Robert Sobukwe, the 35-year-old leader of the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC), woke at 5am. His wife, Veronica, heated a kettle ...

"You have the unique ability to grant him clemency and rectify this grave injustice," reads a letter from U.S. senators and ...

In the statement released, the trustees said the prison's management, including their appointed spokesperson, had attended a media launch in May where the auction of Mandela's cell was outlined in a ...

His “anda cell” was so cramped that he had ... for the protection of their rights. The Nelson Mandela Rules (2015) require prison administrations to make reasonable accommodations and ...

Former President Barack Obama delivered these remarks about "the power of pluralism," Thursday at his foundation's "Democracy Forum" in Chicago. "A majority rule determines who wins and who loses, but ...

Sabouri further stated that “Cell No. 14” is not merely a personal account of a ... Grimaldi likened the figures of modern resistance to iconic leaders such as Nelson Mandela, Patrice Lumumba, Che ...

In many ways, Breyten is an ancestor and a role model for those of us who do not fit the mould of the Afrikanerdom of old. He ...

But the result is that the new law expressly allows prison officials ... A solitary confinement cell at the Main Jail in San Jose, Calif. (AP Photo/Ben Margot) At the same time, Newsom’s office was ...

Comrade Madikizela-Mandela dedicated her life to the betterment of ... She was detained for 18 months in solitary confinement in a condemned cell at Pretoria Central Prison before being charged under ...

A short boat ride from Cape Town, Robben Island is a former prison that housed legendary activist Nelson ... you through 500 years of life on the island and let you visit the cell where Mandela began ...

At the height of the apartheid regime’s power, South African revolutionaries recruited and trained young British workers to ...

The bail application of one of the accused linked to alleged insurance payout murders in Motherwell, has been postponed to ...