SOUTH AFRICA: WINNIE MANDELA PAYS HER FIRST VISIT TO HUSBAND NELSON IN BUNGALOW PRISON.

Record ID: 862707

  • Title: SOUTH AFRICA: WINNIE MANDELA PAYS HER FIRST VISIT TO HUSBAND NELSON IN BUNGALOW PRISON.
  • Date: 13th December 1988
  • Summary: PAARL, NEAR CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA (DECEMBER 13, 1988): REUTERS (W) SV PULL BACK TO GV AND SV Victor Verster prison exterior of sign. Security guards at entrance to prison. (2 SHOTS) 0.09 CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA (DECEMBER 13, 1988): SV PAN AND SV Winnie Mandela and lawyer Ismail Ayob entering press conference. (2 SHOTS) 0.20 PAARL, CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA (DECEMBER 13, 1988): SV AND GV EXTERIOR Of Winnie Mandela's car leaving prison. (2 SHOTS) 0.28 CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA (DECEMBER 13, 1988): TV AND CU Ayob speaking at press conference. (English sot). (2 SHOTS) 1.02 TRANSCRIPT (SEQ. 4): AYOB: "The house is situated within the prison complex; there's a great deal of security in the area. It is quite clear that Mr. Mandela remains a prisoner and there is no change in his status at all. Photographs issued by the prison service show a large swimming pool in the area. For the past 12 years Mr. Mandela has not even had enough water to take a bath." Initials PRODUCER: CHRIS HARDY Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 28th December 1988 12:00
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  • Location: South Africa, South Africa
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  • Country: South Africa
  • Topics: Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVAAQTU959EH08MJ6GYIIDIZ2RU7
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  • Story Text: Winnie Mandela on Tuesday paid her first visit to her husband Nelson, jailed leader of the African National Congress (ANC), since he was moved to a bungalow prison by South African authorities. The house where Mandela is now held is in the grounds of the Victor Verster Prison in Paarl, outside Cape Town.

    After the visit Mandela's lawyer Ismail Ayob said Mandela's status had not changed and he was worse off and lonelier than ever since moving to the bungalow. "It is a cruel situation that he is in total isolation", Ayob told reporters. Ayob said Mandela felt isolated because he was denied contact with colleagues with whom he had spent 26 years in jail.

    Mandela was moved to the bungalow from a Cape Town clinic last week after being treated for tuberculosis. Justice Minister Kobie Coetsee said his family could visit him as often and for as long as they wished. But Winnie Mandela stayed with her 70-year-old husband for just 80 minutes to avoid exceeding visiting privileges granted to other prisoners.
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