• Pollsmoor Prison, officially known as Pollsmoor Maximum Security Prison, is located in the Cape Town suburb of Tokai in South Africa. Pollsmoor is a maximum...
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    state. Mandela served 27 years in prison, split between Robben Island, Pollsmoor Prison and Victor Verster Prison. Amid growing domestic and international...
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  • occasions. The first is during Mandela's recollection of his incarceration in Pollsmoor Prison: "Often, Winnie's visits were overseen by Warrant Officer James...
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    maximum security prison on Robben Island, a small island in Table Bay, to Pollsmoor Prison in Tokai, Cape Town. From there, Mandela was moved to the then...
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  • release until sentencing, in the interest of society, to be transferred to Pollsmoor Prison's hospital section. He was under treatment for epilepsy and depression...
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  • mentions Gregory on two occasions. The first was during his imprisonment in Pollsmoor Prison: "Often, Winnie's visits were overseen by Warrant Officer James...
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    following the Rivonia Trial, in which he was held at Robben Island and Pollsmoor Prison. Following his release in 1990, he was elected to serve as a member...
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    transferred him from the maximum security Robben Island to the lower security Pollsmoor Prison just outside Cape Town; where prison life was more comfortable...
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    Prison in Benoni, Gauteng Old Gaol Building in Ingwavuma, KwaZulu-Natal Pollsmoor Prison in Tokai, Cape Town, Western Cape Robben Island off the coast of...
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  • reduced to prison terms. Lehnberg served 11 years of a 20-year sentence in Pollsmoor Prison outside Cape Town. Choegoe's sentence was reduced to 15 years....
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    Democratic Front who met with Nelson Mandela prior to his release from Pollsmoor Prison on February 11, 1990. Prior to the 1994 elections, Gandhi was a...
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  • Drakenstein Correctional Centre Kgosi Mampuru II Correctional Centre Pollsmoor Prison Moses Sithole serial killer Westville Prison Steyn, Daniel (24...
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  • sentence. (p. 159) Mandela describes prison time on Robben Island and Pollsmoor Prison. His 28-year time in prison was marked by the cruelty of Afrikaner...
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    meaningful moments of my life." Nelson Mandela was still being imprisoned in Pollsmoor Prison after being transferred from Robben Island in 1982. Prior to leaving...
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  • of his sentence on Robben Island, though he was later transferred to Pollsmoor Prison. His wife, Albertina Sisulu, was frequently under banning orders...
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  • overcrowding within the South African prison system – most notably at Pollsmoor, Drakenstein, Helderstroom – the centre was converted into a "Centre of...
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    English-speaking South African soldiers returning from World War II. Nearby is Pollsmoor Prison, where Nelson Mandela and other political prisoners were incarcerated...
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  • gang in western cape prisons. This still holds true in prisons such as Pollsmoor prison. However, the balance of power now varies from prison to prison...
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  • He was convicted of murder in 2017, and is currently incarcerated at Pollsmoor Prison. Mthethwa, a native of Durban, graduated from the Michaelis School...
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  • running the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and visits Cape Town's Pollsmoor Maximum Security Prison to meet with Piet Blomfeld, an ex-security police...
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  • Sunday Times Alan Paton Award. The author researched prison gangs based in Pollsmoor Prison, resulting in the books The Number and the later Nongoloza's Children...
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    to Cape Town and after four weeks, allowed to see family, and held at Pollsmoor Prison as they awaited trial. After Lee's father brought him a copy of...
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  • 5 prisons that are temporarily closed down or undergoing renovations Pollsmoor Prison in the Western Cape Province is the largest maximum security prison...
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  • voice matched the suspect. He was subsequently arrested and taken to the Pollsmoor Penitentiary. While imprisoned, he befriended Norman Afzal Simons, a murderer...
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    the People Freedom Charter Treason Trial Rivonia Trial Robben Island Pollsmoor Prison Victor Verster Prison Negotiations to end apartheid in South Africa...
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  • including 614 at East London, 29 at Krugersdorp, 148 at Port Shepstone, 16 at Pollsmoor (Cape Town) and 210 at Brandvlei. 21 – A bomb explodes at the offices...
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  • to Cape Town and after four weeks, allowed to see family, and held at Pollsmoor Prison as they awaited trial. After Lee's father brought him a copy of...
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  • prison number remained 466/64 until 1982, when he was transferred to Pollsmoor Prison and given the prison number 220/82. "Prisoner 46664" continues...
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    of it in a cell on Robben Island. The rest of his incarceration was in Pollsmoor Prison, on convictions for crimes that included sabotage committed while...
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    the People Freedom Charter Treason Trial Rivonia Trial Robben Island Pollsmoor Prison Victor Verster Prison Negotiations to end apartheid in South Africa...
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