• News
  • Sport
  • TV
  • Radio
  • Education
  • TV Licences
  • Contact Us

For all official information and updates regarding COVID-19, visit the South African Department of Health's website at www.sacoronavirus.co.za

No Result
View All Result
  • SOUTH AFRICA
  • POLITICS
  • BUSINESS
  • SPORT
  • AFRICA
  • WORLD
  • SCI-TECH
  • LIFESTYLE
  • FEATURES
  • OPINION
Home Sci-tech

Archeophone brings life back to Rivonia trial recordings

27 September 2018, 3:24 PM  |
Luvuyo Mdeni Luvuyo Mdeni |  @SABCNews
Sound engineer, Henri Chamoux played an important role in the digitization process

Sound engineer, Henri Chamoux played an important role in the digitization process

Image: Luvuyo Mdeni

Sound engineer, Henri Chamoux played an important role in the digitization process

The archive audio material from the 1964 Rivonia Trial is now available to South Africans and the International community, thanks to Sound engineer, Henri Chamoux.

Chamoux played an important role in the digitization process as he invented the Archeophone which made it possible for the recordings to be available in digital format.

The audio files which were received from the Department of Justice were in the form of Dictabelts.

Chamoux says working on the 256 hours of audio from the recordings offers magnificent information b that the public will find riveting.

Razia Saleh from the Nelson Mandela foundation says it is fantastic that these archives will be made available to the public for free.

The audio has now been digitized and will be available on the National Archives website.

The release of the audio is an initiative of the National Archives and Records Service of South Africa (NARSSA), the Department of Arts and Culture (DAC), Ina (Institut national de l’audiovisuel), the Nelson Mandela Foundation, the French Embassy in South Africa, the French Institute of South Africa (IFAS) and IFAS-Research and the Wits History Workshop.

The collaborators seek to celebrate the unique heritage that the restored sound archives represent to the South African public, who had previously not been able to access the recordings due to the obsolete recording format.

The Rivonia trialists were: Nelson Mandela, Walter Sisulu, Govan Mbeki, Raymond Mhlaba, Ahmed Kathrada, Lionel Bernstein, James Kantor, Elias Motsoaledi and the two surviving Rivonia trialists, Andrew Mlangeni and Dennis Goldberg.

In June of 1964 the country dominated international headlines – as the trial unfolded.

Share article
Tags: Rivonia TrialNelson Mandela FoundationNational ArchivesArcheophoneHenri Chamoux
Previous Post

Adultery no longer a crime in India

Next Post

Sars ignored legal opinion on Pillay suspension

Related Posts

A man looks at 100-metre-tall (328-foot-tall) wind turbines during sunset at the Electric Power Development Co., Ltd's Nunobiki Plateau Wind Farm in Koriyama, north of Tokyo November 8, 2007.

Government is going ahead with plans to procure more nuclear energy: Mantashe

20 May 2022, 8:14 AM

CORONAVIRUS: Your daily update

20 May 2022, 6:05 AM
A vial of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine

EU health regulator backs using AstraZeneca COVID shot as booster

19 May 2022, 6:17 PM
A child reacts while receiving a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at Smoketown Family Wellness Center in Louisville, Kentucky, US, November 8, 2021.

US advisory panel to weigh in on COVID boosters for children

19 May 2022, 12:54 PM
People wearing face masks commute in a subway station during morning rush hour, following the coronavirus disease ( COVID-19) outbreak, in Beijing, China January 20, 2021.

China relaxes some COVID test rules for US, other travellers

19 May 2022, 5:20 AM
A sweeping COVID-19 wave, which North Korea first confirmed last week, has fanned concerns over a lack of medical resources and vaccines, with the UN human rights agency warning of "devastating" consequences for its 25 million people.

N.Korea boosts production of drugs, medical supplies to battle COVID

19 May 2022, 3:42 AM
Next Post
Employment Relations Executive Luther Lebelo is  testifying  at the SARS Commission of Inquiry .

Sars ignored legal opinion on Pillay suspension

Most Viewed

  • 24hrs
  • Week
  • Month
  • EMS says fire at Bree Street Taxi Rank in Johannesburg has been extinguished
  • The public has until 18 May to make submissions on Icasa’s regulations for extension of expiry period for data, airtime
  • ANC NEC expected to hold a special meeting on Sunday
  • Eastern Cape flood victims plead for support as access to food, services remains difficult
  • Amathole Regional Secretary elated to have corruption charges against him dropped
  • SA may be home to world’s oldest person
  • Cape Town’s Noise Nuisances by-law back in the spotlight
  • Stellenbosch University suspends white student for urinating on black student’s laptop
  • Former president Jacob Zuma’s corruption case back in court
  • Russia uses new laser weapons in Ukraine, Zelenskyy mocks ‘wonder weapon’
  • SA may be home to world’s oldest person
  • Decrease in petrol price but diesel expected to increase between 70 and 80 cents
  • University of Mpumalanga opens a hotel within its Mbombela Campus
  • Some R350 grant beneficiaries have not yet received April payments
  • Cosatu’s May Day celebrations descended into chaos, proceedings halted

LATEST

[FILE PHOTO] President Cyril Ramaphosa with the South African flag in the background.
  • Lifestyle

“Kare, cancel this thing” – Ramaphosa on flag saga


Chippa United host TX Galaxt at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium on Saturday.
  • Sport

Kurt Lentjies to officially hang up his boots on Saturday


  • Politics

LIVE | President Ramaphosa leads the Presidential Imbizo in Mpumalanga


[File Image] President Cyril Ramaphosa leads government at the Presidential Imbizo in Mangaung, Free State - 08 April 2022.
  • Politics

Carolina residents to address President Ramaphosa on service delivery matters


A man looks at 100-metre-tall (328-foot-tall) wind turbines during sunset at the Electric Power Development Co., Ltd's Nunobiki Plateau Wind Farm in Koriyama, north of Tokyo November 8, 2007.
  • Sci-tech

Government is going ahead with plans to procure more nuclear energy: Mantashe


Regina Mhaule
  • South Africa

Education department takes a stand on racism and bullying in schools


Weather

  • About the SABC
  • Contact Us
  • Jobs
  • Advertise
  • Disclaimer
  • Site Map

SABC © 2022

No Result
View All Result
  • SOUTH AFRICA
  • POLITICS
  • BUSINESS
  • SPORT
  • AFRICA
  • WORLD
  • SCI-TECH
  • LIFESTYLE
  • FEATURES
  • OPINION

© 2022

Previous Adultery no longer a crime in India
Next Sars ignored legal opinion on Pillay suspension