Rivonia trial soho theatre

Walter Sisulu's mother was a domestic worker, his father a white civil servant. He was arrested seven times between and He was present at a meeting of the Umkhonto High Command when Operation Mayibuye was first presented for consideration.

Sisulu was among those captured in Rivonia in July Defense attorney Joel Joffe described Sisulu as "one of the most impressive personalities among the accused. Sisulu was the first defense witness to be questioned on the witness stand.

He testified that Operation Mayibuye was presented to the High Command but never adopted. He stated that he did not agree with many aspects of the proposed operation: "My view was that conditions did not exist at that time for Operation Mayibuye. Sisulu was convicted on all four counts and sentenced to life in prison. He was released in Govan Mbeki, at 53, was grey-haired and the oldest of the 11 Rivonia accused.

After graduating from Fort Hare University in , Mbeki began a life of political activism. Defense attorney Joel Joffe wrote that Mbeki had "the softest voice and the quietest, calmest manner of any of the accused," but beneath that exterior was "a steel-hard interior.

At the Rivonia trial, Mbeki presented much of the defense testimony relating to South Africa's history of race-based repression and the political goals of the ANC.

The prosecution presented 13 documents directly implicating Mbeki, and his "guilt" was never in serious question. He was found guilty on all four charges and sentences to life in prison.

Mbeki was released in after serving 25 years in prison. Following his release, he was chosen as Deputy President of the first multi-racial South African Senate.

His son, Thabo Mbeki, was elected president of South Africa. Govan Mbeki died in Born in Nebo, Sekhukuneland, Elias Motsoaledi moved at age 17 to Johannesburg, where he found work in a boot factory. He joined a trade union movement and soon was led into a life of political activism.

He joined the ANC in After the organization was banned, he became active in Umkhonto we Sizwe which he joined because, he said, there was no other choice "but to suffer.

Defense attorney Joel Joffe described Motsoaledi as "a short, vivacious and charming personality. At the time of the Rivonia raid, Motsoaledi was already held in detention. Prosecution witness Bruno Mtolo testified that Motsoaledi showed him how to make explosive material for sabotage operations. Witness English Mashiloane testified that Motsoaledi supervised operations that sent young recruits abroad for military training. The defense chose not to subject Motsoaledi to questioning on the stand; instead, he read a prepared statement in which he said, "What I did, I did for my people.

Motsoaledi was convicted on charges of conspiracy and sabotage and sentenced to life in prison. He was released in and died five years later.

Ahmed Kathrada was born in to immigrant parents from India living in a small village in the Western Transvaal. Kathrada moved to Johannesburg to receive an education and became politically active by age 12 when he joined the Young Communist League. He left school at age 17 to become a full-time political activist.

Defense attorney Joel Joffe described Kathrada as having "a sharp tongue" and "an engaging personality. He considered him more "a doer than a theorizer. Joffe described the case against Kathrada as "extremely weak. There was no evidence directly tying him to Operation Mayibuye or sabotage. Despite the weak case, Kathrada was convicted on one of the four charges against him and sentenced to life in prison. He was released in , after spending 26 years in prison. He was elected as a member of the South African parliament in Denis Goldberg was considered by South African authorities in to be "the most dangerous white man in the country.

Instead, he was asked by officials of Umkhonto we Sizwe to use his technical knowledge to explore the possibility of building large numbers of grenades, land mines, and other weapons that could be used in a coming guerrilla war.

He was captured at Rivonia in July Weeks later, he made a failed attempt to escape from Vereeniging Prison. Defense attorney Joel Joffe described Goldberg as an "easy-going" man who provided a steady flow of puns, jokes, and witticisms. Goldberg was convicted on all charges and sentenced to life in prison.

After his release in he moved to London. Andrew Mlangeni grew up at the ninth child of fourteen in a Soweto family. The story of his trial, and that of his co-trialists, which led to his imprisonment, is told as an extended flashback with Monde Wani playing all of the characters from Mandela to Verwoerd and an old man who has lost his house during the forced removals to a woman on a march in Pretoria.

The Rivonia Trial plays at the Soho theatre as part of Acts Of Resistance, three days of agitation, propaganda, dissent, politics, argument, debate revolt and revolution. Acts Of Resistance also includes an all-day political theatre workshop on 26 September, a panel discussion on 27 September, and performances of The Luckless Angel, a piece about the Beslan massacre.

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