The Argus: Mandela, the Rivonia Trial, life or death? (Supplement Part 2)
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- Title
- The Argus: Mandela, the Rivonia Trial, life or death? (Supplement Part 2)
- Description
- A retrospective report published in February 1990 reflecting on the commencement of the Rivonia Trial on October 9, 1963. The article highlights the social climate of the time, contrasting the trial of the "Rivonia 11" with the front-page news of Cape Town singer Danny Williams marrying a white woman in London—an act then criminalised in South Africa under the Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act. It notes the archaic racial terminology used in 1963 press reports ("Natives") and the specific charges of sabotage and communism.
- Subject
- Mandela, Nelson, 1918-2013 -- Trials, litigation, etc.
- South Africa -- Politics and government -- 1948-1994
- Trials (Political crimes and offenses) -- South Africa
- Trials (Treason) -- South Africa, Rivonia Trial, Pretoria
- South Africa, 1964
- Trials (Sabotage) -- South Africa
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/76172
- Rights
- The Argus
- Rights Holder
- The Argus
- Provenance
- The item is held at the Cory Library for Humanities Research, Rhodes University, on behalf of the Labour Research Service
- Type
- text
- Extent
- 8 pages
- Format
- Language
- English
- useGuidelines
- The materials are made available explicitly for research and educational purposes. Any use of these materials must be cleared with the Labour Research Service.
- Publisher
- The Argus
- Date
- 1990-02-07
- Item sets
- General Materials
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