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Title: Head of maximum security prison, Robben Island, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Robben Island (South Africa), Jails, Historic sites, Prison administration
Description: Lieutenant Piet Prins, head of the maximum security prison.
Identifier: islandora:16542

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: Released from prison, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Political prisoners, Apartheid
Description: Mr Saleem Badat (left), Mr Jack Jaggers (obscured), Mr Marcus Solomon and Mr Logan Wort were among 37 people released from Victor Verster Prison yesterday.
Identifier: islandora:17931

Title: Sisulu and wife on his release from prison, Soweto, 1989
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, South Africa--Politics and government--1978-1989, South Africa--History--1961-1994, Political prisoners--South Africa, Political activists--South Africa, Sisulu, Walter Max, Kathrada, A. M. (Ahmad M.),
Description: Walter Sisulu with his wife, Albertina, and Ahmed Kathrada, amongst others, at an ANC (African National Congress) rally for released leaders, including Walter Sisulu, Soweto, 29 October, 1989.
Identifier: islandora:12596

Title: Petitioning to release prisoners, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Demonstrations, Politics
Description: Petitioning to release prisoners, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:17881

Title: Mandela waving from former prison cell, Robben Island, South Africa
Subject: Ex-presidents--South Africa--Robben Island, Ex-convicts--South Africa--Robben Island, Apartheid--South Africa--Robben Island, Political history--South Africa--Robben Island, Prisons--South Africa--Robben Island
Description: Nelson Mandela waves cheerfully from his former prison cell on Robben Island, four years after he was freed from jail by apartheid authorities. He spent more than two decades at Robben Island prison. Cape Town, South Africa, 11 February 1994.
Identifier: islandora:5373

Title: Pollsmoor Prison March, Cape Town, 1985
Subject: Student protesters, Demonstrations, Police brutality, Apartheid, Political history--South Africa, Beyond the Barricades
Description: Police attack youths early in the morning on the day of the Pollsmoor Prison March. United Democratic Front (UDF) leaders had called upon people to march to Pollsmoor Prison in August 1985 to demand the release of Nelson Mandela and other political prisoners. The students were also protesting against the state's education system, which offered blacks inferior education.
Identifier: islandora:890

Title: Interior of prison cell, Robben Island, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Robben Island (South Africa), Historic sites, Jails, Interior architecture
Description: The inside of a typical communal cell. The wall cupboard is used as a locker for personal belongings as well as a writing table.
Identifier: islandora:16548

Title: Guard gives prisoner advice on his artwork, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Jails, Reformatories, Emblems, Tools
Description: A prisoner gets some advice while making two replicas in brass of the crest of the Department of Prisons, to be used on two of the boats making regular trips to Robben Island.
Identifier: islandora:16038

Title: Released prisoner from Onaimwandi base with his family, Tsandi, northern Namibia
Subject: Namibia--History, Military--20th century, Prisoners of war--Namibia
Description: Released prisoner from Onaimwandi base with his family, Tsandi, northern Namibia.
Identifier: islandora:6969

Title: Former Robben Island prisoners, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Political prisoners, Apartheid
Description: Former Robben Island prisoners at Table Bay harbour soon after their release this morning. The three, from left, Mr Theophilus Cholo, Mr Maqina Mpanza and Mr Sandi Sijake, spent 15 years on Robben Island after they were convicted in 1973.
Identifier: islandora:17906

Title: Winnie Mandela speaks to the media after visiting her husband in prison , Cape Town
Subject: Mandela, Winnie, Anti-apartheid activists
Description: Mrs Winnie Mandela being interviewed at DF Malan airport after first family visit in 24 years to jailed ANC [African National Congress] leader
Identifier: islandora:14408

Title: Robben Island prison cell, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Jails, Reformatories, Political prisoners, Interior decoration, Personal belongings
Description: An inside view of a typical single cell.
Identifier: islandora:16032

Title: ANC rally for released political prisoners, Soweto, 1990
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, South Africa--Politics and government--1978-1989, South Africa--History--1961-1994, Demonstrations--South Africa, Political activists--South Africa,
Description: Thousands of supporters attend an ANC (African National Congress) rally for released leaders, including Walter Sisulu, in Soweto, 29 October, 1989.
Identifier: islandora:12592

Title: Released political prisoner, Cape Town
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, South Africa--Politics and government--1978-1989, South Africa--History--1961-1994, Political activists--South Africa, Political leadership--South Africa, Political prisoners--South Africa,
Description: Released political prisoner gives a resistance salute upon his arrival at the Cape Town airport., circa 1990
Identifier: islandora:12616

Title: Petitioning to release prisoners, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Demonstrations, Politics
Description: Petitioning to release prisoners, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:17883

Title: Freed prisoners give the PAC salute, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Robben Island (South Africa), Pan African Congress, Political prisoners, Historic sites
Description: Free at last: four Pan Africanist Congress of Azania (PAC) prisoners were freed yesterday after five years on Robben Island. From left to right are: Mr Elby July, Mr Michael Gqamane, Mr Jan Shobe and Mr Mlandeli Ketye (kneeling). This brings to 109 the number of prisoners freed since February 2.
Identifier: islandora:16489

Title: Freed prisoner, Robben Island, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Robben Island (South Africa), Political prisoners, Historic sites, Monuments
Description: Reunion: Robben Island veteran Govan Mbeki, left, chats to Minister of Safety and Security Sydney Mufamadi and lawyer Ramesh Vassen before leaving for Robben Island.
Identifier: islandora:16502

Title: Prisoners carry food produce, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Jails, Reformatories, Prisons
Description: Prisoners carry food produce, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:16036

Title: Outside Victor Verster Prison on the day of Nelson Mandela's release.
Subject: Mandela, Nelson, 1918-2013,
Description: People gathered outside Victor Verster Prison on the day of Nelson Mandela's release. Flags of the African National Congress (ANC) are visible.
Identifier: islandora:5296

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