Series AP3.5 - Arthur Chaskalson Papers

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ZA AFRAPIX AP3-AP3.5

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Arthur Chaskalson Papers

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  • 15 December 1989 (Creation)

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3 photographs

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(1982-1992)

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The photographs were taken by Ellen Elmendorp during a rally after the release of Patrick "Terror" Lekota from Robben Island. He was one of the accused in the Delmas Treason Trial.

The collection contains the personal and professional papers of Chief Justice Arthur Chaskalson. Justice Arthur Chaskalson was the President of the Constitutional Court of South Africa from 1994 to 2001 and Chief Justice of South Africa from 2001 to 2005. He was also part of the defence council during the Delmas Treason Trial (1985-1989), also known as the Vaal Triangle Treason Trial.

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The photographs are held as part of the Arthur Chaskalson Papers at the Historical Papers Research Archive, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. They can be accessed here: http://historicalpapers-atom.wits.ac.za/c2-1-4

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