EVENT INFORMATION

13
April
1955

Mandela challenges the grounds of his banning order

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Biografie ๐Ÿ“… 13 April 1955 ๐Ÿ“ Zuid-Afrika

Mandela wrote to the Minister of Justice asking why he had been served with a banning order. The letter challenged restrictions that curtailed political association and speech. It also records a legal and administrative contest over the stateโ€™s power to silence organizers, at a time when apartheid laws narrowed the space for public political activity.

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Personen in deze gebeurtenis

Nelson Mandela

Organisaties in dit Evenement

African National Congress

Union of South Africa Ministry of Justice