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’Moves over teachers and language coming’, New Govt. 27 April 1976
’ANC-PAC enlist exiled students’, The World, 30 December 1976
’Language strike continues’, Nxumalo, C., The World. 15 June 1976
’Asking too much of our kids’, The World. 25 February 1976
Nelson Mandela Regrets, Nostalgia and Dreams:
Introduction Nelson's letters reflect the volumes that remain unsaid because of the censorship rules that prescribe and proscribe the thoughts of a prisoner…
Nelson Mandela Mandela and Winnie’s studies
Introduction Nelson Mandela has a commitment to education. Both Mandelas have continued to study and to write exams throughout their imprisonment. When there…
Nelson Mandela Correspondence with his friends
Nelson Mandela Correspondence around property and land
Introduction Nelson's attachment to property is sentimental rather than material and this is reflected in his attitude to his Orlando home and to land at his…
Nelson Mandela Correspondence around Mandela’s health
Introduction Apart from a prostate operation in 1985 and equally successful treatment for TB in 1988, Nelson's health had been good. At a time when the Press…
Nelson Mandela The World Celebrates the Mandela’s
Introduction Winnie's banning order expired in September 1975 and thirteen years of silence was broken. She was in a sense pulled back from the dead. Durban…
Nelson Mandela Letter to Mrs. Manorama Bhalla, secretary of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations, 3 August 1980
Robben Island, 7400 Republic of South Africa 3 August 1980 Dear Mrs. Bhalla, I am writing to express my sincere thanks and appreciation to the Indian…
Nelson Mandela Correspondence with his daughters
Nelson Mandela Correspondence around birthdays and anniversaries
Introduction: The Mandela family commemorated birthdays whenever possible, and wedding anniversaries almost without exception, in prison during official…
Nelson Mandela Correspondence regarding the families move to Brandfort
Nelson's responses to the Brandfort sojourn are recorded in extracts from the letters that follow: I have thought of you since I heard of the heavy snowfall…
Nelson Mandela Letter to F.W. de Klerk, 9 July 1992
To: Mr. F. W. De Klerk State President of the Republic of South Africa 9th July, 1992 Dear Mr. De Klerk I acknowledge receipt of your reply dated 2nd…
Nelson Mandela Correspondence with his sons
Nelson Mandela Sending Photographs
Introduction To someone cut off from friends and relatives, restricted to seeing only a selected few people and even these not as frequently as in normal…
Nelson Mandela Correspondence with Winnie
Nelson Mandela Correspondence around financial problems
Introduction The people sent a hero to prison, but generally ignored the fact that he had responsibilities and dependants. Nelson, in the loneliness of his…
Nelson Mandela Correspondence with his relatives
Nelson Mandela Letter to the United Party, 23 May 1961
Letter Wrttten by Nelson Mandela to Sir de Villiers Graaff, Leader of the White Opposition United Party, 23 May 1961. Sir De Villiers Graaff, Leader of the…
Nelson Mandela Correspondence with family
Introduction The Robben Island prisoners settled down to the mindless timetable of imprisonment, filling hours with manual labour which mercifully distracted…
Nelson Mandela ‘Release Us or Treat Us as Political Prisoners’, 22 April 1969
Letter addressed to the Minister of Justice from Robben Island Prison Dated 22 April 1969; Published by the ANC in 1978 Dear Sir, My colleagues have…
Say It out Loud - A letter to the Coloured People of South Africa
From the book: Say It out Loud by Mohamed Adhikari Albert Lodge, Mount Street, Cape Town, 31 May 1910 The inauguration of the Union of South Africa…