Joel Joffe
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Letters to the editor: June 30 to July 6 2017
Readers wrote in about the San, Joel Joffe, and Wonder Woman.
Joel Joffe, the lawyer who helped put the apartheid regime on trial
From Rivonia Trial defence architect to Oxfam director, the life of Joel Joffe is worth remembering.
Petition in defence of Tutu
Prominent people have signed a petition in support of Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, after he was labelled an anti-Semite for his views on Israel.
Lawyer tells how he tried to cut Mandela speech
One of Nelson Mandela’s Rivonia lawyers confessed on Friday how he tried — and failed — to stop the ANC leader using one of the most famous phrases.