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Documents, speeches, Awards, and articles relating to Albert John Luthuli
… 1962 Excerpts from Chief Lutuli's evidence at the treason trial dealing with his understanding of a non-violent … South Africa freedom day on June 26, 1953…
ArticleA History of the Bulhoek Massacre
… including Enoch Mgijima and his sons. In November 1921 the trial of the 141 Israelites arrested began in Queenstown. … against the authority of the state” …
Last of The Gandhians in South Africa
… on for a year before his appeal was dismissed. When the trial resumed in 1967, Nanabhai read a 19- page statement on … I am ready for the sentence." Many…
Article1960's Diaries of Nelson Mandela on his trip through Africa
… part of the state’s body of evidence during the Rivonia trial. Mandela read his famous statement from the dock, …
ArticleA history of prison labour in South Africa
… of forced labour. Mass arrests and detention without trial led to overpopulated prisons and the colonial powers …
ArticleSouth African Communist Party Timeline 1870-1996
… in Cape Town on a charge of sedition. After a long trial, the case is eventually withdrawn in 1948.14 - 17 … dissociates himself from his fellow trialists…
ArticleList of people banned under Apartheid
… was convicted under the Terrorism Act in April 1972 in the trial of members of the African People's Democratic Union os … mother of 2 daughters. One of the…
ArticleuMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Timeline 1961-1990
… of sabotage. 27 November, The Silverton and Soekmekaar trial closes. The three involved in the Soekmekaar police … to rescue five alleged South African…
ArticleUnited Nations and Apartheid Timeline 1946-1994
… of the ANC and allied organisations chargedin the "Rivonia trial". (Many of them had beenarrested on the Rivonia farm). … the Government of South Africa…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1970-1979
… of their actual residence. 24 August, The second trial of the 19 prisoners (including Winnie … be taken against the South African government. 14 May, The…
ArticleDemocratic Alliance (DA)
… African Parliament. She fought against detention without trial, pass laws, influx control, job reservation on grounds …
ArticleTutu and his role in the Truth & Reconciliation Commission
… members of the ANC - the ruling party at the time of the trial - could similarly be charged. It can be noted that out …
France in 1789
… , which were royal warrants ordering imprisonment without trial. During Louis XVI’s reign, 14000 lettres de cachet were …
ArticleThe Freedom Charter
… shall be imprisoned, deported or restricted without a fair trial; No-one shall be condemned by the order of any …
ArticleDr G M 'Monty' Naicker - Timeline
… ANC, Chief Albert Luthuli, was arrested for treason. The trial continued for three years. 1960 - Dr Naicker played a …
ArticleSlave Resistance
… worked as 326 marchers were captured. 47 were put on trial including the leadership group of Hooper, Kelly, Louis …
ArticleDefiance Campaign 1952
… covering a period that began on 1 October 1952. The trial of amongst others, Moroka, Sisulu, Marks, Mandela, …
ArticleSouth African Indian Congress (SAIC)
… early in 1956. The SAIC had members among the Treason Trial defendants and in uMkhonto weSizwe when it was formed …
The Triumph of the Radicals, 1939-1946
… independence". A great deal of publicity was given to the trial and the t wo nationalist blocs organised meetings to protest against it. The trial had the…
ArticleThabo Mbeki (1942 - ) Timeline
… Government in South Africa concerning the Rivonia Trial. 1966 Thabo Mbeki completes a Masters Degree in … asked by the officials from Equatorial Guinea to…
ArticleSouth African Congress of Trade Unions Timeline 1919-1997
… and Dyeing workers union and member of the Treason Trial, dies in exile. Lawrence Ndzanga dies in detention. … workers union dies in custody. He was detained…
The Mass Democratic Movement, February 1988 - January 1990
… form of severe sentences for those in the Delmas Treason Trial . During January 1989 there was an increase in hunger …
ArticlePoqo
… and gave the Minister house arrest and detention without trial powers. Both Poqo and uMkhonto we Sizwe armed responses …
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1940-1949
… charged and released on his own recognisance. He goes on trial in the Johannesburg Magistrates Court. The case is … Central Committee. January 30, On the…
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1960 - 1969
… when the remaining accused in the long drawn out Treason Trial are on trial. March 30, The Government declares a State of Emergency … are arrested in early…
The people armed, 1984-1990
… wounded. The police detained more than 2 000 people. The Trial and Sentence of the Sharpeville Six Two months later … that they were their members and the…
Article1960 - 1994: Armed Struggle and Popular Resistance
… wounded. The police detained more than 2 000 people The Trial and Sentence of the Sharpeville Six wo months later … that they were their members and the…
ArticleSouth Africa needs a national holiday on 16 November to acknowledge its indentured
SOUTH AFRICA NEEDS A NATIONAL HOLIDAY ON 16 NOVEMBER TO ACKNOWLEDGE ITS INDENTURED LABOUR HERITAGEBy Brij Maharajhttps://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1930-1939
… of the Congress of Democrats and defendant in the Rivonia Trial , is born in Cape Town. 17 May, National elections take … (Mac) Maharaj , defendant in the…
Outbreak of bubonic plague
… proper lavatory accommodation and earth closets. Awaiting-trial Yard at Gaol . On the 30th of April, instructions were … Permit Office District Office, Mill…