The
Rivonia Trial was an infamous
trial which took place in
South Africa in the
1960s, in which eight leaders of the
African National Congress were tried for 221 acts of sabotage designed to "ferment violent revolution".
It was named after Rivonia[?], the suburb of Johannesburg where the leaders had been arrested, with eight others, in July 1963.
The trial began on November 26, 1963, and ended on June 12, 1964, at which point all eight defendants were sentenced to life imprisonment.
The trial was condemned by the United Nations Security Council, and led to their trying to get international sanctions imposed against the South African government.
List of defendants
External link
- "The Rivonia Trial (http://www.observer.co.uk/mandela/story/0,8224,436395,00)" - article by Sunder Katwala from The Observer, dated Sunday, February 11, 2001
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