Political Prisoners released from Robben Island

Political prisoners released… 31 Robben Island prisoners are released seen entering Cape Town harbour including Ashley Forbes.

Thirty nine political prisoners released…Robben Island prisoners are released and seen here prior to arriving in Cape Town harbour – Dramat, Zulu, Mange. 17 April 1991

FREE…Mr James Mange – sentenced to death and who later won a reprieve against that sentence handed down in the Maritzburg supreme Court in 1979 – greets a well-whisher on his release from Robben Island

Tearful Reunion…Mrs Zubeida Karriem, 61, greets her son Ashraf from her wheelchair shortly after he was released from Robben Island where he had been serving a two-year sentence for storing a handgrenade. Mrs Karriem lost her leg while her son was in prison. June 1990

Raymond Mhlaba, one of the Rivonia treason trialists released from prison. October 1989

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