaper in December 1963, during the Rivonia Trial , which the paper didn't cover adequately. Joyce wrote … whilst working at the paper. At the…

B-0068455

1929-2009

Ronald “Ron” Press

… by workers. The bail conditions specified that the Treason Trial accused had to report to the police once a week. They … the bosses to negotiate a national…

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1912-2003

Walter Ulyate Sisulu

… High Treason. The preparatory examination of the Treason Trial began on 19 December in the Johannesburg Drill Hall. … Sisulu and many of his co-defendants in…

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Dieter 'Felix' Gerhardt

… death sentence being handed down for high treason. In his trial, Gerhardt stated that the repulsion he felt towards his … he deliberately attempted to sow…

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1918-2011

Albertina Nontsikelelo Sisulu

… Orlando. The women were in jail for three weeks awaiting trial. They had Nelson Mandela as their legal representative … and eventually they were all…

B-0065389

1944-2004

Moses Ndlovu

… him to co-ordinate transport for the families of those on trial in Pietermaritzburg between 1976 and 1977. He was …

B-0149289

1939-2022

Francis Wilson

… major Black political activity and the consequent Rivonia trial , Wilson decided to return to South Africa with his …

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1911-1985

Naboth Monyandioe Moreleba Mokgatle

… during the events that led to the infamous Treason Trial.  Mokgatle began writing The autobiography of an …

B-0008609

1916-2014

Epainette Nomaka Mbeki

… husband was sentenced to life imprisonment at the Rivonia Trial and her three sons went into exile, MaMbeki remained at …

B-0094629

1967-1991

Vuyani Mabaxa

… in Mabaxa spending many periods of detention without trial. He was also active in the Diepkloof branch of the …

B-0073091

1929-2007

Adelaide Frances Tambo

… the two were married in December 1956, during the Treason Trial . They were aware that both were likely to be arrested …

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Ambrose Makiwane

… a march from Fort Hare to Alice in 1958 against theTreason Trial. He also led protests against the Transfer Act of 1959. …

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1922-1988

Dr Ahmed Ismail Limbada

… and from there to Zambia. During the [NEUM] Maritzburg Trial (June 1971- April 1972) the accused faced charges under … on 2019-03-06 South African History…

B-0080477

1916-1965

Dr Arthur Elias Letele

… with 155 liberation movement leaders during the Treason Trial. The charges against him were withdrawn and he was …

B-0008321

1916-2015

Sarah Carneson

… in 1956 as one of the 156 accused in the Rivonia Treason Trial , Sarah put her energies into a fundraising committee …

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1928-2016

Clarence Mlami Makwetu

… crop farming. In June 1976 Makwetu was detained without trial and released in May 1977. He was arrested in July 1977 …

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Billy Paddock

… Archbishop Desmond Tutu strongly defended him at his trial, the only member of the Anglican hierarchy to do so. He …

B-0076350

1949

Lex Mpati

Lex Mpati was born in Durban. His maternal grandparents were from the Fort Beaufort, Eastern Cape, and this is where his parents sent him when he was a baby…

B-0149238

1946-1977

Stephen Bantu Biko

… the circumstances while giving evidence at the SASO/BPC trial in 1975: “It so happened that when we got to Rhodes … Ramphele has described the years from…

B-0007855

1868-1913

King Dinuzulu

… Louis Botha believed that Dinuzulu did not have a fair trial. When he became Prime Minister of South Africa in 1910, …

B-0008008

1953

Sandile Ngcobo

… preparing pleadings and briefs, and preparing cases for trial and appeal. Cases involved the unlawful transfer of …

B-0008773

1911-1999

Harry Snitcher

… . In 1947, he was tried for sedition and acquitted. The trial delayed his application for silk by a year, and left …

B-0086255

1953

Mosima Gabriel (Tokyo) Sexwale

… tried in what later became known as the Pretoria Twelve Trial. He was convicted in 1978 and sentenced to eighteen …

B-0009025

1868-1928

Enoch Mgijima

… became known as the Bulhoek Massacre. In November 1921 the trial of the 141 Israelites was held in Queenstown. They were …

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