Word: robben
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Pitch yourselves," says a white man calling himself Mr. Swart, who serves as half warder, half butler. "Mr. Mandela will not be long." Swart was once a guard on Robben Island, where Mandela was imprisoned under harsh conditions for nearly two decades...
Rumors swirled for years that Pretoria was about to free the Rivonia prisoners, but many seasons of hard labor in the limestone quarries on Robben Island taught Sisulu, now 77, not to expect too much. During a visit to Cape Town's Pollsmoor Prison last Tuesday, his wife Albertina asked Sisulu what he thought about renewed speculation that his freedom was imminent. "No," he scoffed. "Let's just wait...
...Michigan University Board of Regents have appointed former University President Robben Fleming to serve as interim president if their quest for a new helmsman is not completed by the first of January, The Michigan Daily reported last week...
...Organization (SWAPO), lined the streets in a town near Windhoek, Namibia's capital, to give him a joyous homecoming. As he descended from the back of a pickup truck flying blue-red-and-green flags, any notion that he had mellowed in Cape Town's Robben Island prison was soon dispelled. Toivo raised a clenched fist in a black-power salute and shouted the official SWAPO slogan, "One Namibia, one nation...
...return to South Africa, he believes that, at the very least, he would be thrown into prison. And if he were deported to Zimbabwe, as is more likely, he fears that his life would be in danger. He cites the example of his friend and former cellmate from Robben Island. Joe Gqabi, who was recently gunned down in front of his home in Salisbury. Brutus and supporters believe that the murder was carried out by the South African secret police, who, they fear, would not besitate to kill him if he returned to Zimbabwe...