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History > 20th century > South Africa > Apartheid era > Nelson Mandela (1918-2013) > Rivonia trial (1964), Robben Island
 

 

 

Nelson Mandela sewing prison clothes

in the yard of Robben Island prison

off Cape Town, 1966.

 

Photograph:

Express Newspapers/Getty Images

 

Nelson Mandela's

unpublished prison letters are full of life and love

 

Regrets, recipes for herbal tea

and dreams of Winnie dancing ...

 

Mandela’s letters from Robben Island

reveal the family man behind the political warrior

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Sat 14 Jul 2018        11.00 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/jul/14/
lifelines-nelson-mandelas-prison-letters-reveal-his-love-dreams-and-loss

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Nelson Mandela:

'On Robben Island

he never asked

for special treatment'

 

Fellow ANC political

prisoner Ahmed Kathrada

talks about

Mandela's dignity

and unselfishness

in jail

 

"In the first years,

we were allowed one visit,

one letter, every six months.

 

And the letter had to be

no more than 500 words.

 

But we had colleagues

who were illiterate.

 

Mr Mandela

encouraged us all

to study

– we had to study.

 

Not only politics,

but learning to read

and write.

 

That type of initiative

was very, very important.

 

It also helped morale.

 

"On Robben Island,

the leadership,

they led by example.

 

When we were

on hunger strikes

they refused

to be exempted

– because

we had taken

a decision

in the ANC

[African National Congress]

that our senior people,

particularly those

who were old

and not too well,

should be exempted.

 

But they refused.

 

"We knew

that the families

of Mandela

and Walter Sisulu

were being harassed

by the police all the time

– detained,

children were tortured,

sent into exile –

but they never

allowed

their concern

for their families

to overshadow

their concern

for their fellow

prisoners."

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/07/nelson-mandela-robben-island-anc-prisoner

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/jul/14/
lifelines-nelson-mandelas-prison-letters-reveal-his-love-dreams-and-loss

 

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/07/
nelson-mandela-robben-island-anc-prisoner

 

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/15/
mandela-funeral-robben-island-ahmed-kathrada-speech

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Robben Island prison        Prisoner 466/64

 

 

 

Mr. Mandela's cell at the prison on  Robben island,

in shark-infested waters about seven miles off Cape Town.

 

The red bucket served as a toilet.

 

He was 44

when he was manacled

and put on a ferry to the prison,

and he was 71

by the time he was released.

 

Honoring Mandela        NYT        10 December 2013

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/12/10/world/africa/Honoring-Mandela.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.npr.org/2018/07/17/
629742101/nelson-mandelas-prison-letters-one-day-i-will-be-back-at-home

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/01/world/africa/
obama-visits-prison-where-mandela-was-jailed.html

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/12/world/
robben-island-journal-with-vivid-palette-mandela-depicts-the-jailhouse-years.html

 

http://www.theguardian.com/world/1996/feb/18/nelsonmandela.southafrica 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rivona trial        Mandela is sentenced to life in prison        June 12, 1964

 

 

 

Eight men,

among them anti-apartheid leader

and African National Congress (ANC) member Nelson Mandela,

sentenced to life imprisonment in the Rivonia trial

leave the Palace of Justice in Pretoria

with their fists raised in defiance

through the barred windows of the prison car

on June 16, 1964.

 

The eight men were accused

of conspiracy, sabotage and treason.

 

AFP/Getty Images

 

Boston Globe > Big Picture

The world mourns Mandela        December 6, 2013

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2013/12/the_world_mourns_mandela.html

 

 

In the prison car with Mandela were:

Walter Sisulu, Ahmed Kathrada, Govan Mbeki, Raymond Mhlaba,

Denis Goldberg, Elias Motsoaledi and Andrew Mlangeni,

all sentenced to life imprisonment for conspiracy, sabotage and treason

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6 December 2013        Photograph: OFF/AFP/Getty Images

http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/picture/2013/dec/06/nelsonmandela-photography?INTCMP=ILCNETTXT3487

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mr. Mandela

and seven others

are convicted

and sentenced

to life in prison.

 

Mr. Mandela

is sent to

Robben Island prison,

seven miles

off the coast

of Cape Town.

 

He will spend

the next 18 years

there.

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/12/05/world/africa/Mandela-Timeline.html

 

 

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/12/05/world/africa/
Mandela-Timeline.html

 

http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/picture/2013/dec/06/
nelsonmandela-photography

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rivonia convicted (from the top, left to right):

Nelson Mandela,

Walter Sisulu,

Gowan / Govan Mbeki,

Raymond Mhlaba,

Elias Motsoaledi,

Andrew Mlangeni,

‘Kathy’ Kathrada

and Dennis Goldberg.

 

Photograph: Radu Sigheti/Reuters

 

Unsung heroes: the men who stood trial with Mandela

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Sun 22 Jul 2018        06.00 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/22/
men-rivonia-trial-nelson-mandela-1964

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

April 20, 1964

 

Rivonia Trial

 

 

'I am prepared to die'

 

audio recording of speech

at sabotage trial

 

Extracts

from Nelson Mandela's

statement from the dock

at the opening of his trial

on charges of sabotage

at the supreme court

of South Africa

in Pretoria

on 20 April 1964.

 

Mandela, leader

of the African National Congress

and of the struggle against

the racist apartheid regime,

was given a life sentence,

of which he served 27 years,

most of which

was in the prison

on Robben Island

http://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2013/dec/05/nelson-mandela-1964-speech-audio

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/22/
men-rivonia-trial-nelson-mandela-1964

 

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/07/
nelson-mandela-rivonia-trial-anc

http://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2013/dec/05/
nelson-mandela-1964-speech-audio

 

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/apr/23/nelsonmandela1

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/apr/23/nelsonmandela2

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/mar/29/
ahmed-kathrada-obituary

 

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/feb/11/nelsonmandela.southafrica2

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/feb/11/nelsonmandela.southafrica4

 

http://www.theguardian.com/world/1964/mar/01/nelsonmandela.southafrica

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

July 11, 1963

 

Government Raid in Rivonia

 

 

The police

raid a farm in Rivonia,

outside Johannesburg,

where the A.N.C.

had set up

its headquarters.

 

They find documents

outlining the group’s plan

for guerrilla warfare.

 

Using the evidence

found on the farm,

the government charges

Mr. Mandela

and eight co-defendants

with sabotage

and conspiracy

to overthrow

the government.

 

The ensuing trial,

which became known

as the Rivonia trial,

establishes

Mr. Mandela’s

central role

in the struggle

against apartheid.

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/12/05/world/africa/Mandela-Timeline.html

 

 

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/12/05/
world/africa/Mandela-Timeline.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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