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35 years since Nelson Mandela's release from prison
Madiba spent 18 years as a political prisoner on Robben Island and was later moved to other prisons on the mainland before ...
History Today: When Nelson Mandela was released from prison after 27 years
Nelson Mandela walked out of prison as a free man after 27 years, marking a golden moment in history. On this day in 1979, ...
35 years later, retracing Mandela’s walk to freedom
Participants in the annual 27 For Freedom Race, held at the Drakenstein Correctional Centre (formerly Victor Verster Prison), ...
The South African on MSN3d
BREAKING: Escaped Pollsmoor prison inmate rearrested
The Pollsmoor Correctional Centre inmate who escaped from the facility in Cape Town this week, has been rearrested.
The South African on MSN4d
DEVELOPING: Manhunt launched for escaped Pollsmoor inmate
The Department of Correctional Services has launched a manhunt for an inmate who escaped from the Pollsmoor Correctional ...
'Visionary' South African businessman Douw Steyn dies
The insurance magnate was a close friend of Nelson Mandela, who he housed after the statesman's divorce in 1992.
Rise Of ‘Right-Wing Fascism’ ABetrayal Of Madiba’s Legacy
For several conservative white South Africans, the end of apartheid was not met with a sense of shared national renewal but ...
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Idris Elba Recalls Spending ‘A Night’ in South African Prison to Prepare to Play Nelson Mandela
“In 2013, when I was preparing to play Nelson Mandela in the film Long Walk to Freedom, I spent the night in a prison cell on Robben Island, 12 km outside Cape Town, where Mandela was imprisoned ...
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Idris Elba Spent 'A Night' in Prison Cell to Prepare to Play Nelson Mandela
Idris Elba is recalling how he prepared to play Nelson Mandela in the 2013 film Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom. "In 2013, when I was preparing to play Nelson Mandela in the film Long Walk to Freedom, I ...
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Thirty-five years since Mandela walked out of prison
Mandela walked out of the Victor Verster Prison in the Western Cape on the 11th of February 1990, marking a historic point in ...
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Idris Elba Spent A Night In Prison Cell To Prep For A Role: ‘It Was A Scary Experience’
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. In 2013, when I was preparing to play Nelson Mandela in the film Long Walk to Freedom, I ...
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Niel Barnard, apartheid South Africa’s spy chief who later fell under Mandela’s spell
For the African National Congress (ANC), the release of Nelson Mandela was ... meetings between Barnard and Mandela took place in Pollsmoor prison outside Cape Town in May 1988, and in a 2015 ...