- MR-MM-135
- Collection
- 1990-1991
Part of Mandela Materials
copies
African National Congress (ANC)
Part of Mandela Materials
African National Congress (ANC)
The Treason Trial and other Trials
Part of Mandela Materials
Part of Mandela Materials
Part of Mandela Materials
Supreme Court of South Africa
The Treason Trial and other Trials
Part of Mandela Materials
Supreme Court of South Africa
Part of Mandela Materials
Schadeberg, Jürgen
Part of Mandela Materials
University of the Witwatersrand
Nelson Mandela Speeches and writings
Part of Mandela Materials
Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla
African National Congress Video Unit
Part of Mandela Materials
African National Congress (ANC) Video Unit
Part of Mandela Materials
Nelson Mandela: his life in his own words
Part of Mandela Materials
Metrodome Productions
The Apartheid era:The defiance campaign
Part of Mandela Materials
Nelson Mandela video and audio
Part of Mandela Materials
Part of Mandela Materials
First, Ruth
Part of Rivonia Trial
Untitled
Ahmed Kathrada Interviews with Nelson Mandela
Part of Rivonia Trial
These recordings were generated in the preparation and editing of the "Long Walk to Freedom" book and Anthony Sampson's authorised biography. In both of these projects, Ahmed Kathrada worked closely with Sampson and Stengel (who provided professional support for "Long Walk to Freedom") and Mandela. Transcription and digitisation is in process.
One transcribed extract (extract 5) relates to the Rivonia Trial as Mandela tells Kathrada about a conversation he had with a warder at Pretoria Local Prison during the trial about the fate of the accused.
There may be references to the Rivonia Trial in other recordings and in NMPP2009/57 Rick Stengel Interviews with Nelson Mandela.
Kathrada, Ahmed Mohamed (Kathy)
Part of Rivonia Trial
Rand Daily Mail
Part of Rivonia Trial
Nelson Mandela Foundation (NMF)
The State versus Nelson Mandela and Nine Others
Part of Rivonia Trial
Department of Justice
Part of Rivonia Trial
Goldberg, Denis Theodore
Carter-Karis Collection of South African Materials
Part of Rivonia Trial
Karis, Thomas
Drum Magazine Photographic Archive
Part of Mandela Materials
Drum Magazine
Bailey's African History Archive
Part of Rivonia Trial
The entire collection at Bailey's emanates from Drum Magazine. It includes a full set of South African Drum (1951-1984), issues of its sister publications, Drum from other African countries, and an extensive archive of Drum photographers.
A number of articles in various issues of South African Drum relate to the Rivonia Trial:
-August 1963 "The Raid" accompanied by artist Lennie Saks' drawings, re the arrests at Liliesleaf.
-December 1963 "South Africa goes on Trial" with photos and text about main protagonists (Vorster, Mandela)
-January 1964 entitled "They made the news in 1963" and "While the world watches 40 fight for their lives" about the three sabotage trials (Rivonia Trial in Johannesburg, Cape Town, Pietermaritzburg) with photographs and captions about each person (available online).
-June 1964 "The Rivonia men" with a profile of Mandela, Kathrada, Bernstein, Goldberg, Sisulu, Mbeki and "Rivonia - the three mystery men" profiling Mhlaba, Mlangeni, Motsoaledi.
-July 1964 "After the Trial - Sabotage!" and "I'll never forget Rivonia" by Aggrey Klaaste
-August 1964 "The strange world after Rivonia"
An article in the Post related to Rivonia:
-September 1963 "Kill Goldreich Plot - The one who got away" (available online)
Photographs are arranged under subject headings and are by Drum photographers:
Envelope under subject of "Rivonia Trial/Winnie Mandela/Liliesleaf Farm, Drum December 1963-January 1964":
-Includes photos of family members outside the court in 1963, mostly Winnie Mandela, Mrs Mandela (Mandela's mother), contact sheets, various shots of the crowd and police cordoning off crowd with dogs, policemen at Liliesleaf Farm entrance.
Two envelopes under subject " Winnie Mandela"
-Various pictures of Winnie Mandela and children at different times, these include some from the outside the court during Rivonia Trial (mostly same as in Rivonia Trial envelope)
No Rivonia Trial photos were found under other trialists' names in subject folders. The photographs that exist of them come mostly from the Treason Trial.
Photographs online include ones mentioned above and photo of Lionel Bernstein and photographs of Liliesleaf Farm (search "Rivonia" in online search).
