Rivonia trialist Denis Goldberg dies at age 87

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Tributes have started pouring in on social media, with a number of individuals including University of Johannesburg Vice-Chancellor Tshilidzi Marwala taking to Twitter and passing his condolences. All of the accused were found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment. Goldberg was convicted alongside former president Nelson Mandela for treason and spent 22 years in a whites-only prison in Pretoria, and was the first of the Rivonia Trialists to be released.

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