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Liliesleaf Farm In Rivonia,South Africa, Architect Johannesburg, Liliesleaf Farm In Rivonia, Jhb, South Africa. . (Photo by View Pictures/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
ABDULHAY JASSAT

OPINION| Liliesleaf Farm is a vital part of South Africa’s history that needs to be preserved

The secret headquarters of the anti-apartheid struggle and the events that took place there in the early 1960s hold stories well worth sharing

  • David Saks
9 min read
The Nelson Mandela Foundation said Andrew Mlangeni and the Rivonia Trial class represents selflessness that now appears to have been lost.
AHMED KATHRADA

Andrew Mlangeni: A comrade until the end

The foundations of former Rivonia trialists reflect on the loyalty of the comrades who fought for democracy.

  • Lester Kiewit
3 min read
Freedom fighter Denis Goldberg talks to the media at Liliesleaf Farm, the apartheid-era hideout for Nelson Mandela and freedom fighters in Johannesburg, on July 11, 2013 in Rivonia, South Africa. It is 50 years since the hideout was raided by police on July 11, 1963. The farm was the secret nerve centre for the Umkhonto we Sizwe, the military wing of the ANC and the Congress Alliance. Police interrupted a meeting of Operation Mayibuye, a plan to overthrow the Apartheid government. The raid by police led to the arrest of Nelson Mandela, Walter Sisulu, Ahmed Kathrada, Govan Mbeki and Denis Goldberg, who were convicted through the infamous Rivonia Trial and most were sentenced to life imprisonment on Robben Island. (Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
APARTHEID

A full life, well lived

Denis Goldberg was a forthcoming, funny, angry, brutally honest and impressive man who never stopped fighting for what he believed in

  • Tymon Smith
8 min read
Denis Goldberg poses for portraits in his home on May 15, 2018 in Hout Bay outside Cape, South Africa. (Per-Anders Pettersson/Getty Images)
ANTI ZIONIST

Denis Goldberg: Man of integrity, freedom fighter and true mensch

One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised. — Chinua Achebe

  • Ronnie Kasrils
9 min read
Freedom fighter Denis Goldberg talks to the media at Liliesleaf Farm, the apartheid-era hideout for Nelson Mandela and freedom fighters in Johannesburg, on July 11, 2013 in Rivonia, South Africa. It is 50 years since the hideout was raided by police on July 11, 1963. The farm was the secret nerve centre for the Umkhonto we Sizwe, the military wing of the ANC and the Congress Alliance. Police interrupted a meeting of Operation Mayibuye, a plan to overthrow the Apartheid government. The raid by police led to the arrest of Nelson Mandela, Walter Sisulu, Ahmed Kathrada, Govan Mbeki and Denis Goldberg, who were convicted through the infamous Rivonia Trial and most were sentenced to life imprisonment on Robben Island. (Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

Anti-apartheid veteran Denis Goldberg dies

Convicted along with Nelson Mandela and eight others, the Rivonia Trialist spent his golden years active in the ANC although he called out its faults

  • Lester Kiewit
3 min read
Nelson Mandela and Ahmed Kathrada in 1990
AHMED KATHRADA

Denis Goldberg: Ahmed Kathrada ‘never gave up’

Denis Goldberg was sentenced to prison in South Africa in 1964, together with Nelson Mandela and Ahmed Kathrada who died on Tuesday.

  • Staff Reporter
3 min read
ANC stalwart Mongane Wally Serote
ANDREW MLANGENI

ANC veterans agree to be guided by party’s ‘culture and tradition’ following meeting

Calls for President Jacob Zuma to step down did not feature at the meeting between the ANC’s National Working Committee and the party’s veterans.

  • Dineo Bendile
  • Staff Reporter
2 min read
President Jacob Zuma has relied on his lawyers to stall and delay cases against him.
ANC GAUTENG

Remove the fly in the ANC’s leadership jam

Rivonia trialist Denis Goldberg says patronage in the ANC is a threat to democracy, and that the party needs new leaders.

  • Qaanitah Hunter
  • Staff Reporter
2 min read
Churches have conducted services outside the Mediclinic Heart Hospital in Pretoria where Nelson Mandela is being treated.
DENIS GOLDBERG

Mandela friend denies doctors wanting to turn off life support

Nelson Mandela’s doctors have rejected the idea of turning off his life support unless he suffers massive organ failure, says a family friend.

  • Staff Reporter
2 min read
ANDREW MLANGENI

SA violence angers struggle stalwarts

Stalwarts of South Africa’s struggle for freedom from apartheid are angered and saddened at the xenophobic violence sweeping the country. ”We did not struggle to find ourselves…

  • Carol Hills
3 min read