Drum Magazine
Part of Rivonia Trial
Gay and Lesbian Archive (GALA)
Institute for Security Studies
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
Historical Papers, University of the Witwatersrand
Part of Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
Jurgen Schadeberg Photographic Archive
Part of Mandela Materials
Schadeberg, Jürgen
Part of Mandela Materials
Archbishops of Cape Town Part iii
Part of Mandela Materials
Tutu, Desmond Mpilo
Part of Mandela Materials
Part of Mandela Materials
Trial- State vs. Nelson Mandela
Part of Mandela Materials
Federation of South African Women (FSAW)
Part of Mandela Materials
Part of Mandela Materials
Part of Mandela Materials
International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF) Papers
Part of Mandela Materials
Institute of Contextual Theology
Part of Mandela Materials
Part of Mandela Materials
Part of Mandela Materials
South African Campaign to ban landmines (SACBL) Records
Part of Mandela Materials
African National Congress (ANC) Collection 1928-1975
Part of Mandela Materials
African National Congress (ANC)
African National Congress (ANC) Collection
Part of Mandela Materials
African National Congress (ANC)
Elections 1994 Records and Posters
Part of Mandela Materials
African National Congress (ANC) elections unit
Part of Mandela Materials
Auden House
Part of Mandela Materials
Ballinger
Part of Mandela Materials
Baskin, Jeremy
Part of Mandela Materials
Black Sash Movement
Part of Mandela Materials
Callinicos, Luli
Part of Mandela Materials
Cameron, Edwin
Centre for Applied Legal Studies 1980-1999
Part of Mandela Materials
Centre for Applied Legal Studies (CALS)
Rev Douglas Chadwick Thompson Papers
Part of Mandela Materials
Chadwick Thompson, Douglas
Part of Mandela Materials
Community Agecny for Social Change CASE
Part of Mandela Materials
Ecumenical monitoring
Part of Mandela Materials
End conscription campaign
Part of Mandela Materials
Everatt, David
Bernstein Hilda and Rusty Papers 1931-2006
Part of Mandela Materials
Rusty Bernstein's Papers includes personal correspondence to family and comrades, professional documentation relating to his career as an architect and inventor, and a large collection of writing, including drafts and material for his political biography Memory Against Forgetting as well as articles, essays and literature relating to prominent events in the liberation struggle (The 1946 Mine Workers Strike, The Freedom Charter and the Rivonia Trial). The collection also includes written material relating to his political career in the Communist Party and involvement with the ANC and as editor/contributor to journals like Fighting Talk and The African Communist and a lecture series given in Moscow to young militants of the ANC.
Hilda Bernstein's papers include a series of journals dating from 1967 to 2001 and personal diaries written whilst in prison, and on travels throughout South Africa and Europe. A large part of the collection marks her involvement with women's rights and work for the ANC Women's League. There is also a considerable collection of art records documenting her career in London and Europe. The bulk of the collection is comprised of records relating to Hilda's extensive writings - books, articles and political literature. Of particular prominence is material collected for her most recent book The Rift, which captures the experiences of South African exiles. There is also a large collection of correspondence both personal and professional and political brochures relating to her position as City Councillor for the Communist Party in Johannesburg from 1943 to 1946.
The records kept by Hilda (viewed as 'evidence' of Hilda's activities) far outnumber those kept by Rusty. It would be misleading to presume that this is in any way a complete archive of the Bernstein's activities.
On the contrary, there are large gaps. For example, there is very little in the collection relating directly to the Freedom Charter, in which Rusty played a major part in the organizing committee and was responsible for drafting the country-wide submissions that would become the Charter. Consideration should also be made for the possibility that Hilda is a more conscientious record keeper than Rusty was, or that due to persistent banning and arrest Rusty was forced to destroy evidence of his activities or resist the documentation of these activities. In truth, the reasons for the shape of this collection are too numerous and extensive to state. As it stands, the researcher can at best make this deduction - that Hilda's work and influence in the liberation struggle, particularly in the role assigned to woman, is vast and unique, and deserves attention beyond the shadow cast by Rusty's political career. In Hilda's case it is a matter of the biography that has yet to be written.
Hilda and Rusty Bernstein Papers
Part of Mandela Materials
Joffe, Joel
Part of Mandela Materials
Joseph, Helen
Part of Mandela Materials
Kuny, Denis
Part of Mandela Materials
Legal Resources Centre
Part of Mandela Materials
Maisels, Israel
Part of Mandela Materials
Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla
Part of Mandela Materials
Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla
Part of Mandela Materials
Ngoyi, Lilian
Padriag O' Malley Political Papers
Part of Mandela Materials
O'Malley, Padraig
Part of Mandela Materials
Paton, Alan
Part of Mandela Materials
Pogrund, Benjamin
Part of Mandela Materials
Press, Ronnie
Part of Mandela Materials
Reddy, Enuga S.
