rivonia trial Flashcards
when did the rivonia trial take place
between 1963-1964
when was Mandela sentenced to jail and why
months before the trial, in 1962
he had been sentenced for travelling outside South Africa without a passport
at the time of the trial how long had Mandela been in prison for already
8 months
how many were accused in the trial
11 Mandela , ahmed kathrada ,Walter sisulu, Denis Goldberg (only white to sent to jail)
what happened when the defence was started
Nelson Mandela was going to be the 1st defence witness
the state prosecutor has b
prepared to cross exam mandela and break him down
but he got a shot ANC lawyers announced that mandela won’t Give evidence but he would instead make a statement
how many of the 11 were accuse and where were they sent
what happened to those two were not accused
8 from the 11 were accused
they were sent to life imprisonment at robben island in June 1964
the 3 who were not guilty left the country
after the rivonia trial what changed in South Africa
resistence to apartheid in SA slowed down as many of the anti-aparthedi leaders were in jail
by 1964 what dod the police succeed in doing
they succeeded in ruthlessly ending all of the internal resistance of the liberation movements
new resppressive laws were passed
what did this made SA
it made SA a police state
then in 1970 what happened
a new movenmet called ‘black consciousness’’ led to renewed resistance , in Soweto
