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… brewing beer to help make ends meet, and Miriam went to prison with her as she was just 18 days old. She grew up in … about a boxer who kills his sweetheart and later dies in prison. The musical, publicised as a ‘jazz opera’, was a big … (ANC) leader Nelson Mandela was freed from 27 years in prison, and encouraged Miriam Makeba to return to South …

… Zainab led a batch of resistors, was arrested, sent to prison for three months and released in early October. Later … made a Vice President. All three of these women had served prison sentences during the passive resistance campaign. …

… unfit to stand trial. Upon his unconditional release from prison with other political prisoners in 1992, he was still …

… with hard labor after articles in  Umsebenzi  had alleged prison brutalities in Natal. The following year, after taking …

… wing Poqo (later APLA) in Eastern Cape in 1963. While in prison Pokela attempted tirelessly to unite PAC factions on …

… work among blacks. She focused on visiting women in prison and hospital, and paid special attention to young …

… Second Anglo Boer War , Malebogo was transferred to the prison at Marabastad, near Pietersburg. There he languished …

… were sentenced to death while the rest were given lengthy prison sentences. Mati was given 10 years and a few days … the board. Instead of being released in November when his prison term ended, he was released in July 1982. After his …

… hanged after spending eight years in the Pretoria Central Prison for leading a mission that led to the death of the … be hanged. During his previous visit to Pretoria Central Prison, Ndwalane reduced everybody to tears when he recounted …

… and Mlangeni were suddenly moved from Robben Island to Pollsmoor Maximum Security prison. Here the prisoners no longer had the view, open space … although Mandela did impress Coetsee. On his return to Pollsmoor, Mandela was separated from his friends and put in …

… whose brother, Ahmed , had been tortured to death in prison. The Committee was established to focus attention on … - had managed to escape from the Pretoria Maximum Security Prison in 1979. Prema was accused of finding a place for …

… On 6 November 1986 she was sentenced to 25 years in prison, five years for the 1981 arson attacks and 20 years for treason. She was sent to Pretoria Prison where she served her sentence. Sparg became the first … prisoners were released.  Sparg was released from prison in 1991. She was nominated as a member of the …

… Mac Millan Xayiya was imprisoned at Robben Island - prison number 46/85 - from 1985 to 1990. …

… 9th July 1977 a detainee,Mrs Rose Segwale ,aged 59,died in prison in Soweto.No further details are available. …

… Turfloop, got married in the garage of Pretoria Security Prison in 1989. After my release from prison in October 1990 Khethiwe and I and our two sons …

… However, her husband did not escape through filed-down prison bars. A warder, Johannes Greeff, was bribed to buy … Mosie Moolla and Abdulhay Jassat. The sensational prison break from Marshall Square has become known as South …

… His poetry anthologies ‘baptism of fire (1984) and ‘prison poems (1992) published by Ad Donker press are … two poetry anthologies baptism of fire (1984) and prison poems (1992) with publisher AD Donker. He is a patron …

… on Robben Island. When Mothopeng was released from prison in 1967, he was taken to Qwaqwa and banned for two … 1986. President F W De Klerk released Mothopeng from prison in 1989. In February 1990, Mothopeng rejected calls …

… she was arrested under section 10 and was sent to the Fort prison in Johanessburg . In jail she was put in the same cell …

… assaulted during detention. She was detained at Kroonstad Prison before being transferred to Pretoria Central Prison. During the trial, her lawyers arranged a deal with … Consequently she was sentenced to five years in prison, and three years of the five years were suspended. …

… objector, in South Africa, to be sentenced to the maximum prison term of six years. He is now an independent researcher … supremacy," was sentenced to an unprecedented six years in prison. At the time, the 25-year-old conscientious objector … S. African Who Refused to Serve in Military Gets 6-Year Prison Term from the Los Angeles Times , 26 July - Available …

… Congress and Poqo . he was executed at Pretoria Central Prison on 30 May 1967 for the murder of Maurice Berger in …

… the Terrorism Act. He was transferred to Pietermarizburg prison on 1 March 1977.Mr Khoza was a member of a church …

… He was sentenced to ten years on Robben Island. In prison, he and another young prisoner Tony Suze became …

… demonstration. The following ten years were spent in prison, where he pursued his studies and developed a passion … of South Africa (UNISA) after being released from prison in 1986, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in …

… Raymond Mhlaba and Andrew Mlangeni , Mandela were moved to Pollsmoor Prison. A few months later they were joined by Ahmed Kathrada … operation Mandela did not return to join his colleagues in Pollsmoor Prison, but was instead taken to a separate section …

… he was ordered to pay five pounds or spend seven days in prison. PR Pather refused to pay the fine and was prepared to … jail sentence. As PR was getting ready to be escorted to prison the clerk informed him that somebody had already paid … ordered to pay a fine of twenty pounds or spend a month in prison. Furthermore the sentence included a two months …