And now came the moment of truth for Nelson Mandela. “During my lifetime ... laid his life on the line at the Rivonia Trial on April 20, 1964. He and eight other defendants (by April ...

One of Nelson Mandela's most famous speeches was made at the start of the 1964 trial at which he was found guilty of sabotage and sentenced to life imprisonment. It is known as the Rivonia trial ...

Sixty years ago during the Rivonia Trial in South Africa, Nelson Mandela delivered one of the most famous speeches of the 20th century. He expected to be sentenced to death but instead lived to ...

On 12 June 1964, Nelson Mandela, Walter Sisulu, Govan Mbeki, Ahmed Kathrada, Raymond Mhlaba, Elias Motsoaledi, Andrew Mlangeni and Dennis Goldberg walked into a courtroom in the Palace of Justice ...

Former South African President Nelson Mandela actively protested apartheid ... before the Supreme Court of South Africa during the Rivonia Trial and delivers an impassioned speech about a brutal ...

The Nelson Mandela Foundation said the human rights lawyer died in London. He was a key part of Mandela's defence team in the 1963-4 Rivonia Trial, which saw Mandela given a life sentence for ...

Nelson Mandela, then a lawyer ... During the trial – known as the Rivonia Trial – he gave a poignant speech saying he was ready to die for the cause. Unforgettably, Mandela said: ‘I have ...

Nelson Mandela, 1959 "Monitoring Mandela (Four ... Ahmed Kathrada's Interview One of those sentenced with Mandela at the 1964 Rivonia Trial, Kathrada talks about Mandela's early clashes with ...

One of Nelson Mandela's most famous speeches ... It is known as the Rivonia trial, after the Johannesburg suburb where some of the defendants were arrested. Here are selected excerpts from ...