Today in Kimberley's History
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Twelve Africans are acquitted at the Supreme Court - 1969
Twelve Africans on trial at the Supreme Court in Grahamstown, accused of having conspired to take over a town and kill Whites, were acquitted on the charge, but were given prison sentences ranging from seven to one year's imprisonment for being members of the illegal organisation Poqo, armed wing of the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) and forerunner of the Azanian People's Liberation Army (APLA). Twelve other accused were acquitted on all charges.
Twelve Africans on trial at the Supreme Court in Grahamstown, accused of having conspired to take over a town and kill Whites, were acquitted on the charge, but were given prison sentences ranging from seven to one year's imprisonment for being members of the illegal organisation Poqo, armed wing of the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) and forerunner of the Azanian People's Liberation Army (APLA). Twelve other accused were acquitted on all charges.