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The Rivonia Trial

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The Rivonia Trial: 11 July 1963 to 12th June 1964 : As reported by the press From 28th August, 1963 to 13the June, 1999. Collected by Percy Yutar, the Chief State prosecutor in the Rivonia Trial and Deputy Attorney General of the Transvaal.

Original ‘Awaiting Trial’ card

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Original ‘Awaiting Trial’ card: Nelson Mandela.
The charges related to Mandela for calling on workers to strike in May 1961, against the proclamation of South Africa as a republic and travelling without the necessary travel documents in January, 1962. Mandela went on trial at the Old Synagogue in Pretoria on 15 October, 1962.