Mugabe was arrested on his return to Southern Rhodesia in December 1963. His trial lasted from January to March 1964, during which he refused to retract the subversive statements that he had publicly made
Mugabe anamangidwa atabwerera ku Southern Rhodesia mu December 1963. Mlandu wake unakhalapo kuyambira January mpaka March 1964, pamene anakana kutulutsa mawu otsutsa omwe adanena poyera