- ZA UWCRIMA MR-MM-635
- Collection
- 1982/02/10
Part of Mandela Materials
Department of Correctional Services
Part of Mandela Materials
Department of Correctional Services
Robben Island General Recreational Committee Archive
Part of Mandela Materials
Documents created by the General Recreational Committee that represented political prisoners on Robben Island. These include a handwritten transcript of a document by Nelson Mandela motivating that the African National Congress (ANC) and the government reach a negotiated political settlement.
-There is also a message from Mandela (during the period of his imprisonment) to Oliver Tambo.
Robben Island General Recreational Committee
Part of Mandela Materials
Masemola, Japhta
Part of Mandela Materials
Legassick, Martin
Part of Mandela Materials
Kathrada, Ahmed Mohamed (Kathy)
Part of Mandela Materials
International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF)
Grassroots Community Newspaper Collection
Part of Mandela Materials
Grassroots Community Newspaper
Eddie Daniels 1981 Escape Plan
Part of Mandela Materials
Daniels, Eddie
South African Pressclips Collection
Part of Mandela Materials
Part of Mandela Materials
The personal papers of Oliver Tambo. The collection includes:
News clippings from South African and international newspapers concerning the arrest of Nelson Mandela in 1962, his court appearances, and calls for his release from prison (1962 -1988). Correspondence concerning the PAFMECSA conference held in Ethiopia addressed to all member governments, a letter from the ANC London office concerning the arrests of Mandela and Walter Sisulu, and a cable from the Somali Minister of Foreign Affairs to Tambo re: Mandela’s arrest (1962). News clippings in the build up to and aftermath of Mandela’s release from prison (1990 - 1991). News clippings, programmes and itineraries concerning Mandela’s visits to the United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland, India, Japan, Malaysia, Australia, Geneva, Botswana and other countries (1990 - 1991).
Reports on campaigns for the release of political prisoners, including reports from Robben Island, and on Lord Nicholas Bethel's meeting with Mandela. Also includes a 1970 report by Mandela about prison conditions on Robben Island (1970 - 1989). Correspondence from Mandela, written from Pollsmoor Prison, to Oliver Tambo and a number of other individuals. Original letters to Tambo, as well as transcripts of letters written to Nthato Motlana, Mangosuthu Buthelezi, Sheila Weinberg and Desmond Tutu, amongst others. Also included is a letter of thanks to Mrs. Bhalla of the Indian Council for the 1979 Jawaharlal Nehru Award and a letter of sympathy on the death of Seretse Khama (1978 - 1989). Media reports concerning Mandela, including cables. Includes reports by Radio RSA, internal media monitoring, an African National Congress (ANC) statement on Mandela’s health, and of a visit to Mandela by Robert Brown (1985 - 1990). Correspondence, reports and messages concerning international support for Mandela’s release from prison. Subjects covered include tributes on his 60th and 70th birthdays, and awards and honours conferred on Mandela, particularly through the work of the British Anti-Apartheid Movement (1984).
Statements and correspondence concerning the assassination of Chris Hani (1993). Video recordings of various events before and after Mandela’s release from prison. These include the 1990 Free Mandela Concert at Wembley Stadium and Mandela’s 1990 visit to Lusaka (1988 - 1990).
Correspondence, lists and statements by Oliver Tambo concerning awards and honours conferred on Mandela. These include honorary degrees, Freedom of the City awards, artistic attributes and facilities named after Mandela. The correspondence is primarily between Oliver Tambo and heads of / representatives of awarding countries and institutions. The awards include the Simon Bolivar Prize, the naming of a road in Mandela’s honour in Botswana, and awards conferred by the Sandinista National Liberation Front of Nicaragua, the Jamaican Human Rights Organisation, the University of Carabobo of Venezuela, and the Karl Marx University of the German Democratic Republic (1983 - 1990). Correspondence and statements concerning international calls for, and, Mandela’s release from prison. These include correspondence about a resolution passed by the African Symposium on African Orality in Nigeria, and a statement by the president of the Republic of Senegal after Mandela’s release. Other correspondents include Senator Michael J Williams of Trinidad and Tobago, OJ Masire of the Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO), and the Communist Party of Sweden (1989 - 1990). Correspondence from Tambo to Mandela and to the Mandela family (1991 - 1992).
