Word: treasonable
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...cheers and shouts by the crowd that had gathered at Johannesburg's Central Methodist Church. As the leaders were embraced by Nobel Laureate Bishop Desmond Tutu, six other U.D.F. members received a similar reception 300 miles away in the coastal city of Durban. The occasion: the unexpected dismissal of treason charges against the twelve by the South African government. Though four of the 16 people on trial still face charges, the collapse of the case against most of them was a rare victory for opponents of the apartheid regime. "The state had no case," said U.D.F. Leader Curtis Ndlovu...
...black majority. By mid-February, police sweeps had netted eleven more U.D.F. leaders. In April a 587-page indictment alleged that the U.D.F. was a political front for the banned African National Congress, which favors the violent overthrow of the South African government. The specific charges: high treason, violations of the Terrorism Act and furthering the cause of illegal organizations like the A.N.C...
...days the King of England could tell you what you said was treason, and you would have to be quarantined in the Tower. But then modern man developed Freedom of Speech (which, of course, I am now enjoying, as did Jeff Wise in "Not Taking Chances," December...
...current phase of unrest in the form of the United Democratic Front (UDF), which represented millions of people in more than 600 community, church and political associations across South Africa. Within the last year, the leaders of the UDF have been rounded up and arrested. They face charges of treason...
...case is not uncommon. In addition to large numbers of the UDF leadership, other old guard figures like Albertina Sisiulu, wife of jailed nationalist Walter Sisiulu, are facing treason charges. Nobel Prize-winning Bishop Desmond M. Tutu hit the nail on the head when, in a New York Times report last week, he expressed his fear that by removing activists capable of organizing protest, the regime is running the risk of amorphous chaos in the townships...