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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…
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 …
ArticleAfrica, Portugal
… of these cities were Zanzibar, Kilwa, Mombasa, Mozambique Island and Sofala. In the sixteenth century the Portuguese … massive stone fortresses in Kilwa,…
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 …
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, …
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…
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. …
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…
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 …
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 …
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…
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 …
EventThe Comoros declared an Independent State
… in 1843 following a military takeover of the Mayotte Island. In 1886, the French expanded their reach and …
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…
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 …
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…
Opening Statement at the Second National Consultative Conference of the ANC by O. R. Tambo, Kabwe, Zambia, 16 June, 1985
… to the leaders and activists of our movement who are on Robben Island, Pollsmoor, Pretoria and Kroonstad, comrades who …
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the commemoration of the twentieth anniversary of Steve Biko’s death East London, 12 September 1997, South Africa
… said about Steve Biko, what passed through the walls of Robben Island and other prisons along our political grapevine, has …
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the opening ceremony of Telecom 95, the 7th World Telecommunications Forum and Exhibition Geneva, 3 October 1995
… the restrictions. For example, as prisoners on Robben Island, when we were deprived of newspapers we searched the …
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, on the Occasion of the Women’s Day Celebrations, Atlantic Park Stadium, Witbank, Mpumalanga, 9 August 2004
… to our heroines who were among the first prisoners on Robben Island in the 17th century like Krotoa and Catherine of …
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Chapter 2 - Explaining the Miracle by Max du Preez
… next few years imprisoned several senior ANC leaders on Robben Island. Leading members of the ANC and the South African …
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…