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… Mbeki after 23 years of imprisonment on the notorious Robben Island prison represents an important victory. We warmly …

… of detention, torture and long years of imprisonment on Robben Island and other prisons. Yet they remained focused on the …

… Mbeki after 23 years of imprisonment on the notorious Robben Island prison represents an important victory. We warmly …

… but the man behind the gun who wins the war." Later on in Robben Island, Peter Mokaba was to further remark that: “There were …

… had received a message from the leaders in Pollsmoor and Robben Island prisons signed, on their behalf, by Nelson Mandela. …

… had received a message from the leaders on Pollsmoor and Robben Island Prisons signed, on their behalf, by Nelson Mandela. …

… Western Cape. Ferris was a community leader who was on the Island and when he died people felt he should be remembered … political document for the ANC and allied organisations. Island — used like this the word refers to Robben Island, where many political prisoners were sent to …

… Western Cape. Ferris was a community leader who was on the Island and when he died people felt he should be remembered … political document for the ANC and allied organisations. Island ”” used like this the word refers to Robben Island, where many political prisoners were sent to …

… the FLN, Mohamed Lamari (right) Image source Photographer: Robben Island/Mayibuye Archive Relevance of the Communist Connection …

… underground cells.’ Joe Gqabi , who had been released from Robben Island in the early 1970s and was living in Soweto, had some …

… it is no wonder that even after more than twenty years on Robben Island, South Africa's dreaded maximum-security gaol, he … of those drives together for in one of his letters from Robben Island he wrote that one day he would like to drive me …

… the sentence of life imprisonment. Nelson Mandela is in Robben Island today. His inspiration lives on in the heart of every …

… sentence of life imprisonment.     Nelson Mandela is in Robben Island today. His inspiration lives on in the heart of every …

… he was sentenced and ultimately had to serve 12 years on Robben Island. This brought him up to 1975 when he completed his …

… exhibition, some of us read Anne Frank's Diary on Robben Island and derived much encouragement from it. Combined with …

… sentence of life imprisonment.     Nelson Mandela is in Robben Island today. His inspiration lives on in the heart of every …

… treason. They are still in maximum-security prisons, on Robben Island and in Pollsmoor gaol. Their lives pass by while they …

… leaders were, of course, the leaders imprisoned on Robben Island. The most famous of these was Nelson Mandela, whose … Source: Harriet Deacon (ed.), The Island: A History of Robben Island , 1488-1990. Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe, leader …

… coastal forests, and salt and fresh water marshes. Robben Island was used as a prison for political prisoners for … against apartheid spent many years of their lives on the island. It has come to represent the spirit of freedom and …

… trial. Mandela was convicted of treason and shipped off to Robben Island, the apartheid regime’s version of Alcatraz. What was …

… handed him over to South Africa. He was incarcerated on Robben Island and left for Britain on release. John Harris, Chairman …

… formation of Umkhonto we Sizwe in 1961. When we were on Robben Island, we managed on a few occasions to exchange …

… Communists and liberation leaders who are languishing in Robben Island and other racist jails. On this day we South African …

… several of them are serving long terms of imprisonment on Robben Island and in other South African jails together with their …

… that helped keep the high spirits of those jailed on Robben Island and in other prisons in our country. It was football …

… out to me." Ondala was an ANC member who had spent time on Robben Island and was well known to the country's intelligence and …

… community, continue to serve their harsh imprisonment on Robben Island and elsewhere in South Africa but they remain strong …

… and their bond proved to last many decades during Ahmed’s Robben Island prison sentence. Ahmed and Sonia covertly exchanged … A.M. Kathrada, “Letter to Sonia Bunting,” In Letters from Robben Island, ed. Robert D. Vassen (Michigan State … Kathrada, A.M. “Letter to Sonia Bunting.” In Letters from Robben Island, edited by Robert D. Vassen, 63-65. Michigan …

… as spaces for white occupation only. In his letters from Robben Island, Ahmed Kathrada notes that his relatives, the Kola … Press, 1975, p.119. 1 2 Robert D Vassen., ed. Letters from Robben Island: a selection of Ahmed Kathrada's prison … Press, 1975). • Robert D Vassen., ed. Letters from Robben Island: a selection of Ahmed Kathrada's prison …

… I got arrested in Winnie’s car, and when I got to the island I talked to him about Winnie, very strongly, to say … interviewed by John Carlin, telling him that on arrival on Robben Island he reported to Nelson Mandela that he was … coincidences that saved me being arrested and jailed to Robben Island. Fikile, a law student at the University of …