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… as key sites of resistance. Yet, writing from prison in Robben Island in 1976, Walter Sisulu presciently argued that “We …

… Rivonia trail who were involved and how did they end up in Robben Island?  Who is the longest serving political prisoner - Is …

… were impaled at its gates; in the middle of Table Bay is Robben Island which served as place of banishment and incarceration …

… now bravely enduring, minute by minute, the severity of Robben Island; and others. All have now been silenced with death or …

… in 1781, mail workers in Simons Town, Saldana Bay and Robben Island had to handle official mail documents. As the postal …

… black lawyer, who, after serving a term of imprisonment on Robben Island, earned the admiration of the oppressed people and the … Organization [NATO], a reality. Along those lines, the island of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean has been turned …

… response. Walter Sisulu who was serving life in prison on Robben Island was quoted saying “the African people are equally …

… nation? No one must ask where are the leaders. Some are in Robben Island waiting for you to come and open the prison gates. … of our people. * Nelson Mandela and other leaders are in Robben Island awaiting for you to come and open the doors. …

… in exile and received reports about conditions on Robben Island through newly released prisoners. Another key task … third example comes from the Northern Transvaal. A veteran Robben Islander, Peter Nchabaleng, who was later murdered in …

… the bay, where they found a safe mooring off Salisbury Island, a small land outcrop in the bay. 1824 10 May, A small … arrested, and after his trial, he was banished for life to Robben Island. Following an appeal by Dr John Colenso, Anglican …

… a general strike. He was already serving his sentence in Robben Island prison , yet here he was with us for what became … and I heard later that my comrades had all been flown to Robben Island during the night. I was the only Rivonia …

… “Khwezi” Kuzwayo — the daughter of a fellow former Robben Island political prisoner — accused him of rape. But there …

… by a Natal court in 1978, and who are presently held in Robben Island. They are: Mr Matthew Meyiwa (66years) Mr Elphas …

… to draw inspiration from the first women prisoners on Robben Island, the Khoi women like Krotoa, the slave-worker for Jan …

… despite the thickness of the prison walls, all of us on Robben Island and other jails could hear your voices demanding our …

… made more complex by the fact that Cape Town was not an island divorced from events elsewhere in the country. They … 'Away with apartheid'; 'Equal education' 'We want our Robben Island Prisoners'. They then marched, 2,000 strong, back to …

… the Suppression of Communism Act. He served six months on Robben Island and was then released on appeal. He was then arrested … and under the same law and served a further three years on Robben Island. According to Masla his father was very …

… prison. During the Christmas break the men were sent to Robben Island and later returned to Roeland Street until the end of … received five-year sentences. The men were sent to Robben Island , and the women remained at Roeland Street for …

… the media day” for him and other political prisoners on Robben Island. I saw the island prison for the first time. A younger man, James Mange, …

… send his cadres to probe on this issue, much as one was on Robben Island or was in prison, the other was not in prison. Madiba …

… Nevertheless, all reports we get from our colleagues on Robben Island, in Pretoria Jail and other South African prisons, are …

… First book in 1965, when he said: "Nelson Mandela is in Robben Island today. His inspiration lives on in the heart of every …

… Kitson who joined us in prison and others who went to Robben Island. Moscow Border – No Visa, No Problem (or To the … in 1989 we would meet again. He had been in the prison on Robben Island and like Ahmed Kathrada and four others …

… in 1969.The conference was sanctioned by the leadership on Robben Island, and was O.R.'s constructive response to criticism by … Working closely with his comrades in exile, at home and on Robben Island, employing the time-honoured style of consensus …

… This was his first introduction to incarceration on Robben Island. In the course of time he would become the symbol of … believed in what they were writing and planning.69 On Robben Island a little later, he expressed the view that “had …

… I was there I might add I spent more time at Salisbury Island than at Springfield because of all the activities that … my stay there I met many people who were en route to Robben Island. I met people like Wilton Mkwai, we used to … was merely a transit camp. But I had to, I had to go to Robben Island or go to another centre. That was Kroonstad in …

… of the President. Laloo Chiba, who had spent 18 years on Robben Island, was also present. Ismail Momoniat, known as “Momo,” … collaborationist structures. Khehla Shubane [a former Robben Islander] was there, too. We discussed the rent …

… the lottery. Accused in the Rivonia Trial : Brought from Robben Island, where he was serving an earlier sentence: 1 Nelson …

… skilled journalist who served a twelve year prison term on Robben Island. In 1982 he was assassinated in Harare, the capital of …

… of our leaders and colleagues in South Africa`s jails - on Robben Island and elsewhere; by revolutionaries of the calibre of …