The Rivonia Trial
The Rivonia high treason trial, in which Mandela was one of the accused, is in the news again. According to reports Dr Percy Yutar, who was the prosecutor in the case, is going to…
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FULL TEXT: Mandela’s Rivonia Trial Speech
I am the First Accused. I hold a Bachelor’s Degree in Arts and practised as an attorney in Johannesburg for a number of years in partnership with Oliver Tambo. I am a convicted prisoner serving…
Full text of “Rivonia Trial Transcript Nelson Mandela Walter Sisulu”
W.M.E. SISULU -22- ON RESUMING ON THE 21 st APRIL 1964 WALTER MAX ELLIOT SISULU . still under oath EXAMINATION BY MR. FISCHER (CONTINUED) : Mr. Sisulu, you will remember you referred yesterday to the…
Rivonia Trial 1963-1964
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…
The Nelson Mandela (Rivonia) Trial: An Account
by Douglas O. Linder (2010) Nelson Mandela It’s “the trial that changed South Africa.” In the fall of 1963, Nelson Mandela and ten other leading opponents of South Africa’s apartheid regime faced trial for their…
The Rivonia Trial Fifty Years later
Fifty years after the beginning of the Rivonia Trial, officially known as the State versus Mandela and others, we are able to look at what happened in the light of the literature that has been…