Part of Mandela Materials
Part of Mandela Materials
Soal, Peter
Part of Mandela Materials
Sobukwe, Robert Mangaliso
South African Institute of Race Relations
Part of Mandela Materials
South African Broadcasting Corporation [DO NOT USE]
World Conference on Religion and Peace
Part of Mandela Materials
South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU)
South African Council of Churches
Part of Mandela Materials
South African Council of Churches (SACC)
South African Institute of Race Relations
Part of Mandela Materials
South African Institute of Race Relations
South African Institute of Race Relations
Part of Mandela Materials
South African Institute of Race Relations
South African Institute of Race Relations
Part of Mandela Materials
South African Institute of Race Relations
South African Institute of Race Relations
Part of Mandela Materials
South African Institute of Race Relations
Part of Mandela Materials
Suzman, Helen
Part of Mandela Materials
Tambo, Oliver Reginald
Part of Mandela Materials
Tucker, Raymond Jack
Part of Mandela Materials
Tutu, Desmond Mpilo
Part of Mandela Materials
University of the Witwatersrand
University of Witwatersrand Student Representative Council, Resource Centre
Part of Mandela Materials
University of the Witwatersrand
Part of Mandela Materials
Waldmeir, Patti
Allison Wessels George Champion Papers
Part of Mandela Materials
Wessels, Allison
Part of Mandela Materials
Xuma, A.B.
Part of Mandela Materials
May, Ivan
South African Institute of Race Relations
Part of Mandela Materials
South African Institute of Race Relations
Legal Resources Centre: Oral History Project
Part of Mandela Materials
Legal Resources Centre
South African Institute of Race Relations Photograph Collection
Part of Rivonia Trial
South African Institute of Race Relations
Part of Rivonia Trial
Incomplete set of records of the State vs. Nelson Mandela and nine others. The collection includes charge sheets, the indictment, opening address, statements, evidence, evaluation of evidence and exhibits, including photographs, bail applications, sentencing. An important section of the collection relates to preparation of the defence. Also includes a VHS video (no soundtrack) of the cells and court room where the Rivonia Trial was held. This was filmed a long time after the trial. Its reference code is AD1844, D.
Missing volumes are: Volume 21: Walter Sisulu's Evidence (vol. 2); Volume 22: Walter Sisulu's Evidence (vol. 3); Volume 23: Walter Sisulu's Evidence (vol. 4); Volume 27: Denis Goldberg's Evidence; Volume 35: Exhibit: Plan of Liliesleaf and Rivonia. Incomplete: Volume 29: Elias Motsoaledi's Statement. It is not clear why these volumes are missing.
The records in this collection are the Defence set donated originally by Joel Joffe. They are part of the archives of the South African Institute of Race Relations (SAIRR).
Joffe, Joel
Part of Rivonia Trial
Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla
Part of Rivonia Trial
Joffe, Joel
Part of Rivonia Trial
There are legal documents relating to the Rivonia Trial and to Kantor's law firm, personal papers, correspondence and notes from prison, and research and manuscripts for his book. The papers are not fully sorted or listed but some are in numbered folders. They do not necessarily form a collection discrete from other Liliesleaf Farm collections but have been listed as such for ease of reference. Also see entries for Harold and Annemarie Wolpe Papers, Liliesleaf Farm Audio-Visual Collection, Liliesleaf Farm Artefact Collection, Liliesleaf Farm/Rivonia Trial Research Collection.
Legal papers from the Trial include cross examination of Makda in the Rivonia Trial, charges, request by defence for further particulars, replies to request for further particulars by accused #9 and 10, motion to quash the indictment (with ms notes) 26 October 1963, bail application for Kantor and Yutar's reply, Annexure A to the indictment, Annexure B to the indictment, extract of evidence of Kantor. Also Yutar's reply to application to quash, bail application for Kantor and for Bernstein, judgment on bail application (p.1-90 and p.140-144 missing), comments on the evidence by Sergeant C D van Rensburg and Lieutenant Victor, statements by Berman, Fine, Greef, Tlale, Van Niekerk, Williams.
