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ArticleLouis van Mauritius and the Slave Revolt of 1808
… were given lesser sentences including imprisonment on Robben Island. [iii] Greenmarket square in the 1830s Image source …
ArticleAfrican Peoples Democratic Union of Southern Africa (APDUSA)
… some of their members in 1974 and 1975 after ten years on Robben Island. One such activist released at this time and active in …
Address by President Mandela on receiving the freedom of the city of Cape Town Cape Town, 27 November 1997
… we are still grappling with today. If Cape Town's Robben Island was for centuries the symbol of repression, this city … of our history is both a strength and…
PlaceBlaauwberg Nature Reserve, Melkbosstrand
… proclaimed World Heritage Sites, namely Table Mountain and Robben Island. The Reserve also offers the; 'Montispectus' a …
PlaceTsolo, Eastern Cape
… Umtata. At the end of hostilities Mditswa was banished to Robben Island, while the magisterial seat, still known as Tsolo, was …
BiographyAhmed Timol
… at the University College for Indians at Salisbury Island in Durban. Timol was delighted when Moodley moved to …
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BiographyB J Vorster [John Vorster]
… PAC’s Robert Sobukwe , who was soon to be released from Robben Island. The UN Special Committee on Apartheid held an urgent …
ArticlePolitical executions in South Africa by the apartheid government 1961 - 1989
… murder. While several were sentenced to lengthy terms on Robben Island , others were put to death. On 1 October 1963 four … death sentence to 20 years in…
Who was Khwezi? Here’s what we learnt during the Zuma rape trial by TMG Digital (Sowetan) ,10 October 2016
… and they were both sentenced to 10 years imprisonment at Robben Island. Her father‚ JK‚ died in a motor collision in May 1985 …
An Appeal to the people of South West Africa by Nelson Mandela
… Herman Toivo ja Toivo and other Namibian leaders on Robben Island. …
ArticleThe Azania Liberation Support Committee and its publications
… Anti-Apartheid Movement logo – designed the publications’ Robben Island Our University poster and the shield and spear logo on …
ArticleThe Khoisan
… over to the colonial authorities, who banished them to Robben Island. Later, a prolonged drought forced White settlers and …
ArticlePeter Henry Abrahams timeline 1919 - 1985
… by the Colonial Office to write a popular history of the Island. 1956 A Wreath for Udomo is published, a story with … to modernize and transform his country…
PlaceTownship Tours of Cape Town
… '. He was a renowned rainmaker and chief, imprisoned on Robben Island in 1873 because he rebelled against, the Natal …
Address by President Nelson Mandela on Receiving the Congressional Gold Medal Washington, 23 September 1998
… release of Nelson Mandela from 27 years of imprisonment on Robben Island and the dismantlement of apartheid in South Africa. … justice, Nelson Mandela. When…
Interview with Lulu Dube by Sbongiseni Dladla, Ohlange, JL Dube House, 21 March 2011
… mistaken, just after the release of political leaders from Robben Island. SD: Gogo what can you say in conclusion about the …
Message over Radio Tanzania to the people of South Africa by Oliver Tambo, 26 June 1969
… Lungephi Lengisi, and many others are languishing on Robben Island, in Pretoria jail, Baberton, Leeukop and elsewhere - …
PlaceGoodman Gallery
… amidst the cultural boycott , and is now kept at the UWC-Robben Island Mayibuye Archives, housed at the University of the …
A Call to Action. Message over Radio Tanzania to the people of South Africa by O. R. Tambo, 26 June 1969
… Lungephi Lengisi, and many others are languishing on Robben Island, in Pretoria jail, Baberton, Leeukop and elsewhere - …
PlaceLanga Township, Cape Town
… of the Xhosa chief Langalibalele, who was imprisoned on Robben Island in 1873 for rebelling against the Natal government. …
ArticleAfrican National Congress Youth League (ANCYL)
… in Cape Town. Peter Mokaba, a former political prisoner on Robben Island, was appointed as president of SAYCO and Rapu Molekane …
Indian South Africans timeline 1970-1979
… periods of imprisonment ranging from five to ten years on Robben Island: Saths Cooper, 'Terror' Lekota , Muntu Myeza , Aubrey …
Article1960-1966: The genesis of the armed struggle
… of his colleagues were sentenced to life imprisonment on Robben Island in June 1964. Oliver Tambo, a senior member of the ANC …
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. … the above date, letter was given to the Officer Commanding Robben Island on the 3rd…
PlacePrince Edward Islands
… The sub-Antarctic Prince Edward Island Group consists of; Marion Island (19km long 12 km wide) and Prince Edward Island (10 km long and 6.5km wide). These…
ArticleSouth Africa needs a national holiday on 16 November to acknowledge its indentured
… the Black Consciousness Movement who was imprisoned in Robben Island in 1976 in a cell diagonally across from Mandela’s) …
ArticleList of people banned under Apartheid
… sentenced to 10 years. imprisonment which he served on Robben Island; 5 days before his release he was served with a … os S.A.(Apdusa) and sentenced to 6…
ArchiveGeorge Peake by David Hemson
… time. In 1962, arrested for sabotage, he was imprisoned on Robben Island. On his release he was placed under house arrest; in …
Article‘Liberated’ Slaves? by Joline Young
… in 1824. Jean Elle, formerly a ‘free citizen’ of the Island of Bourbon (now Reunion), was a Sailor Cook on the … who fell foul of the law for stealing and…
ArticleAftermath of the Bhambatha Rebellion 1906
… sentences were later commuted to life imprisonment on the island of St. Helena. In 1910 they were granted amnesty and …