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Robben Island ex-political prisoners to be awarded commemorative medals for their sacrifice [SOUND]

# Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture, Gayton McKenzie, will lead a historic and powerful reunion of ex-political prisoners at the Robben Island Museum in the Western Cape next weekend. This will be held under the theme, Reuniting with Robben Island as the Stronghold that Fortified Our Resistance to Achieve Our Freedom. The department’s spokesperson, Zimasa Velaphi, says all ex-political prisoners who were incarcerated at Robben Island, including those from Namibia, will be awarded commemorative medals in recognition of their sacrifice:

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