In the 1960s and later in the 1970’s, hundreds of black men opposing .Apartheid were sent to Robben Island for their various political activities. Prisoners, representative of a wide range of liberation organisations were incarcerated on the Island.
After the Soweto uprisings in June 1976, a new wave of radicalised young political prisoners were sent to the Island. The last .political prisoners were released from Robben Island in May 1991.