Speeches delivered in Mandela’s honour.
Drafts of plays and books written about Nelson Mandela, the drafts include No Easy Walk to Freedom, Nelson Mandela and the Rivonia Trial and What is to be done’.
Published and unpublished statements and speeches of Mandela, 1962 - 1991.
Correspondence and memoranda relating to the Nelson Mandela National Reception Committee (1989 - 1990).
Biographical
Tambo, Oliver Reginald
Part of Mandela Materials
Neame, Sylvia
Part of Mandela Materials
Mbeki, Govan Archibald Mvuyelwa
African National Congress German Mission Records
Part of Mandela Materials
African National Congress (ANC) German Mission
Part of Mandela Materials
South African Broadcasting Corporation [DO NOT USE]
Part of Mandela Materials
South African Broadcasting Corporation [DO NOT USE]
Part of Mandela Materials
South African Broadcasting Corporation [DO NOT USE]
Part of Mandela Materials
South African Broadcasting Corporation [DO NOT USE]
Part of Mandela Materials
RSN Actuality- Political prisoners concept actuality of the President of the ANC Mr Nelson Mandelawho referring to the prisoners who are still in Robben Island.
RECORDBC 19901009
SABC Sound Archives
Part of Mandela Materials
Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla
Part of Mandela Materials
Suzman, Helen
Part of Mandela Materials
Jurgen Schadeberg Photographic Archive
Part of Mandela Materials
Schadeberg, Jürgen
Nelson Mandela:Prisoners of hope
Part of Reference Audiovisual Material
491 days : Prisoner number 1323/69
Part of Reference Books
Madikizela-Mandela, Winifred Nomzamo Zanyiwe
Help break the chains: South African political prisoner bracelet program
Part of Reference Books
Part of Prison Collection
Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla
Part of Prison Collection
Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla
Part of Prison Collection
Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla
Part of Prison Collection
Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla
Part of Prison Collection
Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla
Nelson Mandela Foundation (NMF)
Interview of Mac Maharaj, Robben Island: [Interview]
Part of Interviews [sound/video]
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Robben Island visit by Amina Mohammed, 2017.11.26, Cape Town: [Set of 32 Images]
Part of 4 Dialogue Programme
Zilwa, Obed
Visit to Robben Island, 2014.08.10, Cape Town: [Set of 36 Still Images]
Part of 4 Dialogue Programme
Kritzinger, Jac
Chairman’s Dinner, 2014.08.09, Cape Town: [Set of 28 Still Images]
Part of 4 Dialogue Programme
Kritzinger, Jac
Olympic Torch relay on Robben Island, 2004.06.12, Robben Island; [set of 34 photographic print]
Western Cape Provincial Government
Mandela portrait Robben Island, 1994, Robben Island; [1 photographic print]
Unknown
Mandela Portrait Robben Island, 1994, Robben Island: [1 photographic print]
Schadeberg, Jürgen
Robben Island and Victor Verster Photographs Collection
Part of 1.1.3 Nelson Mandela > Historical photos > Mandela with others
Unknown
David Turnley, 1994, Cape Town: [1 Still Image]
Turnley, David
Matthew Willman, Robben Island: [1 Still Image]
Willman, Matthew
Cloete Breytenbach's Robben Island Photographs, 1964, Cape Town: [Set of 3 still images]
Part of 1.1.3 Nelson Mandela > Historical photos > Mandela with others
Breytenbach, Cloete
Part of 5.1 NMF > Mandela Day
Unknown
Sahm Venter, 2016.03.31, Cape Town: [Set of 20 Images]
Part of 5.3 NMF > Staff
Venter, Sahm
Razia Saleh, 2016.03.31-2017.04.01, Cape Town: [Set of 54 Images]
Part of 5.3 NMF > Staff
Saleh, Razia
Mongezi Njaju, 2016.03.31-2017.04.01, Cape Town: [Set of 26 Images]
Part of 5.3 NMF > Staff
Njaju, Mongezi
Lucia Raadschelders, 2016.03.31, Cape Town: [Set of 26 Images]
Part of 5.3 NMF > Staff
Davies, Lee
Lee Davies, 2016.03.31, Cape Town: [Set of 85 Images]
Part of 5.3 NMF > Staff
Davies, Lee
Part of 5.3 NMF > Staff
Various
Private staff functions II, 2011-2017, South Africa: [Set of 704 Images]
Part of 5.3 NMF > Staff
Various
Part of 1.6.1 Nelson Mandela > Receiving visitors > At the NMF
Oryx Media Production
