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… The first treason trial in South African history post apartheid regime is under … of explosives found. 2003 19 May, A Boeremag treason trial starts amid high security at the Pretoria High Court, … applications for assistance from the accused. The trial was postponed till 9 June 2003. 17 June, The treason …

… African guerrilla trials, the Silverton and Soekmekaar trial. The charges brought against the accused were in … significant points of argument that kept coming up at the trial concerned the ANC’s policy to avoid bringing harm to … that hostage-taking was a method used by the ANC. The trial came to a close on 27 November, 1980. Johnson Lubisi, …

… Often referred to as "the trial that changed South Africa,” in October 1963, ten leading opponents of apartheid went on trial for their lives on charges of sabotage. In what was arguably the most profound moment in the trial, Nelson Mandela made a speech in the dock in which he …

… when 156 Congress leaders were arrested and put on trial for high treason. The swoop came in the early hours of … the previous bannings and banishments had not worked. A trial was set up and unusual measures were taken to make sure … special legislation being passed by parliament for the trial. The legislation allowed for a Special Court to be …

… of 183 467 ‘man days’ to various mining companies. The trial of trade unionists, mineworkers and members of the CPSA … Secretary, was arrested. The story of the Sedition Trial was covered by newspapers as far as Australia. An … transfers between Indians and non-Indians. By the time the trial commenced on 26 August 1946, 52 people were charged …

… been on stage when others had done so. Events before the Trial The lead up to the trial began in 1984 following an anti-Tricameral Parliament … It was becoming clear that the state wished to draw the trial out. The state also arrested more people, adding their …

… Treason Trial Gallery …

… A collection of letters that relate to the Rivonia Trial. Some of these items have been scanned from originals … Letters: Rivonia Trial 1963-1964 …

… On the Rivonia Trial …

… Mandela, then serving a five-year sentence following his trial in 1962 when I had acted as his legal representative. I … fresh in my mind, in May and June 1964 as the Rivonia Trial drew to an end. They were intended to provide a factual account of the events leading up to the trial by one of the participants who “got away”. I decided …

… speeches and public statements that relate to the Rivonia Trial. These are text files and transcriptions from various … Speeches and Public Statements: Rivonia Trial 1963-1964 …

… The Rivonia Trial Fifty Years later …

… the book The Final Prize by Norman Levy (Chapter 16) On Trial State versus Abram Fischer and Thirteen Others The … 90-day detainee under solitary confinement to an awaiting trial prisoner was bewildering and the transition … or legal counsel, write letters or talk! As an awaiting trial prisoner I could “enjoy” all these facilities but the …

… of videos and audio files that relate to the Rivonia Trial … of videos and audio files that relate to the Rivonia Trial 1963-1964 …

… of official documents and articles that relate to Rivonia Trial 1963-1964 …

… of flyers, posters and buttons that relate to the Rivonia Trial 1963-1964 …

… Excerpts from Chief Lutuli's evidence at the treason trial dealing with his understanding of a non-violent …

… and farce competing. Beginning in 1946 with the “sedition trial”, it became a feature of successive governments to have a major trial each decade until the start of the 1990s. The trials … the CPSA, and continued into the fifties with the Treason Trial in 1956, the Rivonia Trial in 1963 and protracted but …

… and resolutions they adopted. What is apparent from the trial records though is that members of the cell intended to … a banned organization, the case proceeded as a political trial. The recently enacted legislation on dealing with …

… approach and securing access to lawyers. The Treason Trial When 156 leaders of the ANC and allied organisations … Reeves that he would raise money for the forthcoming trial. Reeves set up a Treason Trial  Fund inside South Africa to raise money and …

… Independent, December 6, 1998. A scene from a Nuremberg trial. Source: pbs.org For a great website on the Nuremburg … the perpetrators of genocide. Perpetrators were put on trial in the city of Nuremburg and punished (see Nuremberg Trial on www.bbc.co.uk) . South Africa chose not to go the …

… reasons. Firstly, the example of Zulu culture and the rape trial of President Zuma (2005/2006) will be used to show the … in contemporary South Africa due to the 2005/2006 rape trial of (then, Vice-) President Jacob Zuma. Prior to … on Zulu culture due to the 2005/2006 Zuma rape trial in which he used his Zulu culture as a significant part …

… the pass laws, pass burnings, bus boycotts, the Treason Trial , and countless demonstrations and protests, … 1961, the day of the organisation’s first attacks. After a trial accusing him and thirteen other individuals of … for eradicating the discrimination of all people. While on trial in 1964, Weinberg even publicly stated that his Jewish …

… in Johannesburg during the strike. 1947 26 August, Stands trial with 49 others for involvement in the African … suspended for two years. Bram receives the verdict of the trial while in Vienna to attend the Congress of the People … and tried for treason in what becomes known as the Treason Trial . Bram is part of the defence team. 1957 December, …

… declared) and confers wide powers of detention without trial, banning of persons, organizations, gatherings, … this Act. Formal repression of persons Detention without trial Detention for interrogation or 'preventive' purposes, … periods (many have experienced detention without trial for as long as 32 months). Conditions of isolation from …