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Treason Trial 1956 - 1961

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
Biography
Jun 28, 2011

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela

Lawyer, anti-apartheid activist, banned person, ANC member, SACP member, MK Commander in Chief, 1956 Treason Trialist, R...

Frances Baard
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Frances Baard

Organiser of the African National Congress (ANC) Women’s League and Trade Unionist.

Alex la Guma
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Alex la Guma

Writer, member of the SACP, leader of the South African Coloured People's Organisation (SACPO) and a defendant in the 19...

Fred Carneson
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Fred Carneson

Journalist and business manager of the New Age, member of the CPSA Central Committee, political prisoner and defendant i...

Sonia Beryl Bunting
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Sonia Beryl Bunting

Member of the SACP, Founder member of the Cape Town Friends of Cuba Society

Jacqueline (Jackie) Arenstein
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Jacqueline (Jackie) Arenstein

Journalist, Legal Advisor to Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi, jailed from 1966-1970 under the Suppression of Communism Act, c...

South African Congress of Democrats (COD)
Article
Mar 30, 2011

South African Congress of Democrats (COD)

In 1952, Whites who identified themselves with the aspirations of those who participated in the Defiance Campaign formed...

Leon Levy
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Leon Levy

Trade unionist, Author, SACTU Leader and 1956 Treason trialist

Treason Trial 1956 - 1961
Article
Mar 31, 2011

Treason Trial 1956 - 1961

For some time there had always been a question in peoples' minds as to why the government had allowed the Congress of th...

 Suliman Moosa  Esakjee
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Suliman Moosa Esakjee

Political activist and Treason Trialist involved in the Traansvaal Indian Congress, the Congress of the People, the 1946...

Lionel Forman
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Lionel Forman

journalist, author, barrister and member of the COD and SACP

Yetta Barenblatt
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Yetta Barenblatt

Trade Unionist, member of the East London Worker’s Civic League and Secretary of the Congress of Democrats (CoD) in 1954...

 Stella Madge  Damos
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Stella Madge Damos

Trade unionist, member of SACTU

Ayesha Bibi “Asa” Dawood
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Ayesha Bibi “Asa” Dawood

Political and women's activist and trade unionist

Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Nhlumba Bertha Mkhize

Political Activist, teacher and business owner.

Martha Mohlakoane
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Martha Mohlakoane

ANC member and a leader of Orange Free State women in the anti-pass campaign

Biography
Aug 27, 2011

Ida Fiyo Mntwana

First president of the African National Congress Women’s League, elected to the ANC Executive Committee, National ...

Rev. James  Arthur Calata
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Rev. James Arthur Calata

Former Secretary-General of the ANC (1936-1949), political activist and Anglican clergyman

Wilton Zimasile  Mkwayi
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Wilton Zimasile Mkwayi

Organiser for the African Textile Workers Union in Port Elizabeth, member of the ANC and Umkhonto We Sizwe, Treasurer of...

Lionel Rusty Bernstein
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Lionel Rusty Bernstein

Writer, Political Activist, Architect, SACP and MK member, banned person, politcal prisoner, exile,  recipient of The Or...

Patrick  Mosell Molaoa
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Patrick Mosell Molaoa

Born in Johannesburg in 1925, he grew up in Alexandra Township and attended schools in Basutoland, Johannesburg, and Kim...

Adams Farid Ahmed
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Adams Farid Ahmed

Member of the SAIC and the SACP, 1956 Treason Trialist

Pieter Arnoldus Beyleveld
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Pieter Arnoldus Beyleveld

National organiser for the Labour Party, in 1952, President of the Congress of Democrats, President of the South African...

 Isaac  Bokala
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Isaac Bokala

Teacher, member of the African National Congress (ANC) Youth League. Bokala was active in the 1952 Defiance Campaign, th...

 Julius  Phumelele  Busa
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Julius Phumelele Busa

Trade unionist and ANC member

Dr Arthur Elias Letele
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Dr Arthur Elias Letele

Doctor and ANC member 

 Vusumzi (Vusi)  Linda Make
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Vusumzi (Vusi) Linda Make

Banished person, Civil Rights Activist, member of the African National Congress (ANC) Youth League, active in the Evaton...

Leslie  Massina
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Leslie Massina

Secretary of the Transvaal Council of Non-European Trade Unions, Deputy volunteer-in-chief for the Transvaal in the 1952...

John A. Mavuso
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

John A. Mavuso

Member of the African National Congress national executive committee, defendant in the 1956 Treason Trial 

David H Mgugunyeka
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

David H Mgugunyeka

Born 1906. Commercial traveller. Prominent in the defiance campaign in Cape Western, and in Langa Congress activities.

Leslie Sonny Thuso Monnanyane
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Leslie Sonny Thuso Monnanyane

Prominent Orange Free State ANC leader

 Obed Tseko Motshabi
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Obed Tseko Motshabi

Born in 1925, Motshabi worked as a clerk. He took part in the 1944 Alexandra Township bus boycott movement and the shant...

Henry Gordon ‘Squire’ Makgothi
Biography
Apr 20, 2011

Henry Gordon ‘Squire’ Makgothi

Teacher,  President of the African National Congress (ANC) Youth League; accused in the 1956 Treason Trial. Makgothi was...

Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Mahomed “Chota” Motala

Congress Activist, ploitical prisoner, banned person and Medical Doctor.

Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Lionel Morrison

Journalist, Secretary of the Cape Town branch of the South African Coloured People's Organisation and an accused in the ...