Identity area
Reference code
ZA HPRA A3441-A-A5-A5.2
Title
Press reporting about the escape
Date(s)
- 1980-1982 (Creation)
Level of description
sub-sub-series
Extent and medium
2 files
Context area
Name of creator
(20th century)
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Including: first press reports about the escape; their demand for PoW status for political prisoners in South Africa; poster of a public rally for their arrival in London; trial of prison warder related to the escape; naming of a street in the French town of Amiens after Solomon Mahlangu; bombing of the French anti-apartheid headquarters in Paris; trial of 3 men who aided escaped prisoners; other news clips relating to Alex Moumbaris after his escape.