Qualla: Liliesleaf Farm https://qualla.com/liliesleaf-farm en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:25 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/k/e/7/g/liliesleaf-farm-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Liliesleaf Farm https://qualla.com/liliesleaf-farm Liliesleaf Farm: Introduction https://qualla.com/liliesleaf-farm/ Photo credit Colinvlr, Public domain. On the afternoon of 11 July 1963, a dry-cleaning van rolled up the drive of a farm in Rivonia, north of Johannesburg, and security police spilled out of the back. Inside the thatched outbuildings they found the men who were running South Africa's armed resistance to apartheid, along with the documents that would convict them. The farm was called Liliesleaf, and for two years it had been the best-kept secret of the liberation movement: a place where a white family's presence masked the comings and goings of the country's most wanted Black revolutionaries. The raid that ended its cover would change the course of the nation.

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]]> Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/k/e/7/g/liliesleaf-farm-wp/ke7g-liliesleaf-farm-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Liliesleaf Farm: A Hideout in Plain Sight https://qualla.com/liliesleaf-farm/ Photo credit Colinvlr, Public domain. In 1961 the property was quietly purchased by Arthur Goldreich and Harold Wolpe, using funds from the underground South African Communist Party. The cover story was simple and effective. Goldreich, a white South African, moved in with his wife Hazel and their two sons, looking fo...

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]]> Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/k/e/7/g/liliesleaf-farm-wp/ke7g-liliesleaf-farm-a-hideout-in-plain-sight.mp3 0:06 2 full Liliesleaf Farm: The Headquarters of the Spear https://qualla.com/liliesleaf-farm/ Photo credit Colinvlr, Public domain. Liliesleaf was acquired at a hinge moment in the struggle. The liberation movement was turning from passive resistance toward armed struggle, and a new organisation, uMkhonto we Sizwe, the Spear of the Nation, had just been formed as the ANC's military wing. The farm soon became ...

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]]> Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/k/e/7/g/liliesleaf-farm-wp/ke7g-liliesleaf-farm-the-headquarters-of-the-spear.mp3 0:06 3 full Liliesleaf Farm: The Raid and the Trial https://qualla.com/liliesleaf-farm/ Photo credit Colinvlr, Public domain. When the police struck on 11 July 1963, they arrested 19 people and seized a trove of incriminating papers. Nelson Mandela was not among those taken that day; he was already in prison, serving a sentence for leaving the country illegally. But the documents found at the farm tied ...

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]]> Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/k/e/7/g/liliesleaf-farm-wp/ke7g-liliesleaf-farm-the-raid-and-the-trial.mp3 0:06 4 full Liliesleaf Farm: What the Farm Holds Now https://qualla.com/liliesleaf-farm/ Photo credit Colinvlr, Public domain. After apartheid fell, the farm that had nearly destroyed the movement's leadership was restored as a museum and declared a national heritage site in 2016. Its exhibits hold objects that carry enormous weight: an original copy of the Freedom Charter, Mandela's arrest warrant, Oliv...

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