South African Anti-Apartheid Veteran Denis Goldberg Dies At 87

Veteran South African anti-apartheid activist Denis Goldberg, who was tried alongside Nelson Mandela, has died at the age of 87.

As a member of the ANC’s military wing, he was convicted of armed resistance to white-minority rule and sentenced to four life terms in 1964.

He was imprisoned for 22 years.

Mr Goldberg’s niece, Joy Noero, said he had been suffering from lung cancer.