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… One of the first-string accused in the Treason Trial, he was born in 1913 in Grahams town and … he was already in prison at the time of the December 1956 treason arrests. He returned to Port Elizabeth at the end of …

… activist, and one of the first-string accused in the  Treason Trial  of 1956 to 1961. Gert Sibande was born in the … and deported from Bethal in 1953. He was charged with treason in 1956, at which time he was a member of the … the few among the accused to take the witness stand in the Treason trial, where he displayed his directness and …

… Act. In December 1956 he was arrested and charged with treason and spent the next four and a half years as a defendant in the  Treason Trial  in Pretoria. During the course of the trial, … Pan Africanist Congress. Following his acquittal in the Treason Trial in 1961, he became an aide to Matanzima and a …

…  in the mid-1950s and a first-string accused in the  Treason Trial of 1956-1961 . Tyeku was born in 1904 and … destroyed his livelihood and the long years of the Treason Trial left him destitute. …

… During the same year, he was arrested and charged for High Treason along with  Chief Albert Luthuli ,  Nelson Mandela ,  Walter Sisulu  and other activists in the infamous  Treason Trial . Keitsing was later sentenced to 12 months in … the Supreme Court in mid-1957. Charged with others in the Treason Trial, Keitsing was brought daily from his cell to …

… in two large adjacent cells. This led to the infamous Treason Trial, 1956 - 1961. … People leaders across the country, the arrests led to the Treason Trial …

… Cape and was later among the first-string accused in the Treason Trial. When other treason defendants were detained during the 1960 state of …

… executive committee, position he held at the time of the treason arrests in December 1956. A defendant throughout the full length of the  Treason Trial , he moved Basutoland at the end of the trial …

… this time elapsed when he was arrested and charged with treason in December 1956. He was released from the Treason Trial a year later and took up his legal studies … Pretoria to appear as a defence witness for the remaining treason defendants in September 1960. Detained during the …

… were later charged with assault. She was charged with treason and other alternative charges under the Terrorism Act … she was a member of the ANC, but rejected the charge of treason. Despite the state’s lack of evidence that she was … to overthrow the government, she was found guilty of treason and sentenced to 10 years in prison on 21 October …

… of whom were charged with her as co-accused in the 1956 Treason Trials . Arenstein worked as a journalist and … Kliptown in June 1955. She was arrested and charged with treason on 5 December 1956, and was forced to leave her two … end of the year charges were withdrawn against 65 of the treason trialists, including Arenstein. A quote from Helen …

… the reasons behind the boycott. During the 1955 - 1956 Treason Trial , she worked tirelessly for the Treason Trials Defence Fund , supporting all 156 defendants …

… national vice-presidents. She was arrested, charged with treason in December 1956 she was the president of the ANC Women’s League. She was one of the defendants in the  Treason Trial  until she was discharged in December 1957. …

… the Congo has four former ministers sentenced to death for treason, …

… the Congo has four former ministers sentenced to death for treason, …

… law studies. From 1954 until 1957, when his arrest for treason precluded his participation in Natal affairs, he … secretary for the Youth League. He was discharged from the Treason Trial late in1957.  In April 1959 he was chosen …

… in 1956 to protest against pass laws.    For the 1956 treason trial , Thayanayagie got a group of women together … of the liberation movement who were under trial for treason in 1956. Volunteers collected funds and groceries … questioning regarding the provision of food for the men on treason trial lists. But she was not intimidated. In 1959, …

… North West Province]. He was one of the accused in the1956 Treason Trial , charged for high treason. He was then “banned from attending gatherings and … upon to do so, became a key piece of evidence in the  Treason Trial . As one of the first-string accused in the …

… from Johannesburg.’He was arrested and charged for treason in 1956 . He sat through the entire trial and was only acquitted in early 1961. During the Treason Trial the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC)  was formed, …

… club. He was arrested on 5 December 1956 on charges of treason arising from his involvement in the Congress of the … Botswana and from there made his way to London. During the Treason Trial he did a number of sketches of the various …

… Excerpts from Chief Luthuli’s evidence at the treason trial dealing with his understanding of a non-violent …

… committee of the Youth League and was a defendant in the Treason Trial from December 1956 until late 1958, using some … for New Age . Early in 1959, after his release from the Treason Trial, he left South Africa illegally to attend a …

… an anti-apartheid activist, former political detainee, and treason trialist, was born in Wynberg, Cape Town, Western … she and 11 other ANC members were put on trial for high treason as part of a group known as the "Yengeni Trialists." … which ended: The state, therefore, stands accused of treason, and the people do not and will not withdraw that …

… Delmas - the passion ... the pain - [The Delmas Treason Trial 1984 - 1988] …

… and jailed for four weeks. During the famous  1956 Treason Trial , 156 leaders and activists in the Congress Alliance were charged with high treason. Bishop Ambrose Reeves, Alan Paton , Alex Hepple , a … Race Relations and Julius First set up the South African Treason Trial Defence Fund  which was later administered by …

… in the Cape in 1956 he was arrested and charged with treason in the infamous Treason Trial (1956), he was acquitted.   Ntsangani was also …

… Bokala was one of many that were arrested at dawn for treason.  He was reunited with his family on 21 December 1956 … against Bokala and 64 of his fellow accused in the Treason Trial, and therefore free to go home. However, later …

… Notable as the first accused, alphabetically, in the Treason Trial , Regina v. F. Adams and others, which lasted … from 1956 to March 1961. At the time of his arrest for treason in 1956 he was employed as a clerk. He was banned in …

… The four former ministers sentenced to death for treason, murder, and an attempted coup by Joseph-Désiré …

… of the Pretoria Supreme Court sentences the eleven "Delmas Treason Trialists" he had convi …