Identity area
Reference code
ZA HPRA AG3281-A-A8
Title
æThe case of the 22': Samson Ndou and 21 others (later 18 others); Benjamin Ramotse and 19 others. Case No: Unknown. (1969/1970).
Date(s)
- 1969-1970 (Creation)
Level of description
Subseries
Extent and medium
30 files
Context area
Name of creator
(1980-)
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
These two æTerrorism' cases were substantively the same. The original 22 (Samson Ndou et al) who had been charged with terrorism, alternatively forwarding the aims of the ANC, were found not guilty in February 1970, discharged and immediately rearrested, and charged again together with Benjamin Ramotse who had been arrested in Botswana in 1968 (Benjamin Ramotse et al).á30f 1969/1970
In the case of the second trial Ramotse made a plea that his arrest was in violation of international law, the others including Samson Ndou made a plea that they had already been acquitted on the same charge. (Their plea was successful, Ramotse's unsuccessful).