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The Life and Politics of Steve Biko by Yunus Momoniat, November 2014
… all sentenced to terms ranging from five to six years on Robben Island – it is possible that they would have received harsher … lost the case and were…
ArchiveCHAPTER 3 - Unprepared by Howard Barrell
… the Rivonia arrests in 1963 and had been released from Robben Island shortly after the June uprisings. 72 The survivors had … had resulted from involving…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1960s
… Portuguese Territories (CONCP) founded in Rabat. 1 April, Robben Island turned into a prison. 5 April, United Kingdom … Vorster announces that Robert Sobukwe…
Need for New Level of International Action against Apartheid. Statement at the special session of the United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid, Stockholm by O. R. Tambo, June 18, 1968
… in the leadership of that people. Many of these are on Robben Island, in Pretoria`s goals, in other gaols in South Africa. …
ArchiveMandela’s Democracy by Andrew Nash, 26 June 2013
… Rivonia trial, and again in his autobiography, drafted on Robben Island in 1974. There he describes what he learned from the …
“Exodus without a map”: What happened to the Durban moment? by Edward Webster
… and credibility as those who earned their status as ex-Robben Islanders, or through leadership in exile, especially …
PlaceClaremont, a Suburb of Cape Town
… the four largest in South Africa); a notably large Norfolk Island pine; a Turkish oak; a Queensland Kauri; an Aleppo …
Address by Nelson Mandela to the closing session of the 50th National Conference of the ANC Mafikeng, 20 December 1997
… Zizi and others, which the 20 years of umrabulo on the Island could not resolve. Let me assure you and the people of …
Indian Community in Lenasia
… activists) and Reggie Vandeyar, who served a decade on Robben Island. Students leading the movement included Saffora …
Nelson Mandela Correspondence regarding the families move to Brandfort
… the country. A few days before the cold spell reached the Island, I saw at last the picture of the spectacle in which …
General South African History Timeline: 1970s
… Harry Gwala and others. She also helps those released from Robben Island to find jobs. With Shadrack Maphumulo, Phyllis … 1974, “Viva Frelimo“ rallies are…
ArchiveCHAPTER SEVEN: Resistance Politics In Retreat: Cablism, The ANC Underground And Gandhi, 1985-1989 by Kumi Naidoo
This chapter comes from the book
"Future of the Africanist Movement" Questions and Answers Y R. M. Sobukwe, in The Africanist, January 1959
… continues to speak of South Africa as though it were an island, completely cut off from the continent and, therefore, …
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 2000 -2010
… Nelson Mandela stated that while incarcerated on Robben Island prison playing football "made us feel alive and …
ArticleAfrikaans: the Language of Black and Coloured Dissent
… Cecyl Esau [ Memories of a political prisoner on Robben Island, 1987-1991 ] reminisces that many Coloured people …
ArticleBlack Consciousness Movement Timeline 1903-2009
… to six year terms and three to five year terms on Robben Island . 29 December, The Minister of Bantu Education …
Testimony by Moosa Muhammed Moolla before the Ad Hoc Working Group of the Commission on Human Rights, Dar es Salaam, 22 June 1967
… Maharaj - who is serving an eighteen-year gaol sentence at Robben Island, were very severely physically tortured. Both of them …
Address at the official opening of the ASB Congress on 28 June 1971 in the Aula, Pretoria
… Black people went to prison here in South Africa and at Robben Island and other places there are Black people who are …
Chapter 6 - No more suppers for my comrades
… given evidence in over 15 trials. Many sat on death row, Robben Island, Barberton and Pretoria due to the evidence he …
Chapter Seven - Re-examining the Past
… members of the Transvaal Indian Congress being sent to Robben Island. On September 27, 1969 Imam Abdullah Haron was killed …
PlaceHangberg, Hout Bay
… of the key tourism sights in Hout Bay. With trips to Seal Island , markets, the Mariner's Wharf, and Whale watching, …
84. The South African Indian Council: A. Rajbansi’s opening speech, 1982
… to emphasise this point very, very strongly; it is not an island. At the same time, Mr. Minister, for this institution …
ArticleGrade 9 - Term 2: The Nuclear Age and the Cold War
… invasion of Europe through Italy. The first target was the island of Sicily. Combat there included the first large-scale …
Steve Biko: Gone but not forgotten by Robin Comley and Claire Keeton (Times Live), 12 September 2017
… COOPER was studying at University College on Salisbury Island in Durban at the time he knew Steve Biko “‘Keep strong …
Interview with Archibald Gumede 6 April 1996
… thing that you cannot just come from America or come from Robben Island or come from prison and be able to read the sort of … having people, as I said at the…
ArchiveBibliography by Howard Barrell
… Progress Publishers, 1983). Mbeki, G., Learning from Robben Island. The Prison Writings of Govan Mbeki (London, Athens …
Chapter VII - The 1980’s
… women again. Despite all her anxiety over her husband on Robben Island, her son under house arrest, her daughter in exile; …
ArticleAfrapix Chronology 1981-1991
… Billy Nair , South African Communist Party activist and ex-Robben Island prisoner opened the exhibition. • In the July/ August …
ArticleA timeline of Zuma-Gupta issues from Nenegate to the firing of Pravin Gordhan
… the country and founded the ANC political school in Robben Island. 13 December 2016 Gauteng Hawks boss major-general …
Article1960s: The Civil Rights and Black Power movements
… Robert Sobukwe - are among many hundreds wasting away in Robben Island prison. Against the massively armed and ruthless …