Justice

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Edwin Cameron. Justice

Introduction

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

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Edwin Cameron

A Personal Account

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Now, a half-century later, it held captive the most prominent extra-parliamentary opponents of apartheid. They were a distinguished array of churchmen, lawyers, writers, trade unionists, teachers, manual workers, businessmen, academics and community activists. They included blacks, coloureds and Indians, and also 23 whites.

The arrests signalled the start of the biggest trial in South African history. Two weeks later, those arrested were brought to face the charges. They appeared before a magistrate in a makeshift courtroom set up in downtown Johannesburg’s Drill Hall – because no court was big enough to accommodate them. All were charged with the offence of high treason under the Roman-Dutch common law. The charge, if proven, carried the death penalty.

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