Historical biography archive · Updated 2026-11-03

Walter Sisulu Biography and Timeline

Follow Walter Sisulu through 5 dated historical records for South Africa.

Walter Sisulu, historical timeline

A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.

5Distinct records
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1961–1991Years on this page

1961

Umkhonto We Sizwe

Politics / ANC

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

1963

Trial

Pretoria · Politics / ANC

Mandela & Sisulu are accused of 222 acts of sabotage

1964

Trial

Pretoria · Politics / ANC

Tried alongside Nelson Mendella

1989

Arrest of Walter Sisulu

Politics / ANC

de Klerk announces the release of Sisulu

1991

Conference of ANC

Politics / ANC

Walter Sisulu is elected Deputy President of the ANC

Records, sources and methodology

These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.