Why did nelson Madella got to jail?

Answer 1

After the banning of the ANC in 1960, Nelson Mandela argued for the setting up of a military wing within the ANC. In June 1961, the ANC executive considered his proposal on the use of violent tactics and agreed that those members who wished to involve themselves in Mandela's campaign would not be stopped from doing so by the ANC. This led to the formation of Umkhonto we Sizwe. Mandela was arrested in 1962 and sentenced to five years' imprisonment with hard labour. In 1963, when many fellow leaders of the ANC and the Umkhonto we Sizwe were arrested, Mandela was brought to stand trial with them for plotting to overthrow the government by violence.. On June 12, 1964, eight of the accused, including Mandela, were sentenced to life imprisonment. From 1964 to 1982, he was put in prison at Robben Island, off Cape Town; thereafter, he was at Pollsmoor Prison, nearby on the mainland.

Answer 2

Mr Mandela was arrested on several occasions and stood trial four times. On 30 July 1952, he and 19 of his comrades were arrested for his role in the Defiance Campaign and stood trial in September 1952. He and the 19 others were found guilty on 2 December for 'statutory Communism' - which the apartheid regime used to define people who opposed its laws. Their sentence was nine months in jail with hard labour, suspended for five years.

On 5 December 1956 Mr Mandela and others were arrested on charges of High Treason. They were released on bail about two weeks later. At the end of the four-and-a-half year trial, charges were withdrawn against all the accused. On 29 March 1961 Mr Mandela and 29 colleagues were found to be innocent of the charges laid against them.

During the Treason Trial the African National Congress was outlawed and Mr Mandela began operating secretly after the end of the trial. Later that year, Umkhonto weSizwe, the armed wing of the ANC, was formed. Mr Mandela left the country at the beginning of 1962 for military training and to gather support for the ANC. He was arrested in South Africa on 5 August 1962 and charged with inciting people to strike and for leaving the country without a passport. He was convicted and on 7 November 1962 he was sentenced to five years in jail. He was sent to Robben Island Maximum Security Prison in May 1963. But in July 1963 he was brought to Pretoria to stand trial for sabotage in what became known as the Rivonia Trial, most of the accused were arrested at a farm in a suburb of Johannesburg called Rivonia. That trial started in October 1963 and on 11 June 1964, eight of the nine accused were convicted of sabotage. The next day they were sentenced to life imprisonm