{"id":107097,"date":"2017-12-27T10:34:57","date_gmt":"2017-12-27T08:34:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/voice-package-president-joins-anniversary-of-ancs-armed-wing-mandela-rally\/"},"modified":"2017-12-27T10:34:57","modified_gmt":"2017-12-27T08:34:57","slug":"voice-package-president-joins-anniversary-of-ancs-armed-wing-mandela-rally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/voice-package-president-joins-anniversary-of-ancs-armed-wing-mandela-rally\/","title":{"rendered":"Voice Package: President joins anniversary of ANC\u2019s armed wing + Mandela rally"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/myjhb.co.za\/voice-package-president-joins-anniversary-of-ancs-armed-wing-mandela-rally\/\">Voice Package: President joins anniversary of ANC\u2019s armed wing + Mandela rally<\/a>: <\/p>\n<p>A MyJHB.co.za selected <strong>Liliesleaf Farm<\/strong> video for you:<br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rNAHYKAOZrk?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/> (16 Dec 2001)<br \/> Liliesleaf farm, Rivonia, outside Johannesburg &#8211; December 15, 2001<br \/> 0000 Various exteriors Liliesleaf farm<br \/> 0009 Close-up bust of Nelson Mandela<br \/> 0013 Various of people arriving<br \/> 0022 South African President Thabo Mbeki arriving<br \/> 0028 Various of Mbeki posing for photos with some of the Rivonia Trialists<br \/> 0037 Various of people drinking champagne<br \/> 0048 Cutaway of gathering<br \/> 0051 Set up shot of Dennis Goldberg, former MK member<br \/> 0055 SOUNDBITE: (English) Dennis Goldberg, former &#8220;MK&#8221; member<br \/> Soweto &#8211; December 16, 2001<br \/> 0102 &#8220;MK&#8221;  40th anniversary banner<br \/> 0105 Wide shot of stadium in Soweto<br \/> 0110 . Wide shot of Mandela at podium<br \/> 0115 SOUNDBITE: (English) Nelson Mandela, former South African president<br \/> 0148 Various of crowd<br \/> 0159 VISION ENDS<br \/> STORYLINE<br \/> It was to have been the last meeting of the armed wing of the African National Congress at their secret hide-out but the July 1963 gathering ended in a police raid and a trial that would change South African history.<br \/> Sixteen leaders of the African National Congress were charged with sabotage and attempting to overthrow the<br \/> government at the 1964 trial that followed the seven arrests at the Liliesleaf Farm.<br \/> In what became known as &#8220;the Rivonia Trial&#8221; the seven men were sentenced in June 1964 to life imprisonment &#8211; one of them was Nelson Mandela<br \/> This weekend, the former military commanders of the now defunct  armed wing of the African National Congress gathered to celebrate 40 years since the founding of the movement.<br \/> VOICE OVER:<br \/> 0002<br \/> The former military commanders of South Africa&#8217;s national struggle, gathered on Saturday, at Liliesleaf Farm in the Johannesburg suburbs to mark 40 years since the founding of their movement.<br \/> 0015<br \/> Commonly known as &#8220;MK&#8221;, the group founded by Nelson Mandela plotted to overthrow the South African government by means of sabotage.<br \/> 0023<br \/> President Thabo Mbeki paid a visit to the farm.<br \/> He told the guests that the legacy of the movement and the men who sacrificed their lives for it, had to be passed to the next generation.<br \/> 0034<br \/> Mbeki&#8217;s father, Govan, was among those arrested on July 11, 1963.<br \/> 0039<br \/> The accused used the hearing  to put apartheid on trial.<br \/> The proceedings attracted international attention and raised the profile of the activists.<br \/> 0049<br \/> Dennis Goldberg, a white activist who was arrested at the farm, travelled from London for the reunion.<br \/> 0055<br \/> SOUNDBITE: (English)  Dennis Goldberg, former &#8220;MK&#8221; member<br \/> &#8220;We were trying to live underground this idea that South Africa belongs to all who live in it.&#8221;<br \/> 0102<br \/> On Sunday, Nelson Mandela marked the 40th Anniversary of &#8220;MK&#8221; by addressing several thousand people at a stadium in Soweto.<br \/> 0109<br \/> He spoke of  the importance of the armed struggle in overthrowing the apartheid regime.<br \/> 0115<br \/> SOUNDBITE: (English) Nelson Mandela, former South African president<br \/> &#8220;Our armed struggle was a complement to our political struggle, never even a means, let alone end in itself. Our liberation war was about the achievement of peace and the saving of life from the systematic inhumane violence of our apartheid opponents.&#8221;<br \/> 0149<br \/> After serving 27 years in prison, Mandela became the first post-apartheid democratically elected president of South Africa in 1994.<\/p>\n<p>You can license this story through AP Archive: http:\/\/www.aparchive.com\/metadata\/youtube\/96e6c287a9775c90592d26c80cdc3fa8<br \/> Find out more about AP Archive: http:\/\/www.aparchive.com\/HowWeWork<\/p>\n<p style=\"float: left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Voice Package: President joins anniversary of ANC's armed wing + Mandela rally\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/rNAHYKAOZrk\/default.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>CLICK HERE to submit your favourite Johannesburg video.<\/p>\n<p>Submit your Press Release Video on MyPR &#8211; Work smarter and get WP Robot for WordPress.<\/p>\n<p>Visit the MyPE YouTube Channel.<\/p>\n<p><small><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/myjhb.co.za\/voice-package-president-joins-anniversary-of-ancs-armed-wing-mandela-rally\/\">MyJHB<\/a><\/small><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>Read more on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/myjhb.co.za\">MyJHB<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Join the fun:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/add-your-event\/\">Add Your event<\/a> | <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mypr.co.za\/submit\">Submit a Press Release<\/a> | <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/directory\/\">Add your listing<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Voice Package: President joins anniversary of ANC\u2019s armed wing + Mandela rally: A MyJHB.co.za selected Liliesleaf Farm video for you: (16 Dec 2001) Liliesleaf farm, Rivonia, outside Johannesburg &#8211; December 15, 2001 0000 Various exteriors Liliesleaf farm 0009 Close-up bust of Nelson Mandela 0013 Various of people arriving 0022 South African President Thabo Mbeki arriving [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3332],"tags":[5111,4754,5075,4240,3043,8375,4646,1433,5515,10630],"class_list":{"0":"post-107097","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-johannesburg-south-africa","7":"tag-ancs","8":"tag-anniversary","9":"tag-armed","10":"tag-joins","11":"tag-mandela","12":"tag-package","13":"tag-president","14":"tag-rally","15":"tag-voice","16":"tag-wing","17":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107097"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107097\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}