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Address At Meeting On The Occasion Of The 60th Anniversary Of The Formation Of The South African Communist Party, London, July 30, 1981
… Communists and liberation leaders who are languishing in Robben Island and other racist jails. On this day we South African …
The Role Of The Indian People In The South African Revolution: An Interview In 1968
… several of them are serving long terms of imprisonment on Robben Island and in other South African jails together with their …
ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA AT THE FUNERAL OF JOE SLOVO Johannesburg, 15 January 1995
… formation of Umkhonto we Sizwe in 1961. When we were on Robben Island, we managed on a few occasions to exchange …
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, on the occasion of the unveiling of the FIFA Soccer World Cup South Africa 2010 emblem, Tempodrom, Berlin 7 July 2006
… that helped keep the high spirits of those jailed on Robben Island and in other prisons in our country. It was football …
Chapter 8 - Survivors
… 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 …
The Storming: Insurrections Ensemble by Dilip Menon, Centre for Indian Studies in Africa, University of Witwatersrand, June 2017
… sea that brings Prospero, the exiled Duke of Milan, to the island that he colonizes with his magic, subjecting the … the play ends with his departure and the…
ArchiveSonia Bunting: Continuous Compassion and Adamant Activism by Jack Lucas
… 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…
PlaceA History of Ottosdal and Letsopa
… 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…
PlaceWalvis Bay, Namibia
Walvis Bay is a lively Port and Namibia’s second largest City, which is protected from wind and waves by the long arm of Pelican Point (SHOWN IN PICTURE). With…
PlaceSunset Beach, Cape Town
… uninterrupted, extending from Milnerton Beach ( Woodbridge Island ) Northwards until it meets with Dolphin Beach … uninterrupted, extending from Milnerton…
PlaceWagenaer's Reservoir, Sanlam Golden Acre-Cape Town
In the heart of the 'Mother City', Golden Acre Shopping Centre has been a key part of everyday life in Cape Town since 1979.This shopping-Centre on the site of…
ArchiveReminiscences of the Arrest of Fikile Bam & Marcus Solomon in 1963 by Roseinnes Phahle, August 2019
… 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…
PUBLIC RESPONSE TO SAHO WEBSITE
… Rivonia trail who were involved and how did they end up in Robben Island? Who is the longest serving political prisoner - Is …
ArticleA list of South African Shipwrecks
… en route from Bombay to London is wrecked off Dassen Island. It was carrying more than 1 300 pieces of ivory. Clan … suffered a broken cylinder head some…
Book 2: The Impact and Limitations of Colonialism - Glossary
… someone alone in an inaccessible place, especially an island pidgin - a grammatically simplified form of a language …
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the closing ceremony of the 19th meeting of heads of government of the Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM) St Lucia, 4 July 1998
… our collective responsibility to mankind. As mostly Small Island developing states they feel with force the … future generations to live in. The way in which…
ArchiveWebinar Programme: Strategic Debates, the ANC - SACP alliance and the Soviet Union. Convenor: Tshepo Moloi.
… as key sites of resistance. Yet, writing from prison in Robben Island in 1976, Walter Sisulu presciently argued that “We …
ArchiveThe world's only privately owned Catholic Church
… of Bremilham, it is Britain’s smallest church. Cross Island Chapel in Oneida, New York, situated in the middle of …
PlaceGuinea
… Guinea-Bissau in 1973, Bissau is its Capital. New Guinea island was named after this region and subsequently gave the …
Message to the People of South Africa by O. R. Tambo, 26 June 1974
… now bravely enduring, minute by minute, the severity of Robben Island; and others. All have now been silenced with death or …
ArchiveAppendix 2 The Political Landscape of Cape Town, by Dr Z. Pallo Jordan
… were impaled at its gates; in the middle of Table Bay is Robben Island which served as place of banishment and incarceration …
Place"When Woodstock had a Beach"
… changing landscape. Further north, Salt River and Paarden Island once formed parts of a magnificent tidal estuary, a …
ArticleChanges in modern forms of communication
… in 1781, mail workers in Simons Town, Saldana Bay and Robben Island had to handle official mail documents. As the postal …
Pan-Africanism was Peter Abrahams’ Country by Tyler Flemming (Africa is a Country), 13 February 2017
… he drifted away. In Jamaica, he published Jamaica: An Island Mosaic (1957), A Night of Their Own (1965), This Island Now (1966), The View from Coyaba (1985),…
PlaceYsterplaat, Cape Town
… close to the neighbouring Suburbs of: 'Brooklyn, Paarden Island , Maitland , Milnerton and Century City .' It is not … close to the neighbouring Suburbs of: …
Statement by Mfanafuthi Makatini in the Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly, 27 November 1981
… black lawyer, who, after serving a term of imprisonment on Robben Island, earned the admiration of the oppressed people and the … Organization [NATO], a…
Ahmed Timol: Three Documents by Politicsweb, 27 June 2017
… 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…
4. The ANC underground between Rivonia and 1976
… in exile and received reports about conditions on Robben Island through newly released prisoners. Another key task … third example comes from the Northern…
ArticleDurban Timeline 1497-1990
… 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…
ArticleHighlights for 2013
… for Mandela. South Africa June 28 2013 Barack Obama Oldest Robben Islander, Dr Lindsay Melt van der Spuy dies. South …