The government moved African National Congress (ANC) leader Nelson Mandela from the Constantiaberg private clinic in Cape Town, where he had been recovering from tuberculosis, to a house on the grounds of the Victor Verster Prison, near Paarl, east of Cape Town, where he was given a large warder's house to live in (with a swimming pool and a big garden) as well as a personal cook.
eventREF E-0012793Revised
7 December 1988
Mandela is moved to Victor Verster prison
- Updated
- 30 Sep 2019
How we know this
- 01Global Research,"1988 ”” 1990: The Long Walk To Freedom", From: Global Research,[Online], Available at: www.globalresearch.ca,[Accessed : 25 November 2013]
Last updated · 30 Sep 2019
South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Mandela is moved to Victor Verster prison. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012793
South African History Online (2011) 'Mandela is moved to Victor Verster prison', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012793 (Accessed: 13 October 2026).
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