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EventNelson Mandela celebrates his 90th birthday.
… war leader who endured arrest, trial and incarceration on Robben Island. Whilst in prison he wrote numerous correspondences …
South African and World leaders
… spent 27 years of his life in jail, most of which were on Robben Island. Although he was not the only struggle leader in jail … Six of the accused were…
Statement submitted to the United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid, on the occasion of the Day of Solidarity with South African Political Prisoners, 11 October 1979
… Mlangeni face the prospect of imprisonment for life on Robben Island and in Pretoria prison. And life imprisonment means … than an ANC activist recently…
The armed struggle and state repression of the 1960s
… sent to Pretoria prison and the others were all sent to Robben Island. Bram Fischer was himself arrested and tried soon …
ArticleAfrican Heritage Sites
… Cape ), iSimangaliso Wetland Park - ( KwaZulu-Natal ), Robben Island - ( Western Cape) , and Cradle of Humankind - ( … migrations that have gone unchanged…
BiographyBartolomeu Dias
… the mouth of the Congo. He certainly anchored at Principe Island in the Gulf of Guinea, where he rescued Pacheco …
EventCurnick Ndlovu, Trade Unionist, is arrested.
… sentenced 20 years in jail in 1964 and served his time on Robben Island. He was released in 1983 and eventually became the …
EventPAC leader Robert Sobukwe is released
… prisoner indefinitely. Subsequently, Sobukwe was moved to Robben Island, where he remained for an additional six years. The …
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1600s
… sailors to ferry him and twenty of his followers to Robben Island . There the group remain, on and off, for the next … 10 July, Van Riebeeck banishes…
ArticleConvict Stations & Labour in the Cape Colony
… 1843 Montagu was ordered by Governor Napier to visit Robben Island, for the purpose of "inquiring into the working of the … of the chronically sick, lepers,…
EventANC flag raised at the funeral of John ‘Hennie’ Ferus
… 1964 he was charged with sabotage. He was later jailed on Robben Island for three years and two months for breaking his …
BiographyChristopher “Dali” Daluxolo Mpofu
… was a very “progressive” man and a former detainee on Robben Island , allowed him to miss his classes and attend the …
ArticleWalter Sisulu Timeline 1912-2003
… Mlangeni & Motsoaledi sentenced to life imprisonment on Robben Island by the Pretoria Supreme Court for, Sabotage Conspiracy … ANC). That night they were…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1980-1989
… are scattered demanding the release of Walter Sisulu from Robben Island. 18 April, Zimbabwe gains its independence. 2 August, … pressure for the release of…
ArchiveInterview with Absolom Zithulele Cindi
… of law and order," he served a five year sentence on Robben Island. Following his release in December 1981, he joined …
EventBanned PAC Leader, Robert Sobukwe, is refused an exit permit to leave SA
… prisoner indefinitely. Subsequently, Sobukwe was moved to Robben Island where he remained for an additional six years. Kruger …
EventJacob Zuma, Former President of South Africa and of the ANC, is born.
… this charge, he was sentenced to ten years imprisonment on Robben Island . Upon his release he once more became active in …
EventUDF members challenge the government to arrest them on charges of high treason
… Advocate Zai Yacoob, attorney Victoria Mxenge, former Robben Island prisoner Billy Nair and Dorothy Nyembe. In August …
ArchiveThe Mandela I knew by Saths Cooper, 6 December 2013
… During my incarceration in the same single-cell block in Robben Island Maximum Security Prison with Nelson Rohihlala Mandela … largest influx of political…
ArticleSASO till SASCO
… 1976 The SASO and BPC leaders are convicted and jailed on Robben Island (see above 1975 entry). 1976 June 16 The Student …
ArticleStudent Politics: SASO till SANSCO
… 1976 The SASO and BPC leaders are convicted and jailed on Robben Island (see above 1975 entry). 1976 16 June, The Student …
ArticleHeritage day, Braai Day or Shaka Day: Whose Heritage is it Anyway?
… National Symbols and Heritage (article) UNESCO lists Robben Island as a World Heritage Site (article) Our Glorious …
EventWalter Sisulu celebrates 90th birthday
… Rivonia trialists were sentenced to life imprisonment on Robben Island. Robben Island The story of the struggles political prisoners …
Place'Agoada de Saldanha', Saldanha
… Victoria Dock. The newer part is called: ' Duncan Dock '. Robben Island is in this Bay, where Nelson Mandela was imprisoned …
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.10 No.3 1992
… The Politics of Feminism in South Africa, Desiree Lewis; Robben Island Retold, The Mayibuye Centre; 'South Africa Now': …
PlaceKhomani Cultural Landscape
… Dome , Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape , Robben Island Museum , iSimangaliso Wetland Park and the Cape Floral …
EventNamibia gains Independence
… against the South African government, and later sent to Robben Island. In 1988, the South African government, under a UN …
EventMlungisi Sisulu dies.
… grandfather Walter Sisulu was serving a life sentence on Robben Island and his grandmother Albertina Sisulu was constantly …
The South African Congress of Trade Unions
… the workers. Some of those drivers even went as far as Robben Island! remember I met one chap when I was at Sheshego. This … I did not remember him. Hawu! I…
EventNelson Mandela is inaugurated as South Africa's first democratic President
… Mandela spent the first 18 of his 27 years in jail at the Robben Island Prison. In June 1990 he retired from politics at the …