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International pressure
But international pressure was growing. On 6 November, the United Nations voted for the first time in favour of sanctions against South Africa. The next day, Nelson Mandela was found guilty of incitement to strike and leaving the country without a passport. He was soon transferred to the notorious Robben Island prison, where he would remain for over two decades after later being sentenced to life imprisonment for various crimes against the state. Meanwhile, Africans continued to fight for the things the whites took for granted – the right to a good education, a living wage, to be able to live where they wanted.
When 8 leaders of Umkhonto, an independent armed wing of the banned ANC, were sentenced to life imprisonment in the Rivonia Trials of 1964, international outrage erupted. The UN voted unanimously (excluding South Africa) for the unconditional release of the Riviona men and all other South African political prisoners. However, nothing was done and the men remained in jail. Meanwhiel, conditions for the blacks continued to deteriorate.
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