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EventFormer City Press Editor Mathata Tsedu's son is found burnt beyond recognition in the boot of his car
… and Arnold Sello, to kidnap and murder her husband. In a trial that lasted two years, Sivhidzo and her two co-accused …
EventMinster of Justice, Pelser defends the banning orders on eight leaders of SASO
… into question as these individuals had not been brought to trial. …
Descom Bulletin
… tried to support those that were detained without trial by the government. Due to the conditions under which …
EventMac Maharaj, Laloo Chiba, Raymond Nyanda and Andrew Masondo arrive on Robben Island prison
… Sisulu among others were being kept after the Rivonia Trial. There were suspicions by Maharaj and the leadership of …
EventDavid Kitson released
… John Matthews was sentenced to fifteen years in the same trial as Kitson. It was alleged that he had assisted in …
EventBram Fischer is sentenced to life imprisonment
… in Johannesburg on 11 November 1965. On 23 March 1966 his trial began in Pretoria. Fischer was convicted of conspiring …
EventThree Delmas trialist released
… here to read an article about the UDF and Delmas Treason trial. …
EventBritish presents final Peace proposal
… government announced that Rebel leaders would be put on trial, but none will be executed. …
EventBhambatha becomes chief
… to Dinizulu as indicated in his reportage on the treason trial of Dinizulu, unpublished Master of Arts (History) …
EventThe United Nations (UN) imposes sanctions on Libya
… the country, Libya turned over the Lockerbie suspects for trial, and sanctions were suspended. The story of the Pan Am …
ArchiveBarberton Prison by Sloane Fuller
… of the South African press when the “heat exhaustion trial” exposed testimony revealing excessive violence and … . In what would become known as the “heat…
ArchiveBiography of Joyce Sikhakhane-Rankin by Victoria Sedeno
… Prison then back to Pretoria Central Prison for the trial. On December 1, 1969, the trial took place at the Old Synagogue in Pretoria. Twenty-two … in 1960. …
ArchiveAfrica South Vol.3 No.2 Jan-Mar 1959
… The Abduction of a Community by Rabbi Dr. Andre Ungar. The Trial Begins, D.A. Leonard. The Dutch Reformed Church …
EventThe twentieth anniversary of the arrest of Nelson Mandela is marked by a call for his release by China
… country. Bob Hepple acted as his legal representative. His trial took place inPretoria's Old Synagogue. In November …
EventSouth African Journalist, Zwelakhe Sisulu is abducted.
… he was arrested under the Terrorism Act, detained without trial, tortured and released after 251 days. Five years …
EventJimmy Kruger announces amendment to the Internal Security Act
… Security Act, allowing for the unlimited detention without trial of persons deemed to be threatening public order, would …
EventAbolition of Internal Security Act
… Security Act (ISA), which allowed for detention without trial. This measure had been one of the most hated pieces of …
Event14 Year old girl is convicted in Pietermaritzburg High Court
… had stolen from the house as their payments. During the trial, the girl tried to implicate a family acquaintance and …
EventNelson Mandela celebrates his 90th birthday.
… indisputable revolutionary war leader who endured arrest, trial and incarceration on Robben Island. Whilst in prison he …
EventHlubi Chief Langalibalele becomes one of the first Black activists to be tried and banished to Robben Island
… captured and sent to Pietermaritzburg where he was put on trial by a kangaroo court which consisted of substantial …
EventNelson Mandela and Walter Sisulu on Robben Island 5 August 1982
… country. Bob Hepple acted as his legal representative. His trial took place in Pretoria's Old Synagogue. In November …
EventFormer City Press Editor Mathata Tsedu’s son is found burnt beyond recognition in the boot of his car
… and Arnold Sello, to kidnap and murder her husband. In a trial that lasted two years, Sivhidzo and her two co-accused …
EventTwo psychiatrists give evidence on the proceedings of David Beresford Pratt’s case
… On 13 September 1960, during the trial of David Beresford Pratt, two psychiatrists gave …
EventThe Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland collapses
… amongst them, Dr Hastings Banda , were detained without trial. In 1960, following his release, Banda fled to London, …
ArticleThe International Criminal Court: Origins, Jurisdiction and the ‘African Bias’
… prosecute crimes prior to its establishment in 2002, the trial of former Chadian dictator, Hissene Habre, raised the possibility of an African trial of an…
ArticleMahatma Karamchand Gandhi Timeline 1900-1909
… hartal in Johannesburg. November 15, Defends pickets at trial in Pretoria. November 30, By closing date of … notice served on him. Gandhi told the Judge…
ArticleSouth African Communist Party (SACP)
… up of the Freedom Charter in 1955. In the infamous Treason trial that followed the Freedom Charter in 1956, 156 people … those arrested as their lawyer in…
The Mission: A Life for Freedom in South Africa by Denis Goldberg
… Chapter 7 Arrest at Liliesleaf Chapter 8 The Rivonia Trial Chapter 9 Emotional desert: Prison, 1963 to 1985 …
EventThe United Nations adopts a resolution establishing an eleven member United Nations Council for South West Africa
… 03 May 2012) South African History Online, ‘Rivonia trial sentence is delivered’, [online], available at …
New Age
… sport. Some items that made "front page" were, the Treason Trial; revolts at Zeerust and Sekhukhuniland; Group Areas and …