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Nelson Mandela and three other ANC leaders are moved from Robben Island to Pollsmoor prison.
… Nelson Mandela and three other ANC leaders are moved from Robben Island to Pollsmoor prison. …
PlaceSeal Island
… as the port of departure for scenic day trips to Seal island or Duiker Island, home to a colony of thousands of Cape Fur Seals. … Charters, has been offering…
Jan van Riebeeck writes to Otto Jansz on Robben Island, enquiring about the number of sheep on the island and whether he needs
… Jan van Riebeeck writes to Otto Jansz on Robben Island, enquiring about the number of sheep on the island and whether he needs …
Vondela Landingwe
… of 1976 . He was imprisoned for about 10 years on Robben Island. When he was released from Robben Island he immediately became involved as a peace … Robben…
BiographyAutshumao (Herry the Strandloper)
… Simon Boubou and Khamy, became the first prisoners on Robben Island . They were banished by Jan Van Riebeck . The … escapees are the only people to…
BiographyElsie Nair
… with treason and sabotage. He was sentenced to 20 years on Robben Island in 1964, along with former president Nelson Mandela and other political prisoners…
BiographySedick Isaacs
… was found guilty of sabotage and sentenced to 12 years on Robben Island. Upon arrival on the Island, he was placed in Category … for his “contribution” to…
BiographyDevikarani Priscilla Jana
… student at the University College for Indians on Salisbury Island, off the Durban coast, where she was the only female … had unique access to Mandela during…
PlaceThesen Island
… It was to this island that much of the timber harvested from the Knysna … the San or Bushmen , were the earliest inhabitants of the island. Later, settlers…
Lionel Davis, SA artist, is born in Cape Town. He was a political prisoner on Robben Island between 1964 and 1971, where he c
… is born in District 6 in Cape Town. While incarcerated on Robben Island as a political prisoner between 1964 and 1971, he … is born in Cape Town. He was a…
Letters From Robben Island : A Selection of Ahmed Kathrada's Prison Correspondence, 1964- 1989 by Kathrada, A. M.; Vassen, Robert
… Letters From Robben Island : A Selection of Ahmed Kathrada's Prison … Letters From Robben Island : A Selection of Ahmed Kathrada's Prison …
BiographyMosiuoa Gerard Patrick "Terror" Lekota
… Terrorism Act , found guilty and sentenced to six years on Robben Island. While on Robben Island, he wrote these words to his daughter: Above …
BiographyHenry Gordon ‘Squire’ Makgothi
… and spent two years at Leeukop Prison, and eight years on Robben Island. Whilst in prison he mentored many fellow political … the basics of reading and…
BiographyEric Molobi
… Molobi was born on June 5, 1947. Molobi was imprisoned on Robben Island during the apartheid era. While in prison he obtained … of South Africa (UNISA)…
BiographyEdgar Dumile Ngoyi
… ANC. In 1963, he was arrested and sentenced to 17 years on Robben Island. Ngoyi and Henry Fazzie joined Port Elizabeth Black … (PEBCO) in 1984, soon after…
BiographyZolile Hamilton Keke
… in PAC plans for a popular uprising, he spent ten years on Robben Island. In prison, he completed high school by into a … 1977. Convicted on only one charge…
BiographyJohnson Phillip Mlambo
… was then transported at the back of a truck en route to Robben Island . The truck stopped at Colesberg Prison where they … prisoners.His prison number was…
BiographyPandelani Jeremia Nefolovhodwe
… in prison and together with others served his term on Robben Island. He was held in the A Section of Robben Island prison, with his BCM comrades. After his …
Abel Chiloane
… Abel Chiloane was released from Robben Island prison on 20 June 1978. His prison number was 1/5355. …
Shamar Abduraghman
… Shamar Abduraghman was released from Robben Island prison on 9 June 1982. His prison number was 15/8157. …
Makana (Makanda, Nxele), a Xhosa chief/witchdoctor imprisoned on Robben Island by Lord Charles Somerset, overpowers a guard but
… (Makanda, Nxele), a Xhosa chief/witchdoctor imprisoned on Robben Island by Lord Charles Somerset, overpowers a guard but …
Sibene Abishayi
… Sibene Abishayi was released from Robben Island prison on 4 November 1964. His prison number …
ArchiveParole as Island turns 21
… Twenty one years ago Robben Island was proclaimed a maximum security prison for political … Parole as Island turns 21 …
Mbongeni Clement Khanyi
… Khanyi Mbongeni C. was sent to prison on Robben Island. He was given prison number 0/0071 and was released on …
Maduna Abednego
… Maduna Abednego was released from Robben Island prison on 8 October 1973. His prison number …
BiographyDavid Stuurman
… Without the benefit of a trial, Stuurman was sent to Robben Island . In December 1809, Stuurman and others escaped, … 1819 when he was captured again and…
Mkhonza Abner
… Mkhonza Abner was released from Robben Island prison on the 18th of October 1981. His prison number …
Sithole Thembinkosi Abner
… Sithole Thembinkosi Abner was released from Robben Island prison on the 27th of February 1986. His prison number …
Joel Joffe
… facing charges. Joffe was also the defence attorney of two Robben Islanders, namely, Ahmed Kathrada and Laloo Chiba . … II in 2000. Kathrada took Joffe and…
BiographyAnton Ndoda Xaba
… in 1963. Anton Xaba was sentenced to ten years on Robben Island, while the other four were sentenced to nine years … by a Natal court in 1978, and who were…