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The first Bram Fischer Memorial lecture, delivered by President Nelson R. Mandela Market Theatre, Johannesburg, 9 June 1995
… than the law. The last time that I saw Bram Fischer was on Robben Island about two weeks after we had been sentenced to life … release us saved our lives…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter IV - Divide and Rule
… but was seized Stockenstrom and sent as a prisoner to Robben Island. Not long afterwards he died as bravely as he had … he and fellow prisoner were…
How a mysterious ghost ship brought cosmic disco to Cape Verde: A new compilation documents the strange history of the African country’s groove-laden sound, formed following the discovery of a boatload of synths(The Guardian), 24 May 2016
… Somehow, the ship had been marooned on the São Nicolau island of Cabo Verde (now Cape Verde, but then a Portuguese … turn of fate can be directly credited…
ArticleAfrica, Portugal
… of these cities were Zanzibar, Kilwa, Mombasa, Mozambique Island and Sofala. In the sixteenth century the Portuguese … massive stone fortresses in Kilwa,…
PlaceLanherne Building, Humewood Road, Port Elizabeth
… when they constructed the aerodrome on the Norfolk Island, of the Canary Islands. Vegetable seeds were taken …
EventSix SA Tsunami survivors arrive at Lanseria
… measuring 9.0 on the Richter scale, west of the Indonesian island of Sumatra. They have left about 125 000 people dead …
A Place of Freedom
… Phoenix represented an island of freedom in a society that moved from informal …
ArticleThe International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF)
… to be used for meetings’. He was sentenced to 54 months on Robben Island. On appeal in the Supreme Court, his sentence was … charge, was included among the…
Acceptance speech by President Jacob Zuma on the occasion of being awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters in recognition of his contribution to education at Texas Southern University Houston, Texas, 23 September 2011
… of colour, race or creed. When I served 10 years on Robben Island as a political prisoner, I again used the period to …
Memorandum To The United Nations Special Committee Against Apartheid, June 1968
… We Sizwe. Some of these are today serving sentences on Robben Island alongside our national leaders such as Nelson Mandela, …
ArticleTransport on water
… fishing or travelling between islands within the same island group. As people began to explore the seas further, …
EventFidel Castro becomes Premier of Cuba
… Before Fidel Castro took over the island state's government; Cuba was under the military rule …
Chapter III - The world outside
… and house arrest, in addition to the loneliness of the "Robben Island Widows", the women who see their husbands once a year … the national leadership of the…
EventCaptured Gen. Cronje and his wife are shipped to St Helena
… on 28 February 1900 and was banished to St Helena, an island in the Atlantic Ocean, off the west coast of Africa. …
ArticlePort Elizabeth Timeline 1799-1986
… decides to move all lepers and paupers in the colony to Robben Island. A group of 16 lepers and 13 destitute persons from … 1852 1 December, Commissioning of…
PlaceCape West Coast Biosphere Reserve
… Lagoon and the Berg River and Inclusion of Dassen Island, Vondeling Island as Marine Core Area for Cape West Coast Biosphere …
PlaceCross erected by Bartholomew Dias
… beyond the sand dunes, lies Kwaaihoek, also known as False Island, a high promontory that juts out towards the sea. On …
EventTanganyika becomes a member of the UN
… and two years later, in 1963 it merged with the island of Zanzibar. Following the historical merger between …
PlacePaarden Eiland
… an industrial area in 1935. Paarden Eiland means ‘island of horses’, named so because this industrial area is … joins the Black River to empty into Table…
ArticleTimeline of South African photographic books and exhibitions 1958 - 2003
… , South African Communist Party (SACP) activist and ex-Robben Island prisoner open the exhibition. Omar Badsha participates … Windhoek, Namibia . Jurgen…
ArticleSouth African Congress of Trade Unions Timeline 1919-1997
… for life, having earlier been sentenced for eight years to Robben Island . Viola Hashe dies. 2 August, Elijah Loza dies in …
Ruth First Untold by Jerry Saena
… Ruth First, 2 May, 2012. Photograph by Eli Weinberg UWC/Robben Island Mayibuye Archives. Image source During her time as a …
Executive summary of the statement of the National Executive Committee of the ANC delivered by President Jacob Zuma at the 100th anniversary of the ANC, Mangaung 8 January 2012
… to life imprisonment. The majority of them served it on Robben Island. The Robben Island prison was turned into a political school by …
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 100th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 2012
… to life imprisonment. The majority of them served it on Robben Island. The Robben Island prison was turned into a political school by …
EventThe Comoros declared an Independent State
… in 1843 following a military takeover of the Mayotte Island. In 1886, the French expanded their reach and …
ArticleSS Clan Stuart
… was delivering a shipment of coal from St. Helena, an island on the west coast of Africa, to Wales. Another version …
Notes from Books
… attempted arson in 1706 - to spend the rest of his life on Robben Island in chains. He died in 1708. (p. 178). Case of Flora … fn). Fortuin van Bengal was…
PlaceHawston
… Charles Haw of Caledon. Samson Dyer, settled on an island near Gansbaai, where he gathered seal skins! In 1840 he yielded his right to Dyer Island, to the…
ArticleTimeline 20 years of Democracy 1994 to 2014
… rights in the interim constitution. 1997 1 January, Robben Island Museum is officially opened on 1997. Two years later … sites, namely: Fossil Hominid Sites…
PlaceLamu, Kenya
… Lamu Island is a Port, City, an Island just off the shore of Kenya in the Indian Ocean … trade routes between the Middle East & South Asia . Lamu Island was…