Liliesleaf farm

Liliesleaf farm
At moment, the word 'Rivonia' became synonymous around the world with the silencing of black resistance in South Africa. The key leaders of the armed wing of the ANC, including Nelson Mandela, had operated from its outhouses for two years. In those days, Rivonia consisted of a rural patchwork of smallholdings, riding schools and farms, with few tarred roads. Today, it has been engulfed by the northern expansion of Johannesburg. There are plans to set up a Liliesleaf Trust, restore what's left of the farm, and perhaps even turn it into a conference retreat. Read more

At moment, the word 'Rivonia' became synonymous around the world with the silencing of black resistance in South Africa.

The key leaders of the armed wing of the ANC, including Nelson Mandela, had operated from its outhouses for two years. In those days, Rivonia consisted of a rural patchwork of smallholdings, riding schools and farms, with few tarred roads.

Today, it has been engulfed by the northern expansion of Johannesburg. There are plans to set up a Liliesleaf Trust, restore what's left of the farm, and perhaps even turn it into a conference retreat.