Treason Trial Postcard 1956 His brutal death in police

His brutal death in police custody triggered global outrage and became a defining act of defiance

An archival print of the Drum Magazine South Africa cover from August 1978

An archival print of the Drum Magazine South Africa cover from July 1957

An archival print of the Drum Magazine East Africa cover from August 1980

An archival print of the Drum Magazine Nigeria cover from October 1964

Treason Trial Postcard 1956 His brutal death in policeTreason Trial Halts Nelson Mandela with Moses Kotane (left) beam out of the court in seconds. For the moment there is nothing that can worry them. October 13, 1958 the mild, cloudy Pretoria morning on which the most sensational of things happened for the 91 men and women of all races facing a charge of high treason.