- ZA CL-RU MR-RT-030
- Collection
- 1963 - 1964
Part of Rivonia Trial
Department of Justice
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Part of Rivonia Trial
Department of Justice
International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF) Papers: Conditions for political prisoners in 1960s
Part of Rivonia Trial
General strike: Report of the 3 day strike in South Africa (May 29, 30,31, 1961) by Nelson Mandela (Secretary, National Action Council of South Africa); prisoners of Apartheid a biographical list of political prisoners and banned persons in South Africa (IDAF in cooperation with UN Centre Against Apartheid); South African Prisons and the Red Cross Investigation and examination by the International Defence and Aid Fund with prisoners testimony. Includes general recommendations of the ICRC sent to the South African Government (18 June 1964), the SA government reply, conditions at Leeuwkop, Robben Island, Victor Verster, Vooruitsig Prison Kroonstad, and other prisons, Robert Sobukwe on Robben Island. Relates to Rivonia Trial in terms of conditions in prison for trialists once convicted.
Not available for inspection at time of this audit.
International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF)
Hilda and Rusty Bernstein Papers
Part of Rivonia Trial
Rusty (Lionel) Bernstein's Papers include 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.
Records directly related to the Rivonia Trial are:
D1.2 Sketches, Rivonia Trial done by Hilda on scraps of paper in black pen during the trial. There are drawings of the judge, Special Branch policemen, court scenes and the back of the heads of the accused.
F2.18 Article by Hilda: "The Rivonia Trial" (1 December 1963), 4 pages of a reflection on the trial
F2.23 Article by Hilda: "The Men Who Many Die" (8 March 1964)
F2.25 Article by Hilda: "Rivonia" Landmark in SA Liberation Struggle" (24 June 1964) detailing what happened at Rivonia
F3.36 Article by Hilda: "The Trials of Nelson Mandela" (undated)
R3.1 Article in Sechaba 1989: "Rivonia: Telling it as it was"
V2.1 Transcript of Judge's remarks when passing sentence in the trial (photocopy)
V2.2 "Rivonia: The Story of Accused No. 11" by Bob Hepple. Memoirs (manuscript) with letters from Sisulu and Joffe as appendix.
Minor references to the Rivonia Trial are:
B2.1 Diary notes where Hilda refers visiting Rusty in jail, going to court and consulting with lawyers amongst other things
I11.1.2 Letter addressed to Rusty from Hilda in Pretoria Jail. Aside from address, not reference to trial or Rivonia events.
N4 Correspondence re his inventions and other business between Rusty and Hilda while he was in prison during the Rivonia Trial
Q1 Draft Novel by Rusty written in Pretoria Local Prison during the trial in 1963/4. Content not related to Trial in any way.
Bernstein, Robert L
The State versus Nelson Mandela and Nine Others
Part of Rivonia Trial
Department of Justice
Part of Rivonia Trial
Joffe, Joel
Part of Rivonia Trial
Department of Justice
The State versus Nelson Mandela and Nine Others
Part of Rivonia Trial
Department of Justice
Part of Rivonia Trial
Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla
International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF) Papers: Mandela Vigil St Paul's June 1964
Part of Rivonia Trial
Correspondence (June 1964) concerning the vigils held at St Paul's and outside the South African embassy in London to coincide with the sentencing of the Rivonia trialists. Correspondents includes Canon Collins, Manuela Sykes, Dorothy Robison, Archbishop of Canterbury. Campaigns by Christian Action and the Anti- Apartheid Movement. Lists of suggested contacts in connection with the vigil.
Not available for inspection at time of this audit.
International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF)
International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF) Papers: Biographical notes on Rivonia Trialists
Part of Rivonia Trial
Part of International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF) Papers. Biographical notes on some of the people persecuted by the South African government for their opposition to the policies of apartheid, 30 May 1964. The list includes Nelson Mandela and other Rivonia trialists.
Available for inspection at time of audit.
International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF)
Liberal Party of South Africa Collection
Part of Rivonia Trial
Liberal Party
South African Police Museum and Archives Collection
Part of Rivonia Trial
The Museum contains evidence and documentation related to high profile police investigations. Rivonia Trial material is as follows:
Artefacts taken as evidence during the raid on Liliesleaf Farm:
-Three duplication machines (Roneo 750)
-Two radio transmitters
-Typewriter
Incomplete. These came to the Museum from John Vorster Square Police Station. They were then transferred back to the Police Station. When they were finally returned to the Museum, some artefacts and evidence was missing.
Archival files contain:
-One page on artefacts and their significance when transferred from John Vorster Square Police Station to the Museum in 1984.
-Labels from artefact evidence
-Pamphlets collected as evidence
-Instruction manual for duplication machine
-Press clippings from trial
-State's Concluding Address III (Afrikaans)
All 639.29-2/2A
Untitled
Part of Rivonia Trial
South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC)
Part of Mandela Materials
Part of Mandela Materials
Supreme Court of South Africa
International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF) Papers
Part of Mandela Materials
International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF)
International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF) Papers
Part of Mandela Materials
Copies of the letter and reports sent to JB Vorster ( Minister of Justice), by the International Committee for the Red Cross, June 18 1964, concerning conditions in South African prisons (Robben Island, Victor Verster, various police stations in Pretoria and Johannesburg, Pretoria Prison Leeuwkop, Kroonstad and Sonderwater TB Hospital)
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International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF)
International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF) Papers
Part of Mandela Materials
International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF)
International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF) Papers
Part of Mandela Materials
International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF)
International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF) Papers
Part of Mandela Materials
International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF)
Part of Rivonia Trial
Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla
International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF) Papers: Release of RivoniaTrialists
Part of Rivonia Trial
Pamphlets (international) calling for the release of the Rivonia trialists; campaigns to save lives of the Rivonia Trialists by Anti Apartheid Movement; original letter dated 5/11/1962 from Nelson Mandela to Canon Collins, acknowledging support received from Christian Action. Also records related to 1962 trial of Mandela.
