In the words of Percy Yutar, the prosecutor at the 1963 Rivonia trial of Mandela and his cohorts:
"The deceit of the accused is amazing," said Yutar as he led evidence in Pretoria’s Palace of Justice. "They took it on themselves to tell the world that the Africans in South Africa are suppressed, oppressed and depressed.
"It is a great pity the Bantu (blacks) in the country, who are peaceful, law-abiding, faithful and loyal, should have been duped by false promises."
Today, it is even more apt than ever!
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