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You needed money to study at ‘Robben Island University’ – Ahmed Kathrada in Conversations with a Gentle Soul
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In Conversations with a Gentle Soul, Ahmed Kathrada explained the little-known fact that prisoners needed family money to study at “Robben Island University” – which, he said, is why Jacob Zuma didn’t receive any academic certificates.

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Tags Ahmed Kathrada Conversations with a Gentle Soul Pan Macmillan SA Robben Island


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