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PlaceSimon's Town Museum
Simon’s Town Museum is housed in "The Residency" which was built in 1777 as the Winter Residence for the Dutch East India Company Governor at the Cape. Simon…
His Life and Legacy - Oliver Tambo
… 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…
ArticleTransition to Armed Struggle by Norman Levy
… 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…
ArchiveSubbiah Moodley - "Voices Of Resistance" - University Of Durban Westville, Documentation Centre, Oral History Project , 2002
… 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…
PlaceUniversity of KwaZulu Natal (UKZN)
… This University or College was for Indians on Salisbury Island in the Bay of Durban . Student numbers throughout the …
Thirty years ago by Raymond Suttner (extract from 'Inside Apartheid's Prison')
… of the President. Laloo Chiba, who had spent 18 years on Robben Island, was also present. Ismail Momoniat, known as “Momo,” … collaborationist structures…
Interview with Harry Gwala conducted by Tony Karonat, January 1989, Dambuza Pietermaritzburg
… person for military training. TK• And were you sent to the Island? HG: I was sent to the Island for 8 years. TK• And can you tell us about life and the…
PlaceCabo Verde
… of Guinea-Bissau. The first permanent settlers of the island chain were Portuguese explorers who are believed to … on 30 June 1975. Cape Verde's precarious…
PlaceRandjieslaagte Beacon, Parktown, Johannesburg
… is at a point where traffic improvements will make a new Island and it is proposed to mark this Historic point with a …
EventPortuguese sailors reach St Helena Bay
… da Boa Gente ('land of the good people'). At Mozambique Island, they forcefully engaged two Arab pilots and when the …
PlaceMozambique
… Country was named Mozambique by the Portuguese, after the Island of Mozambique. Mozambique's capital and largest city …
Rivonia: Telling it as it was, 2 July 1988
… the lottery. Accused in the Rivonia Trial : Brought from Robben Island, where he was serving an earlier sentence: 1 Nelson …
Address by Comrade President Nelson R Mandela to the International Federation of Newspaper Publishers Conference Prague, 26 May 1992
… skilled journalist who served a twelve year prison term on Robben Island. In 1982 he was assassinated in Harare, the capital of …
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 60th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1972
… of our leaders and colleagues in South Africa`s jails - on Robben Island and elsewhere; by revolutionaries of the calibre of …
Book 2: The Impact and Limitations of Colonialism - Chapter 1 - The Uneven Development of Colonialism in South Africa by Jeff Peires
… people off their lands and sending their chiefs to Robben Island. In truth, however, many Africans did find the …
ArticleSouth African Film
… film industry is operating in a vacuum, or on some little island. South Africa is operating on an audio-visual playing …
The Atlantic slave trade
… had a currency, in the form of nzimbu shells from a nearby island. The Kongo Kingdom had been in place for around 200 …
Interview with Swami Gounden by Vino Reddy, 29 May 2002
… Six of us and Steven Dlamini. They brought him from Robben Island and charged him with us, you see and so they took us … hand we were also convinced that we…
PlaceWest Coast National Park and Postberg Reserve
Flower season along the West Coast takes place Annually between August and September. As the season changes, nature begins to bloom and flowers of all colours…
ArticleStrong and Unnoticed: The Women of the UDF by Reid Arnold
… However, since Mr. Sisulu was imprisoned on Robin Island for 26 years, Albertina made it her life goal to …
Statement by Oliver Tambo accepting the Simon Bolivar award on behalf of Nelson Mandela, 24 July 1983, Caracas, Venezuela
… joy to Nelson Mandela and his colleagues in Pollsmoor, Robben Island, Kroonstad, Pretoria and other maximum security …
PlaceMkhambathi Nature Reserve
… shad. When the sardines run here in June/July, The Island becomes a popular fishing spot for big game fish which …
Article1967 Terrorism Act, No. 83 of 1967
… was convicted. Those found guilty faced imprisonments on Robben Island lasting between eight and 21 years (SADET, 2004: …
ArticleThe Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and the Anti-Apartheid Struggle
… go for training to the USSR. Andrew Masondo, released from Robben Island and banned, left the country and travelled to Moscow …
Political changes from 1750 to 1820
… the protest were hanged; and participants were jailed on Robben Island. In the 1820s, new laws were passed which improved …
PlaceThe Space Theatre
… Fugard and Winston Ntshona , ‘Sizwe Bansi is Dead and The Island.’ It was recognized as the first Pioneer Fringe …
ArchiveThe Women’s Jail at the Old Fort and its Impact by Claire Ennis
… Court for the new government. Previously known as the “Robben Island of Johannesburg,” Judge Albie Sachs asserted that the …
In memory of Archbishop Dennis Hurley by Phyllis Naidoo, 16 September 2009, Durban
… sit in my office in CNR House, to see how I handled ex-Robben Islanders. I remember discussions with Paddy. The work …
Opening remarks by President Jacob Zuma to the 3rd Nobel Laureate Symposium on global sustainability - transforming the world in an era of global change, Inkosi Albert Luthuli ICC, African Pavilion, Durban, 06 December 2011
… priority for many developing countries, particularly Small Island Developing States, Least Developed Countries and the …
Regarding the white male gaze in South African photography by Daniel Gallan, 14 Jun 2017
… “It has become so difficult. I’ve walked every inch of my island. There is nowhere new to see.” It is a poignant ending …