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Robben Island
… Unesco declared Robben Island in the Western Cape a World Heritage Site in 1999. Robben Island is located in Table Bay, some 6km west of … Robben Island …
List of Robben Island Political Prisoners
… List of Robben Island Political Prisoners …
The search for Peter Johnson’s story
… According to Ms Garland, Peter Johnson had been sent to Robben Island in 1969 for non-political reasons. Once there, he … Justice and Prisons, denied…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1960-1969
… (including Mandela) were acquitted of treason. 1 April, Robben Island is turned into a prison for those convicted of … for six months in Pretoria prison and…
The First Slaves at the Cape
… community at the Cape. In May of 1657 Eva was sent to Robben Island to quarry stone as she was considered strong enough to … the quarried stones. Jan…
A brief history on South African prisons and prisoners
… prisoners (black political prisoners were held on Robben Island and several local prisons). Female prison The building … to those who were executed for…
Grade 4 term 2 Timeline: Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
… 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…
Early struggles, contact and conflict in the Cape Colony
… 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…
South African Student Organisation Leaders
… Abram Ben Mgulwa Dr Aubrey Mokoape had spent 2 yrs in Robben Island before going to Natal Aubrey Mokoena Local Chairman of …
ArticleLetters: Albertina Sisulu
… Albertina and Walter Sisulu during his incarceration on Robben Island: A South African Love Story This remarkable love story … Walter and Albertina Sisulu…
Slavery and Emancipation of Slaves
… 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…
English Settlement in South Africa
… shores to trade with the Khoikhoi. The British also used Robben Island , located a few kilometres from Table Bay, as a goal. … brought from England to leave…
Re-membering Krotoa and Autshumato by Deela Khan (poem)
… 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…
ArticleArmed Struggle, the anti-apartheid struggle accelerates 1984-1990
… Kathrada, Mhlaba and Mlangeni were suddenly moved from Robben Island to Pollsmoor Maximum Security prison. Here the … open space and interaction with other…
ArticleRobert Mangaliso Sobukwe Timeline 1924 - 1978
… joins the ANCYL at Fort Hare. House number T159 on Robben Island where Robert Sobukwe was detained isolated from other … invoked until 1968. Sobukwe is…
ArticleThe Dutch Settlement
… During the same period the area around Table Bay and Robben Island were increasingly used by the Dutch and British. For instance in 1611, Dutch sailors were…
ArticleAhmed Mohamed Kathrada Timeline: 1929 - 2017
… 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 … History and African Politics…
ArticleDutch settlement, the Indian Ocean slave trade and slavery at the Cape - seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
… 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…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1800-1899
… control and their chiefs were imprisoned or exiled to Robben Island . The island and the incarceration of the Xhosa chiefs such as …
ArticleWhat is heritage?
… where they are built or what they are used for. Therefore, Robben Island, the Cradle of Humankind at the caves of Sterkfontein, …
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1500s
… traders tend to bypass the Cape itself, relying on Robben Island for fresh meat and water. 1554 24 April, The …
ArticleNew identities and the construction of heritage
… human understanding among nations and peoples... more Robben Island Museum (RIM) near Cape Town: This museum aims to develop the island as a national and…
ArticleTransvaal Indian Youth Congress (TIYC)
… age of 34, Kathrada was sentenced to life imprisonment on Robben Island where he spent the next 18 years with his colleagues … Indres Naidoo who was also…
ArticleNelson Mandela: Father of the Nation
… spent 27 years in jail, and most of that time was spent on Robben Island. During this time he had become an international …
ArticleThe Transkei
… surrendered at Kokstad and was subsequently transported to Robben Island. From these early days successive governments have …
ArticlePan Africanist Congress timeline 1959-2011
… and sentenced to 11 years imprisonment which he serves on Robben Island. May, The Sobukhwe Clause is passed in parliament … He is sentenced to 20 years…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1960-1969
… found not guilty, after a four year long trial. 1 April, Robben Island is turned into a prison for those convicted of … , Laloo Chiba, Raymond Nyanda and…
ArticleRivonia Trial 1963 - 1964
… case. Eight of the accused were incarcerated on Robben Island Prison, with the exception of Goldberg, who was sent … seized. All except Goldberg, the one…
ArticleQuotations by Oliver Tambo
… it clear that our national leaders (mine included) are on Robben Island, serving life imprisonment" "The apartheid enemy tries …
ArticleSouth West Africa People’s Organisation (SWAPO): An Organisational Timeline
… 1967 Terrorism Act for and sentenced to varying terms on Robben Island. Internal leadership fragments and for a period of …