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The Many Faces of Apartheid Repression
… declared) and confers wide powers of detention without trial, banning of persons, organizations, gatherings, … this Act. Formal repression of persons…
ArticleRuth First timeline 1925-2012
… 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…
ArticleFederation of South African Women (FEDSAW)
… were rounded up and detained, this led to the Treason Trial that went on for four and a half years. During the Treason Trial, FEDSAW women organised support…
ArticleAfrican Peoples Democratic Union of Southern Africa (APDUSA)
… of which was the raid on Liliesleaf leading to the Rivonia trial, the apartheid government was on the offensive. Running parallel to the Rivonia trial was…
BiographyRobert Gabriel Mugabe
… statements in public and was given bail awaiting trial. Following differences in ideologies and a struggle for …
ArchiveThe State versus Nelson Mandela and others: address in mitigation, 12th June 1964
… Mandela and others, on the last day of the Rivonia Treason Trial, in the Supreme Court of South Africa, before the … vs Mandela and others, held in Pretoria,…
ArticleThe Crackdown on the Black Consciousness Movement in 1973
… Pan African Congress (PAC), especially after the Rivonia Trial , saw a lull in anti-apartheid politics that only ended … opposition have been described by…
Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Act 110 of 1983
… 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…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1960s
… 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…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1950s
… supporters of 20 liberation movement leaders, who are on trial facing charges under the Suppression of Communism Act, … the Johannesburg Magistrate's Court…
EventNelson Mandela is sentenced to five years for “incitement and leaving South Africa illegally”
… discovery of Liliesleaf Farm, the head quarters of MK. The trial, which was dubbed the ‘Rivonia Trial’, lasted eight months. Mandela was found guilty and ……
EventFive ANC leaders are released from prison
… and a large number of ANC documents were confiscated. The trial became known as the Rivonia Trial. On 11 June 1964, almost a year into the trial, Judge…
The Bill of Rights
… 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…
ArticleProgressive Federal Party (PFP)
… African Parliament. She fought against detention without trial, pass laws, influx control, and job reservation on …
EventFour political detainees escape from Pretoria Central prison in one of the most dramatic escapes in SA history
… in the Rivonia raid; Moosie Moolla, accused in the Treason Trial; and Charlie Jassat, escaped from the Johannesburg … break came roughly two months before…
EventGovernment admits responsibility for Mdluli’s death
… after his arrest in connection with the 1976 Gwala treason trial. Four security policemen were charged with culpable … Patrick Makhanya and Mr Zabulon…
ArchiveANC Policy: Racial Harmony
… guidance of Counsel in State vs Mandela and others in the trial known as the Rivonia Trial. …
ArchiveJudgement in the Supreme Court of South Africa: the State versus Nelson Mandela and others
… vs Mandela and others, held in Pretoria, South Africa. The trial became known as the Rivonia Trial. …
Archive4. The conscientious objectors
… of two posters with drawings of Philip Wilkinson at his trial. Quote from part of his speech to the judge at his trial. …
EventJustice Ludorf convicts thirty men accused of conspiring to overthrow the SWA administration
… The presiding judge in the Pretoria terrorist trial, Justice Ludorf convicted the thirty men accused of … to twenty and five years respectively. At the time…
ArchiveIn the Supreme Court of South Africa before the Honourable Judge President Mr Justice De Wet, in passing sentence in the matter of the State vs Mandela and others, held in Pretoria, South Africa
… vs Mandela and others, held in Pretoria, South Africa. The trial became known as the Rivonia Trial. …
ArchiveZuma rape case judge stands down (BBC News),13 February 2006
… The judge presiding over the rape trial of South Africa's former Deputy President Jacob Zuma … last November. Mr Zuma, 63, denied the charges when the trial…
ArchivePreliminary analysis of structure of indictment
… Trial proceeding of the preliminary analyses of structure of indictment regarding Vaal Triangle treason trial between the state versus Patrick Mabuya Baleka…
The State against Nelson Mandela and nine others: opening address
… in the Supreme Court of South Africa, in Pretoria. The trial became known as the Rivonia Treason Trial. …
ArchiveThe State versus Nelson Mandela and others, 12th June 1964: Judges remarks in passing sentence
… held in the Supreme Court of South Africa, Pretoria. The trial became known as the Rivonia Treason Trial. …
ArchiveThe State versus Nelson Mandela and others: extract of evidence from Govan Archibald Mbeki, Volume 28
… vs Mandela and others, held in Pretoria, South Africa. The trial became known as the Rivonia Trial. …
ArchiveThe State versus Nelson Mandela and others: extract of evidence from Lionel Bernstein, Volume 26
… vs Mandela and others, held in Pretoria, South Africa. The trial became known as the Rivonia Trial. …
ArchiveThe State versus Nelson Mandela and others: extract of evidence from Raymond Mhlabo, Volume 25
… vs Mandela and others, held in Pretoria, South Africa. The trial became known as the Rivonia Trial. …
ArchiveThe State versus Nelson Mandela and others: extract of evidence from Ahmed Kathrada, Volume 24
… vs Mandela and others, held in Pretoria, South Africa. The trial became known as the Rivonia Trial. …
ArticleChief Albert John Mvumbi Luthuli timeline 1800 - 1967
… 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…