List of Well-known People He Represented
Bizos represented the following people, among others:
- Ahmed Timol’s family, regarding his death in detention in 1971
- Chris Hani’s family
- Govan Mbeki in the Rivonia Trial in 1963–64
- Mac Maharaj in the Little Rivonia Trial
- Morgan Tsvangirai, leader of the Movement for Democratic Change of Zimbabwe regarding a charge of planning a coup d'état by conspiring to assassinate President Robert Mugabe before the 2002 general elections
- Neil Aggett’s family, regarding his death in detention in 1982
- Nelson Mandela, since the 1950s
- Patrick Lekota (known as “Terror”) in the Delmas Treason Trial, 1985–89
- Popo Molefe in the Delmas Treason Trial, 1985–89
- Rob Adam in a trial for involvement in ANC activities, 1982
- Steve Biko’s family, regarding his death in detention in 1977
- Trevor Huddleston of Sophiatown, 1950s
- Walter Sisulu in the Rivonia Trial in 1963–64
- Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, representing her on more than 20 occasions.
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Went down the list of the dead.
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“Every morning I woke in dread, waiting for the day nurse to go on her rounds and announce from the list of names in her hand whether or not I was for shock treatment, the new and fashionable means of quieting people and of making them realize that orders are to be obeyed and floors are to be polished without anyone protesting and faces are to be made to be fixed into smiles and weeping is a crime.”
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