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… Boubou and Khamy, became the first prisoners on  Robben Island . They were banished by  Jan Van Riebeck . The … are the only people to successfully escape from Robben Island. Autshomao died in 1663. In 1713, Francois Valentyn …

… Diego Diaz becomes the first European to arrive to the island of Madagascar. …

… The South African flag is hoisted on Prince Edward Island after an agreement with Britain.  …

… Nelson Mandela arrives on Robben Island to begin his life sentence, imposed the previous day. …

… Mandela and three other ANC leaders are moved from Robben Island to Pollsmoor prison. …

… What I have known of him on the island: a 70th Birthday tribute to Nelson Mandela …

… Act , found guilty and sentenced to six years on Robben Island. While on Robben Island, he wrote these words to his daughter: Above all then, … that has the greatest potential for progress. On Robben Island, Lekota came into contact with other political …

… was born on June 5, 1947. Molobi was imprisoned on Robben Island during the apartheid era. While in prison he obtained … of South Africa (UNISA). Following his release from Robben Island, he worked for the Munich Re Insurance Company of …

… Kani, Fugard and Winston Ntshona. This was followed by The Island in 1973. Sizwe Banzi is Dead addresses the apartheid regime’s restrictive pass laws while The Island is inspired by a true story and is set in an unnamed … and Winston went on tour with Sizwe Banzi is Dead and The Island . In New York Kani achieved international recognition …

… 1963, he was arrested and sentenced to 17 years on Robben Island. Ngoyi and  Henry Fazzie joined Port Elizabeth Black … (PEBCO) in 1984, soon after their release from Robben Island. Through PEBCO Ngoyi and his comrades took up …  [Accessed 25 August 2011]| Buntman F.L, (2003), Robben Island and prisoner resistance to apartheid (Cambridge …

… plans for a popular uprising, he spent ten years on Robben Island. In prison, he completed high school by into a … Convicted on only one charge-recruiting for PAC on Robben Island, he was given a five-year suspended sentence and …

… Shamar Abduraghman was released from Robben Island prison on 9 June 1982. His prison number was 15/8157.  …

… Abel Chiloane was released from Robben Island prison on 20 June 1978. His prison number was 1/5355. …

… Sibene Abishayi was released from Robben Island prison on 4 November 1964. His prison number …

… prison and together with others served his term on Robben Island. He was held in the A Section of Robben Island prison, with his BCM comrades. After his release he … Transkei. Nefolovhodwe also serves a member of the Robben Island Museum council. …

… Isaacs was sentenced to 12 years. He was taken to Robben Island, where he served his sentence and became one of the youngest people to be imprisoned on the Island. During his time in prison, he was punished for attempting to expose the appalling conditions on the Island by smuggling out letters to Amnesty International and …

… Khanyi Mbongeni C. was sent to prison on Robben Island. He was given prison number 0/0071 and was released on …

… Maduna Abednego was released from Robben Island prison on 8 October 1973. His prison number …

… Mkhonza Abner was released from Robben Island prison on the 18th of October 1981. His prison number …

… Sithole Thembinkosi Abner was released from Robben Island prison on the 27th of February 1986. His prison number …

… in District 6 in Cape Town. While incarcerated on Robben Island as a political prisoner between 1964 and 1971, he … born in Cape Town.  He was a political prisoner on Robben Island between 1964 and 1971, where he c …

… Abraham  Pule  was released from Robben Island prison on the 21st of March 1991. His prison number …

… the benefit of a trial, Stuurman was sent to  Robben Island . In December 1809, Stuurman and others escaped, … he was captured again and put to hard labour on Robben Island. In the late 1820s, a convict named Johan Smit overpowered and disarmed a sentry on Robben Island. He freed others who gained access to the armoury.  In …

… Riebeeck once had Autshumato captured and sent to Robben Island . In 1662 Krotoa became the first indigenous Southern … van Meerhof and their 2 children went to live on Robben Island, where van Meerhof was appointed superintendent.  His … as a prisoner. In March 1669 she was banished to Robben Island for immoral behaviour. She died on the Island 5 years …

… Letters From Robben Island : A Selection of Ahmed Kathrada's Prison …

… case against the British for being moved off their island. …

… Britain takes possession of Ichaboe Island off the Namibian coast in the name of Queen Victoria. …

… in 1963. Anton Xaba was sentenced to ten years on Robben Island, while the other four were sentenced to nine years … by a Natal court in 1978, and who were held in Robben Island, which included Matthew Meyiwa (66 years), Elphas … released in 1990 after spending almost 26 years on Robben Island.  In July 1996, in Pietermaritzburg, Xaba, then a …

… law and order," he was sentenced to five years on Robben Island.  In December 1981, Cindi was released from Robben Island, he wasted no time as he joined AZAPO and two years …

… of sabotage in 1962 and served eight years on Robben Island. He died in detention on 11 April 1986, a day after he …