Robben Island photographs, 2002-2003, Robben Island: [Set of 162 Still Images]
Part of 6 Various Photographs
Willman, Matthew
Eric Miller Collection, 1990s, South Africa: [Set of 273 Still Images]
Miller, Eric
Moreillon, Jacques
Part of Judge Thumba Pillay Collection
Part of Judge Thumba Pillay Collection
Smuggled Letter - Ahmed Kathrada
Part of Judge Thumba Pillay Collection
Part of Judge Thumba Pillay Collection
Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla
Part of Judge Thumba Pillay Collection
Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla
Part of Judge Thumba Pillay Collection
Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla
Part of Judge Thumba Pillay Collection
Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla
Part of Judge Thumba Pillay Collection
Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla
Part of Judge Thumba Pillay Collection
Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla
Part of Judge Thumba Pillay Collection
Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla
Part of Judge Thumba Pillay Collection
Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla
Part of Judge Thumba Pillay Collection
Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla
Part of Judge Thumba Pillay Collection
Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla
Smuggled Letter - Nelson Mandela
Part of Judge Thumba Pillay Collection
Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla
Part of Judge Thumba Pillay Collection
Pillay, Thumba
Part of Judge Thumba Pillay Collection
Pillay, Thumba
Part of Judge Thumba Pillay Collection
Pillay, Thumba
Judge Thumba Pillay Collection
Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla
Bernadt, Himan
Robben Island a work of art in wood, metal,plastic stone and paint by George Sawchuk
Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes
Address at 46664 Press Conference Robben Island November 2003
Part of Speeches
Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla
Address by President Nelson Mandela on Heritage Day
Part of Speeches
Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla
Address at the British Red Cross Humanity Lecture, London, 10 July 2003
Part of Speeches
Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla
Helen Suzman : Bright Star in a Dark Chamber : [Bibliography]
Part of Bibliography
Renwick, Robin
Reading Revolution : Shakespeare on Robben Island : [Bibliography]
Part of Bibliography
Desai, Ashwin
Conversations with Myself : [Bibliography]
Part of Bibliography
Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla
The Meaning of Mandela: A Literary and Intellectual Celebration : [Bibliography]
Part of Bibliography
Mangcu, Xolela
Bram Fischer: Afrikaner Revolutionary : [Bibliography]
Part of Bibliography
Clingman, Stephen
Nelson Mandela: The man and the movement : [Bibliography]
Part of Bibliography
Benson, Mary
Nelson Mandela Foundation: Breakfast with Nelson Mandela, 2002.10.01, South Africa: [Compile]
Part of HIV/AIDS [sound/video]
Nelson Mandela Foundation (NMF)
Part of 46664 Collection
46664
Pahad, Essop : Interviewed by Joel Netshitenzhe and Tony Trew, 2014, Johannesburg : [Transcript]
Part of The Presidential Years
Trew, Tony
Part of Mandela Materials
ABC
Part of Mandela Materials
ABC
Part of Mandela Materials
ABC
Part of Mandela Materials
Brutus, Dennis
National Public Broadcasting Archives
Part of Mandela Materials
National Public Radio
Files of United Nations Secretary-General, U Thant
Part of Mandela Materials
U Thant
The Tanganyika Standard (Daily Newspaper in Tanzania )
Part of Mandela Materials
Tanganyika Standard
The Nationalist (Tanzanian newspaper)
Part of Mandela Materials
Nationalist
Norwegian Action Against Apartheid
Part of Mandela Materials
Norwegian Action Against Apartheid
Mandela’s unpublished autobiographical manuscript written on Robben Island
Part of Prison Collection
Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla
Part of Prison Collection
Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla
Part of Prison Collection
Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla
Part of Prison Collection
Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla