Walter Sisulu Biography

Historical biography and chronological timeline for Walter Sisulu, based on 5 World History Database records associated with South Africa.

5 records1961–19914 events1 places

Chronological biography

1961

Umkhonto We Sizwe1961

Politics / ANC

Founds Umkhonto, "The Spear of the Nation", member of the High Command

1963

TrialDecember 1963

Politics / ANC · Pretoria

Mandela & Sisulu are accused of 222 acts of sabotage

1964

Trial20 April 1964

Politics / ANC · Pretoria

Tried alongside Nelson Mendella

1989

Arrest of Walter Sisulu10 October 1989

Politics / ANC

de Klerk announces the release of Sisulu

1991

Conference of ANC2 July 1991

Politics / ANC

Walter Sisulu is elected Deputy President of the ANC

Record provenance

This biography is assembled from World History Database records filtered by country and personal-name fields. Exact duplicate display records are removed. The database is an index rather than a complete narrative biography; formal research should verify entries against relevant primary or specialist sources.