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… prisoner,he was detained from 12 December in the Fort prison in Johannesburg where he died on 8th January 1977,of a …

… Howick in KwaZulu-Natal He is sentenced to five years in prison for incitement and leaving the country without a … is sent to Robben Island Mandela returns to Pretoria Local Prison He appears in court for the first time in what becomes … is moved from an isolated prison in Robben Island to Pollsmoor Prison in the suburbs of Cape Town 1985 Mandela …

… Thus, Madondo would effectively serve 12 years in prison. Madondo was taken to Robben Island, where he served …

… family members also joined the campaign and served various prison terms as a result. Two such family members were Miss … Station. She organised weekly vigils outside the Durban prison and played a central role in organising some of the … The group was arrested for demonstrating outside the prison and for organising a march to the mayor’s office. They …

… given a ten years sentence. They were taken to Leeuwkop Prison, where they  remained for about two or three months and then taken to Robben island Prison in Cape town. Here they slept on sisal mats and were … In 1964, a group from the Natal ANC joined them in prison, which included Ebrahim Ismail Ebrahim , Curnick …

… was found guilty of fraud and sentenced to 12 years in prison. The sentence was later reversed on appeal and he left …

… 1976 students uprising , Tinto was detained in Polsmoor Prison and on  Robben Island  until his release in 1978. In …

… June 17, 1997 Terre'Blanche was sentenced to six years in prison for assaulting a petrol station worker and the … security guard. One of only three whites in the Rooigrond prison near Mafikeng, during his time in prison he became a born-again Christian and claimed that he …

… Act and on 11th September hanged himself at the Pretoria prison. According to information provided by the minister of …

… of that homeland. After being held at the Butterworth prison for 87 days under Transkei proclamation R400 Mr Mosala …

… (BCP). November 1978. Soweto. he was released from prison and served with a 5 year banning order under the of …

… their arrest at Lilliesleaf Farm , escaped from the Fort prison in Johannesburg while on remand, after bribing a prison guard. After hiding in various safe houses for two …

… over. He was found guilty and sentenced to two years in prison. On his release, he was placed under house arrest and …

… the June 1976 uprising, and spent months at The Old Fort prison, now Constitution Hill and eventually banned and …

… and other political leaders soon to be released from prison. As the political scene in the country gradually …

… involvement in MK activities. Masondo spent 13 years in prison, he was one of the first MK members to be imprisoned …

… over her children. When she was finally released from prison without being charged, she had lost her job with Guys …

… known for its investigative journalism that exposed the prison and farm conditions in the 1950s. He was part of a …

… incommunicado under the Internal Security Act at the Fort Prison, in Johannesburg. Upon her release, the State served …

… between for committing acts of sabotage. It was during his prison years on Robben Island that he completed his Senior …

… and addressing various illegal meetings, he was already in prison at the time of the December 1956 treason arrests. He …

… from Nelson Mandela by O. R. Tambo, Smuggled Out Of Prison, 10 June 1980 …

… detained at the maximum-security facility, Luzira Women’s Prison in Kampala. On 2 August 2019, Dr Nyanzi was sentenced … related to her name-calling the President. While still in prison, Dr Nyanzi received the Oxfam Novib/PEN Prize for … wrote an acceptance speech, which was smuggled out of the prison. Dr Nyanzi was also among the list of forty women …

… his division, Kondoti was arrested and spent a month in prison. On 9 November 1952, as part of the ANC Youth League , … volunteers. After the volunteers were released from prison, Kondoti would pass on orders from the ANC. Meetings …

… under the Terrorism Act and detained at Pretoria Central Prison. At the prison she was forced to strip naked and searched. They then … then transferred her from Pretoria Central to Nylstroom Prison. From here she was taken to Pretoria to be tried.  She …

… was arrested and detained without trial at Roeland Street Prison on 7 October 1963. Together with nine others she was … for political prisoners. During her first year in prison, September set out to complete her senior certificate. … Dorothy Alexander and September were released from prison. On her release, the Pretoria regime controlled …

… was Louis Joffe, the former Communist Party Secretary. In prison he was also in a play staged by Cecil Williams on June the 26th. Whilst in prison a small radio was smuggled in for them with the help … After a further five days they were summoned by the prison chief and told that they should cease the strike. The …

… and charged with Terrorism in 1987 and spent some time in prison.  He was then banned for five years and forbidden to …