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South Africa 1945-1994: Was Nelson Mandela a Terrorist? What was the Cartoonist's View of the verdict passed on Nelson Mandela?
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South Africa 1945-1994: Was Nelson Mandela a Terrorist? Question 5: What was the Cartoonist's View of the verdict passed on Nelson Mandela? In December 1963 Nelson Mandela was tried in the Rivonia Trial. The Trial lasted until June 1964 where he was imprisoned for life narrowly avoiding being sentenced to death with seven others including Walter Sisulu, the leader of the ANC. Mandela was tried for "recruiting people for training and guerrilla warfare for the purpose of violent revolution", when the police raided the MK's headquarters and found links between Mandela and the recent sabotages on power stations. The prosecution demanded that they should all be hanged but the amount of international interest forced the judge to pass life imprisonment on them all. The arrests managed to break down the MK and the ANC inside South Africa. In Source G the cartoonist, a man named Illingworth, has depicted Nelson Mandela being...
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