Financial statements from Kantor, Zwarenstein and Partners Law Firm. Payments shown by Kathrada, Wolpe, Hodgson, Ezra. Shows deposit for Liliesleaf Farm. Also other legal documents including transfer of Liliesleaf Farm in November 1961 from D B Fyfe to Novian Pty Limited. Also, a copy of letter from Kantor to staff at his law firm that he had to close it due to the Trial
Personal documents of James Kantor: passport, Defence Force Card, handwritten statement entitled "Details of my trip to Liliesleaf Farm" (5 pages with diagram of farm), personal history and career summary, correspondence (including from prison while being tried), will and other personal papers. Handwritten biographies of Trialists apparently written for Kantor while they were in prison during the trial (laminated), notes written in prison during the trial some on scraps of a chocolate box. One note reads: "Welcome! If that's the right word. What the hell are you doing here? You should be out defending us. Here's a pencil. Guard it with your life. It's worth its weight in gold"
Original typed manuscript for book "A Healthy Grave", various versions of this book some with manuscript additions sometimes called "The Reluctant Revolutionary", research for the book.
Articles: "Introduction to demolition and theory of explosives", newspaper clippings about Wolpe and Goldreich's escape.
These papers do not necessarily form a collection discrete from other Liliesleaf Farm collections but have been listed as such for ease of reference. Also see entries for Harold and Annemarie Wolpe Papers, Liliesleaf Farm Audio-Visual Collection, Liliesleaf Farm Artefact Collection, Liliesleaf Farm/Rivonia Trial Research Collection, Percy Yutar Papers.
Part of Rivonia Trial
UNISA bought the microfilm from CAMP (Cooperative Africana Microfilm Project). These were transferred from the Archives and Special Collections.
Reel FI4059:
-Starts on list of evidence and exhibits (incomplete)
-Charge
-First indictment
-Annexure B to Indictment: The defence request for further particulars and State's reply thereto Part I and II
-Notice of application to quash indictment (27 October 1963)
-Heads of argument re application to quash by Bram Fischer and Percy Yutar's reply
-Second indictment
-Annexure A to indictment: Particulars to the counts set out in the indictment
-Annexure C
-Annexure B
-Notice to quash (22 November 1963)
-Heads of argument
-Bail applications of Bernstein and Kantor and judgment on application
-Opening address by Percy Yutar
-Index to state witnesses and exhibits
-Statements by witnesses including, amongst others, Makda, Mtolo, Davids, Mashiloane, Sulliman, Jaantjies, Jelliman. Card
-Notes on state witnesses evidence taken by defence (volumes 1-4 and extra piece in volume 5). Incomplete.
Reel FI4060:
-Continuation of witness statements including Mtolo,
-Notes on state witnesses evidence taken by defence
-Record of state witnesses in regard to James Kantor: Makda, Gibson, Kleynhans, Cox, First, Fenn, van Rensburg
-Analysis of state evidence by defence
-Defence opening address and Nelson Mandela's (sic) Statement from the Dock
-Walter Sisulu's evidence volume 1 (p.1-155), volume 2 (p. 156-296)
Reel FI4061:
-Walter Sisulu's evidence volume 3 (p. 297-356), volume 4 (p. 357-464)
-Ahmed Kathrada's evidence
-Raymond Mhlaba's evidence
-Lionel Bernstein's evidence (with notes)
-Denis Goldberg's evidence and cross examination by Mr Krog
-Govan Mbeki's evidence (includes notes passed between defence (?) team
FI4062:
-Elias Motsoaledi's statement (4 pages)
-Andrew Mlangeni's statement
-Analysis of defence evidence and notes on argument
-Judgement
-Evidence in mitigation of sentence and judgement on sentence
-Photographs of Rivonia
-Index of accused and co-conspirators and photographs
-Plans of Mountain view and Liliesleaf Farm
-List of documents found by police in raids
-Statement prepared by Nelson Mandela in his handwriting
-Evidence prepared by Sisulu in his handwriting
-Handwritten statement prepared by Sisulu in event of receiving the death sentence
It appears that these microfilms are a defence set and, according to the archivist, the originals came from Joel Joffe. However, they are not identical to the defence set of trial records at Wits (AD1844). That set contains some material that these microfilm do not and this set contains some material that Wits' does not (most notably, Sisulu's evidence and Goldberg's evidence are both complete in UNISA's and not at Wits). The reason for the differences are not known.
Untitled
Freedom Park Oral History Collection
Part of Rivonia Trial
Untitled
Part of Rivonia Trial
Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla
South African Newspaper Collection
Part of Rivonia Trial
National Library of South Africa