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ZA UFHL MR-MM-533
Title
Govan Mbeki Papers
Date(s)
- 1964 - 1996 (Creation)
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approx. 3 folders
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Name of creator
(9 July 1910 - 30 August 2001)
Biographical history
Historian, anti-apartheid activist, and leading member of the ANC and the SACP. Served on the High Command of MK. Father of former South African president Thabo Mbeki 1999–2008). Convicted in the Rivonia Trial and sentenced to life imprisonment. Released from Robben Island Prison, 1987. Served in South Africa’s post-apartheid Senate, 1994–97, as deputy president of the Senate, and as a member of its successor, the National Council of Provinces, 1997–99. Awarded the ANC’s highest honour, Isitwalandwe Seaparankoe, in 1980. Clan name, Zizi.
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The personal papers of Govan Mbeki, including:
Part one of the State’s concluding address at the Rivonia Trial. A memorandum concerning prison conditions on Robben Island. Nelson Mandela’s 1996 address to the British parliament. Supreme court: Govan Mbeki and Nelson Mandela
Mandela visit to Tanzania 1990
Part one of the State’s concluding address at the Rivonia Trial. A memorandum concerning prison conditions on Robben Island. Nelson Mandela’s 1996 address to the British parliament. Supreme court: Govan Mbeki and Nelson Mandela
Mandela visit to Tanzania 1990
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- Africa » South Africa » Western Cape » Cape Town » Robben Island
- Africa » South Africa » Eastern Cape » Alice