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Title: Political exile returns to Western Cape, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Politics, African National Congress, Repatriation
Description: Home at last. Mr Ben "Koppie" Baardman of Zwelethemba, was among the first group of rank-and-file ANC exiles to return to the Western Cape on Saturday. He was served with a banning order in 1959 and has been in exile since then, living mainly in Lusaka. Ninety returnees came into South Africa last week and four of them - Mr Baardman, Ms Thami Ngwevela of Langa, her baby Lindiwe, and Mr Enoch Faas, 28, of Victoria West - returned to a tumultuous welcome at D F Malan airport on Saturday.
Identifier: islandora:15932

Title: Political prisoners released from Robben Island, Cape Town, 1990
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Politics, Political prisoners, Apartheid, African National Congress, Freedom
Description: Going home: elated to be free, Mr Wellington Gumenge of Port Elizabeth (front) and Mr Johannes Boesak of Oudtshoorn leave Table Bay harbour yesterday. They were two of 15 Robben Island African National Congress (ANC) prisoners granted early release.
Identifier: islandora:15903

Title: Political Rally, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Demonstrations, Anti-apartheid activists, African National Congress
Description: Political rally.
Identifier: islandora:15969

Title: Political leaders at the Robben Island disembarkation point,Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Politics, African National Congress, Political prisoners, Apartheid, Liberation
Description: From left: South African Communist Party (SACP) chief Joe Slovo, Toni Yengeni, Walter Sisulu and African National Congress (ANC) Secretary-General Alfred Nzo at Table Bay Harbour
Identifier: islandora:15916

Title: Delegation that met with Nelson Mandela in prison after the announcement of the release of political prisoners, Cape Town
Subject: Mass Democratic Movement (South Africa), African National Congress, United Democratic Front (South Africa), ,
Description: Mass Democratic Movement (MDM) Delegation - The delegation that met ANC leader Mr Nelson Mandela at Victor Verster Prison near Paarl last night following State President F.W. De Klerk's announcement of the realse of eight political prisoners are (from left) Mr Murphy Morobe of the United Democratic Front (UDF); Mr Cas Coovasia of the Transvaal Indian Congress; Mrs Albertina Sisulu and Mr Cyril Ramaphosa of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM).
Identifier: islandora:15212

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