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… with the United Kingdom. March, The accused in the Treason trial are found not guilty, after a trial lasting four years. The remaining 30 accused in the Treason Trial are acquitted of charges of treason March - April, …

… media attention to the same extent as did the Rivonia Trial. Yet, a number of trials in the Eastern and Western … killing appeared in court a few months after the main trial. Veyusile Sharps Qoba was convicted for his part in … 7 March 1968. In 1968 twelve members of Poqo were put on trial for planning to attack the police station, a power …

… Fischer closes the case for the defense in the Treason Trial. December, Mandela attended an underground meeting of … Doris van der Heyden and Gordon Hendricks were brought to trial in Cape Town. 30 October, Bob Hepple’s charges are … the first indictment against the 10 accused in the Rivonia Trial. A new indictment is served on the 10 accused alleging …

… Nelson Mandela , Helen Joseph  and Walter Sisulu  to stand trial for the entire period until 1961. Despite the … they were all acquitted in March 1961 after being on trial for five years. On 10 May 1963 Moosa Moolla was amongst … persons had been meeting. This led to the famous 'Rivonia Trial', in which Nelson Mandela, Walter Sisulu, Govan Mbeki …

… as chiefs. King Dinizulu was arrested near Nongoma. His trial took place in Greytown. Although he was defended by …

… Moroka dissociates himself from his fellow trialists. The trial drags on for five months and all the leaders are found … of the 20 liberation movement leaders, who are on trial under the Suppression of Communism Act, demonstrate at … the Johannesburg Magistrate's Court during the preliminary trial. 10-12 October, Nelson Mandela is elected the president …

… and made the dour proceedings bearable. For some of us on trial, words and phrases like “quashed”, “expunge from the … of the less-experienced counsel in the 1956 Treason Trial, whose attempts at cross-examination fizzled out almost … they began their interrogations. On occasion during this trial, there was a faintly audible “phzzzzz” from the seat …

… and charged with treason in what would become the Treason Trial . 1960 March, In the aftermath of the Sharpeville … The charges are dropped against the 156 in the Treason Trial. First goes on a secret trip to South West Africa (now …

… Mozambique. Eighty SASO/BPC leaders are detained without trial for encouraging disorder at the time of the …

… Mozambique. Eighty SASO/BPC leaders are detained without trial for encouraging disorder at the time of the …

… HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus). September, Clinical trial tests show that a drug called azidothymidine (AZT) … mother-to-child transmission. First human vaccine trial in a developing country begins in Thailand. Zapiro … Africa and Caribbean. First HIV vaccine to undergo a full trial proves to be a flop. New WHO Director General Lee …

… Pan African Congress (PAC), especially after the Rivonia Trial , saw a lull in anti-apartheid politics that only ended … opposition have been described by Mamphela Ramphele as a trial period, during which they developed the discourse of … dispersing them to their various home towns. In August the trial of Mosibudi Mangena ended with his conviction, after he …

… Act gave police powers to arrest and detain people without trial for a period of renewable ninety days. The Bill of … with its general claim that no man shall be denied a fair trial for an unreasonably long time, would have made this act …

… African Parliament. She fought against detention without trial, pass laws, influx control, and job reservation on …

… for Africans in South Africa. 1964 With the Rivonia trial still in progress, Nusas delegate Martin Legassic … banned and put under house arrest Mangena’s terrorism trial ends in his conviction. Mid-December, BPC, after a … leave the country. February, At the Saso Nine pre-trial hearing, the defendants emerge from the holding cells …

… or without just cause; b.    not to be detained without trial; c.     to be free from all forms of violence from … 3.    Every accused person has a right to a fair trial, which includes the right- a.     to be informed of the … and facilities to prepare a defence; c.     to a public trial before an ordinary court; d.    to have their trial …

… in Durban. It is subsequently cited in the 1956  Treason Trial . November, Nearly the entire Natal Indian Congress … statement by Chief Luthuli at the time of the Treason Trial, for burning his pass. This statement was to have been … persons, including Chief Luthuli and Walter Sisulu , on trial for high treason since 1956, are found not guilty and …

… far cry from their attitude towards her during Zuma’s rape trial. - 10th: Father Graham Pugin, the Jesuit chaplain to … 1966. - Flash floods hit Johannesburg DECEMBER Ongoing  trial of Zwelethu Mthethwa, a prominent South African artist … National Gallery in Cape Town while Mthethwa is still on trial for allegedly murdering sex worker Nokuphila Kumalo in …

… XXXV of 1827 and removed to Yeravda Prison. There was no trial, no sentence. Unconditionally released on January 26, …

… of sabotage. 27 November, The Silverton and Soekmekaar trial closes. The three involved in the Soekmekaar police … to rescue five alleged South African agents awaiting trial for bomb attacks against the ANC in Zimbabwe. 12 October, The trial of three Zimbabwean intelligence officers begins in …

… National Congress, the ruling party at the time of the trial, could also be charged. 5392 people were refused …

… and Dowse, the former mere boys, shot down without even a trial at the Rosettenville Kopjes, and the hundreds of …

… Durban strikes 1976 Expert witness for the defence in the trial of 9 Black Consciousness leaders under the Terrorism …

… of those Natal political leaders charged in the Treason Trial. She became a staff member of the University of Natal … including Meer and Winnie Mandela, were detained without trial within months of its founding. The organisation banned … communities to the Soweto Uprising.  Detained without trial from August to December 1976 part of it in solitary …

… for Black Consciousness activists in the State vs Cooper trial. Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/ In February 1973 … into the banning order. He appeared in the SASO-BPC trial in May 1976 as a witness, and used the courtroom to …

… leaders in preparation for the Pietermaritzburg Treason Trial . The state stopped the UDF and some affiliates from … with Moss Chikane and detained until the Delmas Treason Trial . Killings by the security police increased. The UDF …

… some Palestinian protesters were imprisoned without trial. 2000 The second Anti-Fada happens. This was due to …

… Walter Sisulu is arrested on a charge of High Treason. The Trial continues until 1961. 1958 Albertina gave birth to her … League in Orlando. August, The start of the Treason Trial proper, Walter Sisulu was one of the accused. The Trial was relocated to Pretoria.   1959 Albertina is elected …

… its use of torture, imprisonment and detentions without trial. By the late 1960s, the government had jailed, banned …

… by then judge Willem Heath and testifies on Schabir Shaik trial. After the parliamentary watchdog Standing Committee on …