Not available for inspection at time of this audit.
International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF)
Part of Rivonia Trial
Department of Justice
Part of Rivonia Trial
These records were donated by the Oppenheimer Family to the National Archives in 2008 from the Brenthurst Library in Johannesburg. The Oppenheimers acquired them from Dr Percy Yutar, the prosecutor in the trial.
They are not a complete record. Some witness testimony, and cross-examination are missing. See linked list for more details.
Included in the records are the indictment, opening address, statements, evidence by witnesses for the State and for the accused, evaluation of evidence of the trial, judgment and sentence, photographs, the diary Mandela kept when he left South Africa secretly at the beginning of 1962 to undergo military training and to garner support for the banned ANC. Also included is Mandela's statement from the dock. A significant component of the material is the working papers of the prosecution that were used to build up the State's case against the Rivonia Trialists. There are also photocopies and microfilm copies.
There are also prosecution records from the Yutars in the personal collection of Douw Steyn and at Liliesleaf Farm.
Yutar, Percy
Part of Mandela Materials
Department of Justice
The Treason Trial and other Trials
Part of Mandela Materials
Supreme Court of South Africa
International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF)Publications
Part of Mandela Materials
International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF)
Part of Mandela Materials
Joffe, Joel
Part of Mandela Materials
Legal Resources Centre
Part of Mandela Materials
Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla
Cloete Breytenbach's Robben Island Photographs, 1964, Cape Town: [Set of 3 still images]
Part of 1.1.3 Nelson Mandela > Historical photos > Mandela with others
Breytenbach, Cloete
Part of Mandela Materials
Part of Mandela Materials
International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF) Papers
Part of Mandela Materials
International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF)
International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF) Papers
Part of Mandela Materials
International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF)
Part of Mandela Materials
Norwegian Action Against Apartheid
Part of Mandela Materials
Norwegian Action Against Apartheid
International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF) Papers
Part of Mandela Materials
International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF)
International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF) Papers
Part of Mandela Materials
International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF)
Part of Mandela Materials
Legassick, Martin
South African Institute of Race Relations
Part of Mandela Materials
South African Institute of Race Relations
Robben Island Campaign: Director's report to President and Information Service
Part of Mandela Materials
International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF)
Part of Mandela Materials
Transvaal Provincial Division of the Supreme Court (Pretoria)
Part of Mandela Materials
Transvaal Provincial Division of the Supreme Court (Pretoria)
Files of United Nations Secretary-General, U Thant
Part of Mandela Materials
U Thant
International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF) Papers
Part of Mandela Materials
International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF)
International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF) Papers
Part of Mandela Materials
International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF)
The Nationalist (Tanzania newspaper) 1967
Part of Mandela Materials
Nationalist
Part of Rivonia Trial
Untitled
International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF) Papers
Part of Mandela Materials
International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF)
World Campaign for the Release of South African Political Prisoner
Part of Mandela Materials
United Nations
Part of Prison Collection
Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla
Part of 1.1.3 Nelson Mandela > Historical photos > Mandela with others
Lollan, Stanley
African National Congress records in Tanzania
Part of Mandela Materials
African National Congress (ANC)
South African Institute of Race Relations
Part of Mandela Materials
South African Broadcasting Corporation [DO NOT USE]
Records of the ANC French Mission
Part of Rivonia Trial
African National Congress (ANC) French Mission
Episcopal Church People for Southern Africa
Part of Mandela Materials
Episcopal Church People for Southern Africa
South Africa : The violence of apartheid
Part of Reference Books
Sachs, Albert Louis
Part of Mandela Materials
Robben Island political prisoners
Part of Mandela Materials
Bunting, Sonia
Records of the Publications Control Board
Part of Rivonia Trial
Publications Control Board
Part of Mandela Materials
Callinicos, Luli
South Africa : Workers under apartheid
Part of Reference Books
Hepple, Alex
South African Institute of Race Relations
Part of Mandela Materials
South African Institute of Race Relations
Twenty Five Years of Apartheid
Part of Rivonia Trial
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
African National Congress records in Tanzania
Part of Mandela Materials
African National Congress (ANC)
African National Congress (ANC) Collection 1928-1975
Part of Mandela Materials
African National Congress (ANC)
Part of Mandela Materials
Fagan, J.J.
Part of Prison Collection
Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla
Part of Prison Collection
Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla
Part of Prison Collection
Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla
Part of Prison Collection
Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla
Part of Prison Collection
Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla
Part of Prison Collection
Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla
Part of Prison Collection
Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla
Part of Prison Collection
Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla
Part of Prison Collection
Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla
Part of Prison Collection
Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla
Part of Prison Collection
Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla
Part of Prison Collection
Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla
Part of Prison Collection
Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla
Part of Prison Collection
Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla
Part of Prison Collection
Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla
Part of Prison Collection
Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla
Part of Prison Collection
Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla
Part of Prison Collection
Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla
Part of Prison Collection
Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla
Part of Prison Collection
Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla
Part of Prison Collection
Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla
Part of Prison Collection
Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla
Part of Prison Collection
Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla
Part of Prison Collection
Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla
Part of Prison Collection
Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla
Part of Prison Collection
Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla
Part of Prison Collection
Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla
Part of Prison Collection
Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla
Part of Prison Collection
Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla
Part of Prison Collection
Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla