Records; 132 boxes; inventory.
-- The State vs PM Baleka and 21 others on charges of treason, murder, terrorism and subversion. Court records include indictment, defence admissions, exhibits and judgment. Also material collected by the defence such as statements by the accused, trial summaries and minutes of attorneys' meetings. Amogst those charged were MM Chikane, MGP (Terror) Lekota and Popo S Molefe, together with other members of the United Democratic Front which was formed in opposition to the government's proposals for a tricameral parliament and black local authorities.
-- The exibits relate to the following organisations: African National Congress, Alexandra Youth Conference, Azanian People's Organisation, Azanian Student Organisation, Black Sash, Congress of South African Students, Council of Unions of South Africa, Detainees Parents Support Committee, End Conscription Campaign, Federation of South African Women, Grahamstown Civic Association, Johannesburg Democratic Action Committee, Natal Indian Congress, National Education Union of SA, NUSAS, Release Mandela Campaign, South African Allied Workers Union, South African Communist Party, South African Council of Churches, Soweto Civic Association, Soweto Youth Congress, Transvaal Indian Congress, Tumahole Civic Association, United Democratic Front, Vaal Civic Association.
-- The trial was the longest one in South African legal history in terms of days in court, 450 days. The accused were found guilty but the case went on appeal and the judgment was set aside.