Foreword / by Cyril Ramaphosa -- Introduction -- Who can rid me of this troublesome court?: the first installment -- The Rivonia trial: competing visions for South Africa -- The challenge to the pass laws: the beginning of the end; or they did not even know his name -- Exposing detention without trial -- A bridge over troubled waters? -- A break with the past, a view of the future -- Activism, denialism, socio-economic rights and beetroot -- A special relationship -- Conclusion.