- Title: 49TH ANC CONFERENCE: WALTER SISULU RETIRING TRIP TO ROBBEN ISLAND
- Date: 17th January 1995
- Summary: 49TH ANC CONFERENCE: WALTER SISULU RETIRING TRIP TO ROBBEN ISLAND
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- City: BLOEMFONTEIN
- Country: South Africa
- Reuters ID: 95JAN17V02
- Story Text:49TH ANC CONFERENCE: WALTER SISULU RETIRING
TRIP TO ROBBEN ISLAND
00.36.42 WALTER & ALBERTINA SISULU AT CONFERENCE
00.36.59 SISULU DANCING
00.37.34 MANDELA DANCING
00.37.46 SISULU & MANDELA SINGING NKOSI
00.38.18 MBEKI & RAMAPHOSA
00.38.34 SISULU DANCING SINGING TRIBUTE MANDELA
00.39.13 SISULU AT PODIUM - PEOPLE SINGING TRIBUTEì
TO HIM
00.41.13 "We have come back to Bloemfontein not toì
form another organization, but to celebrate theì
triumph of the vision of the men & women of 1912."
00.41.52 "Our march to freedom was not easy.ì
Wehave had to endure untold suffering in Apartheidì
jails & in exile....humiliation of forced removals
00.42.25 "...and the stygma of being non-citizensì
in the country of our ancestors.."
00.46.58 "I am not retiring in the typical senseì
{LAUGHTER} I am retreating in order to advance."
00.47.25 SISULU HUGGING JOE SLOVO
00.48.07 SISULU DANCING & SINGING
00.48.41 TRIP TO ROBBEN ISLAND
00.50.26 SISULU GETTING OF BOAT
00.50.55 "The whole history of our struggleì
unfolds when I come here because of theì
experiences I've had...when I came here I wasì
relieved because I was getting tired iof Pretoriaì
and I found an open space..."
00.51.30 "People must remember I went to jailì
deliberately & that makes a difference."
00.51.54 SACRIFICE WORTHWHILE? "I have no doubtì
about it. We are in the position in which we areì
largely because of these sacrifices."
00.52.34 GATE ROBBEN ISLAND
00.52.50 MANDELA
00.54.59 GV'S OF JAIL - Copyright Holder: Visnews