Delmas Treason Trial

The Delmas Treason Trial (1985–1988) in South Africa was the prosecution of 22 anti-apartheid activists under security laws, with the intention of suppressing the United Democratic Front (UDF).[1] The defendants included three senior UDF leaders, Moses Chikane, Mosiuoa Lekota and Popo Molefe, known as the "Big Three".[2] Eleven of the accused were found guilty in the same courtroom where Nelson Mandela was found guilty. Their sentences were overturned in 1989 after an appeal to the Supreme Court.[3] The trial was the longest in South African history at the time.[4]

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  1. Gerhard, Gail. "Trial by Color", New York Times, New York, 30 December 1990. Retrieved on 3 October 2010.
  2. "Pretoria Supreme Court sentences 11 "Delmas Treason Trialists"" Archived 2005-02-18 at the Wayback Machine South African History Online, Pretoria. Retrieved 3 October 2010
  3. Kraft, Scott (16 December 1989). "Convictions Overturned for 5 Leading South African Black Activists". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  4. "Activists Convicted of Treason". The Salina Journal. 19 November 1988. Retrieved 14 September 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. Gerhart, Gail M. (1990-12-30). "Trial by Color". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-04-03.
  6. Rueedi, Franziska (2015-07-03). "Narratives on Trial: Ideology, Violence and the Struggle over Political Legitimacy in the Case of the Delmas Treason Trial, 1985–1989". South African Historical Journal. 67 (3): 335–355. doi:10.1080/02582473.2015.1092573. ISSN 0258-2473.
  7. Gerhart, Gail M.; Seekings, Jeremy; Kessel, Ineke Van (2000). "The UDF: A History of the United Democratic Front in South Africa, 1983-1991". Foreign Affairs. 79 (6): 192. doi:10.2307/20050028. ISSN 0015-7120. JSTOR 20050028.
  8. Allo, Awol (2016-03-09). The Courtroom as a Space of Resistance. doi:10.4324/9781315615073. ISBN 9781315615073.



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