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ArchiveThe Story of Jean Middleton by Grant Rohrmann
… response. Walter Sisulu who was serving life in prison on Robben Island was quoted saying “the African people are equally …
EventShashi Naidoo, the South African television host, presenter, model and actress is born
… Shashi was the celebrity winner of the 2009 Tropika Island of Treasure.[viii] End Notes [i] Shashi Naidoo, …
ArchiveEmily Hobhouse - Beloved Traitor by Elsabe Brits(The Heritage Portal), 14 September 2016
… down the personal papers of Emily Hobhouse on Vancouver Island, Canada. This was a scoop for a journalist with a … archive contained in that trunk and boxes…
PlaceDimbaza, Eastern Cape
… It took a year before running water was provided. Many ex-Robben Islanders were banished to Dimbaza in the early 1970s, …
PlaceThe Space
… Fugard and Winston Ntshona , ‘Sizwe Bansi is Dead and The Island.’ It was recognized as the first Pioneer Fringe …
ArchiveOne hundred years of an air force inspired by General Smuts, by John Kane-Berman (PoliticsWeb), 18 July 2018
… wrote one of his sons, was that "we can only defend this island effectively against terror attack by offensive …
PlaceLuderitz, Namibia
… from Luderitz is an early morning trip to Halifax Island and the Jackass Penguin colony. Fur seals and dolphins …
PlacePiketberg
… relationship to its Mountain Range, which stands alone, an island bordered by only three towns - Aurora to the West, …
Book 1: Ancient Civilizations and Global Trade - Chapter 2 - The Beginnings of Globalisation by Jeff Guy
… and after them in succession the courses of Azania.... The island of Menouthieas is encountered, about 3000 stades from … used for fishing and catching…
ArchiveChapter 8 The Rivonia Trial by Denis Goldberg
… 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…
ArticleEarly African Civilisations: Ancient Egypt, Nubia and Swahili
… like Mapungubwe in southern Africa. Swahili Mosque at Lamu Island North Of Mombasa, Kenya. Image source A traveller's …
ArchiveWomen Freedom Fighters tell of Sexual Abuse in Camps by Carl Collison (Mail and Guardian), 27 October 2017
… “Khwezi” Kuzwayo — the daughter of a fellow former Robben Island political prisoner — accused him of rape. But there …
Documents, and articles relating to the Sharpeville Massacre 1960
… by a Natal court in 1978, and who are presently held in Robben Island. They are: Mr Matthew Meyiwa (66years) Mr Elphas …
Address to the International Labour Conference Geneva, 8 June 1990
… despite the thickness of the prison walls, all of us on Robben Island and other jails could hear your voices demanding our …
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of 1956 Women’s March: Union Buildings, Tshwane, 9 August 2006
… to draw inspiration from the first women prisoners on Robben Island, the Khoi women like Krotoa, the slave-worker for Jan …
ArticleCape Schools Join the Revolt
… 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'…
PlacePrieska
… occurrence where the Orange River forms a U around an island in the shape of a horse shoe that creates the illusion …
PlaceClarendon Circle, Johannesburg
… Empire, Bruce, Twist and Klein Streets. There was an Island on East Avenue, separating the Traffic Lanes with an … Empire, Bruce, Twist and Klein Streets…
ArchiveStatement announcing retirement, Nelson Mandela, 1 June 2004
… if many of you may feel that after loafing somewhere on an island and other places for 27 years the rest is not really …
The Story of PR Pather, the grand old man of Indian politics in South Africa: Chapter Three - By Riashnee Pather
… 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…
ArticleGrade 6 - Term 2: Explorers from Europe find southern Africa
… trip. In 1492, he and his crew of 96 sailors reached an island that is part of what is today known as the Caribbean. …
ArchiveChapter 12 Hangings by Denis Goldberg
… 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, …
PlaceDurban Harbour and Port
Durban is the Capital City of the South African Province of KwaZulu-Natal, on the East Coast of the Country. It is not only a popular tourist attraction and…
ArchiveElizabeth van der Heyden by Allison Drew
… 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…
EventWorld War II: The evacuation of Allied forces from Dunkirk ends as German forces capture the beach port
… forestall a possible Japanese invasion of the French-ruled island. South Africa contributed an infantry brigade and an …
Oliver Tambo, Southern Africa, South Africa and the ANC replies to questions by Sechaba, 01 April 1968
… Nevertheless, all reports we get from our colleagues on Robben Island, in Pretoria Jail and other South African prisons, are …
Input by ANC President Jacob Zuma at the Farewell service for former President Nelson Mandela, Waterkloof Airforce Base, 14 December 2013
… 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 …
Address by ANC President Jacob Zuma at the celebration of the 90th birthday of former President Nelson Mandela, 2 August 2008
… First book in 1965, when he said: "Nelson Mandela is in Robben Island today. His inspiration lives on in the heart of every …
PlaceLambert's Bay
… gannets at the internationally acclaimed; 'Bird Island', attract tourists from all over. Heavy-side Dolphins …
ArchiveChapter 16 Tee Shirts, Music and More Solidarity by Denis Goldberg
… 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…