Rivonia

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Rivonia is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa, known for its role in the anti-apartheid struggle and as the site of the historic Rivonia Trial arrests.

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Rivonia canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf suburb
associatedWith African National Congress
Ahmed Kathrada
Denis Goldberg
Govan Mbeki
Nelson Mandela
Rivonia Trial defendants
linked to: Rivonia Trial

Umkhonto we Sizwe
Walter Sisulu
contains Rivonia Square
Rivonia Village shopping centre
offices and business parks
residential areas
country South Africa
economicCharacter mixed residential and commercial area
governedBy City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality Council
hasAreaCodeType telephone area code 011
hasLandmark Liliesleaf Farm
hasPostalCodeType street postal code
hasTypeOfDevelopment office parks
retail centres
upmarket residential complexes
heritage site of struggle heritage tourism
historicalEventLocation 1963 anti-apartheid raids
Rivonia Trial
historicalSignificance key site of apartheid-era security police raids
knownFor Rivonia Trial arrests
linked to: Rivonia Trial

role in the anti-apartheid struggle
languageMajority English (urban lingua franca)
locatedIn City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality
Gauteng
Johannesburg
locatedInContinent Africa
locatedInHemisphere Southern Hemisphere
locatedOn Rivonia Road
near Bryanston
Edenburg
Morningside
Sunninghill
Woodmead
partOf Sandton
regionOfJohannesburg Region E
suburbOf Johannesburg
timeZone South African Standard Time
linked to: Central Africa Time
transport served by major arterial roads
utcOffset +2

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Lilliesleaf Farm locatedIn Rivonia
Sandton hasPart Rivonia
Morningside (Sandton) locatedNear Rivonia
subject linked to: Morningside
Rivonia Road passesThrough Rivonia