rivonia trial

• when was the rivonia trial held?

  1963-1964
• why was the rivonia trial held?

  government response to mk + poqo attacks

  opposition leaders charged with treason
• how long was mandela initially sentenced for?

  5 years
• what caused the change in mandelas sentence time?

  1963 - security forced raided mandela's hiding spot (liliesleaf farm) and foun 250 incriminating documents + weapons cache some which were related to mandela

  mandela was accused of violent revolutions conspiring
• how long was mandela's final sentence?

  life
• what did mandela's four hour speech consist of?

  he admitted to his charges and explained the apartheid struggle
• what was the international response to the rivonia trial?

  UN called for relase of the defendants

  some countries refused to handle south african goods at the ports

  a protest march was organised in london
• what was the effect of the rivonia trial?

  kickstarted international sanctions of south africa
• what was the impact of the rivonia trial on the ANC?

  their leaders went into: house arrest, exile, prison

  future tactics were secretly discussed

  1963 - 1970 -> no MK attacks

  ANC reorganised in exile -> set up international bases in cooperative countries (e.g. mozambique, tanzania) + set up infiltration routes throughout south africa