Nelson Mandela: Ìyàtọ̀ láàrin àwọn àtúnyẹ̀wò

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=== Arrest and Rivonia trial ===
{{Main|Rivonia Trial}}
On 5 August 1962 Mandela was arrested after living on the run for seventeen months, and was imprisoned in the Johannesburg Fort.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehistorychannel.co.uk/site/this_day_in_history/this_day_August_5.php|title=5 August - This day in history|publisher=[[The History Channel]]|accessdate=28 October 2008}}</ref> The arrest was made possible because the U.S. [[Central Intelligence Agency]] (CIA) tipped off the security police as to Mandela's whereabouts and disguise.<ref name=blum>{{cite web|url=http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Blum/CIAMandela_WBlum.html|publisher=Third World Traveller|title=How the CIA sent Nelson Mandela to prison for 28 years|first=William|last=Blum|accessdate=26 May 2008}}</ref><ref name=salon>{{cite web|url=http://www.salon.com/news/news961114.html|publisher=[[Salon.com]]|first=Jeff|last=Stein|title=Our Man in South Africa|date=14 November 1996|accessdate=26 May 2008|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20001208162100/http://www.salon.com/news/news961114.html|archivedate=8 Dec 2000}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last =Weiner|first =Tim|year =2007|title=Legacy of Ashes|publisher=[[Penguin Group]]|page=362|isbn=978-1-846-14046-4}}</ref> Three days later, the charges of leading workers to strike in 1961 and leaving the country illegally were read to him during a court appearance. On 25 October 1962, Mandela was sentenced to five years in [[prison]]. Two years later on 11 June 1964, a verdict had been reached concerning his previous engagement in the African National Congress (ANC).<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2001/feb/11/nelsonmandela.southafrica2|title=The Rivonia Trial|last=Katwala |first=Sunder|date=11 February 2001|work=The Guardian|accessdate=28 October 2008 | location=London}}</ref>
 
While Mandela was imprisoned, police arrested prominent ANC leaders on 11 July 1963, at [[Liliesleaf Farm]], [[Rivonia]], north of Johannesburg. Mandela was brought in, and at the [[Rivonia Trial]] they were charged by the chief prosecutor Dr. [[Percy Yutar]] with the capital crimes of sabotage (which Mandela admitted) and crimes which were equivalent to [[treason]], but easier for the government to prove.<ref name="SAHistoryOnline">{{cite web|url=http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/chronology/thisday/1963-07-11ii.htm|title=ANC Lilliesleaf Farm arrests|date=11 July 1963|publisher=South African History Online|accessdate=28 October 2008}}{{dead link|url=http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/chronology/thisday/1963-07-11ii.htm|date=October 2010}} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> The second charge accused the defendants of plotting a foreign invasion of South Africa, which Mandela denied.<ref name="SAHistoryOnline"/>