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… Unesco declared Robben Island in the Western Cape a World Heritage Site in 1999. … use the island as a grazing station for sheep and cattle. Prisoners lined up on arrival at Robben Image source However, … Robben Island …

… List of Robben Island Political Prisoners …

… Pretoria Central political prisoners Name Adam, Robert Arenstein, Rowley Baker, Lewis … Political prisoners …

… many South African prisons were used to hold political prisoners, detainees and common-law prisoners. Political … prisoners (black political prisoners were held on Robben Island and several local prisons). Female prison The building … 2020) Available at: http://www.saha.org.za/youth/political_prisoners.htm M. Mac," Jacob Zuma to honour 134 hanged …

… Pretoria Central Political Prisoners …

… and the NP reach a compromise on release of more political prisoners …

… According to Ms Garland, Peter Johnson had been sent to Robben Island in 1969 for non-political reasons. Once there, he became politicized by fellow political prisoners. This happened at a time when Piet Pelser, the …

… Kathrada, Mhlaba and Mlangeni were suddenly moved from Robben Island to Pollsmoor Maximum Security prison. Here the prisoners no longer had the view, open space and interaction …

… joins the ANCYL at Fort Hare.   House number T159 on Robben Island where Robert Sobukwe was detained isolated from other prisoners. Source: http://tracks4africa.co.za/ The …

… shores to trade with the Khoikhoi. The British also used Robben Island , located a few kilometres from Table Bay, as a goal. In 1615 John Cross compelled ten condemned prisoners brought from England to leave Table Bay and go to …

… idea of imprisonment shifted with the aim to rehabilitate prisoners. Central to this concept was the idea that … to do hard labour. For example, political prisoners on Robben Island worked mainly in quarries. A particularly notorious …

… (including Mandela) were acquitted of treason. 1 April, Robben Island is turned into a prison for those convicted of … then be moved to Section B along with the other political prisoners such as Mandela. 20 December, Winnie …

… remaining Herero and take them to concentration camps as prisoners of war. 1905 February , The first official concentration camps for prisoners of war are established. February – May , 40 percent … September , Over 1,700 Nama prisoners arrive at Shark Island, mostly consisting of Witbooi and Veldshoendragers. …

… from Batavia, although some where stowaways, some prisoners, and some gifts from across the seas. According to … community at the Cape. In May of 1657 Eva was sent to Robben Island to quarry stone as she was considered strong enough to …

… During the same period the area around Table Bay and Robben Island were increasingly used by the Dutch and British. For … were shipwrecked on Robben Island. In 1615 ten British prisoners were also dumped on Robben Island and in 1648 the …

… with senior members of the ANC was transferred from Robben Island to Pollsmoor prison after spending 18 years on Robben … citizenship is not respected? Only free men can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts.” In July 1986 while he …

… leaving the country without a passport 1963 He is sent to Robben Island Mandela returns to Pretoria Local Prison He appears in … 1982 Mandela is moved from an isolated prison in Robben Island to Pollsmoor Prison in the suburbs of Cape Town …

… acts of sabotage. 13 June, At the age of 34, he arrives on Robben Island where he spends the next 18 years with his colleagues … Prime Minister PW Botha’s offer to release all political prisoners, providing they ‘undertook not to fuel the flames …

… servant in van Riebeeck’s household, he was banished to Robben Island for two years.  Autshumato was released and reinstated … first imprisoned at the fort before being transferred to Robben Island. In 1659 Autshumato successfully escaped from …

… Abram Ben Mgulwa Dr Aubrey Mokoape had spent 2 yrs in Robben Island before going to Natal Aubrey Mokoena Local Chairman of …

… are scattered demanding the release of Walter Sisulu from Robben Island. 18 April, Zimbabwe gains its independence. 2 August, … to the ANC if it renounces violence. Four PAC security prisoners take up an offer of release and three other ANC …

… Albertina and Walter Sisulu during his incarceration on Robben Island: A South African Love Story This remarkable love story … Walter and Albertina Sisulu during his incarceration on Robben Island. Walter wrote his first letter to Albertina a …

… case. Eight of the accused were incarcerated on Robben Island Prison, with the exception of Goldberg, who was sent … Central was the only security wing for white political prisoners in South Africa. Soon after the trial defence …

… and expansionism in the East Indies was banished to Robben Island at the Cape. Tuan Guru, a prince from Tidore in the Ternate Islands, was also sent to the imprisoned on Robben Island from where he wrote a book on Islamic …

… they incurred the wrath of their insatiable masters. As island-prison you were too small to hold Autshumato … soul― Deela Khan Extract from: Engaging the Shades of Robben Island,  (Realities, 2002. pp.22-23) …

… control and their chiefs were imprisoned or exiled to Robben Island . The island and the incarceration of the Xhosa chiefs such as …

… from Europe. Van Riebeeck’s men kept sheep and rabbits on Robben Island. They hunted seals, penguins and wild animals. Robben Island in Cape Town Image source Robben Island lies 12 …

… found not guilty, after a four year long trial. 1 April, Robben Island is turned into a prison for those convicted of … with political activists and family members of political prisoners being detained in Johannesburg, Pretoria, Cape …

… where they are built or what they are used for. Therefore, Robben Island, the Cradle of Humankind at the caves of Sterkfontein, …