Identity area
Reference code
ZA HPRA A3441-A-A5
Title
Escape from Pretoria Maximum prison
Date(s)
- 1979-1980 (Creation)
Level of description
sub-series
Extent and medium
Context area
Name of creator
(20th century)
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
On the 11 December 1979 Alex Moumbaris and two other prisoners, Tim Jenkin and Stephen Lee, made a daring escape from Pretoria Central Prison. After a dangerous and exhausting journey they eventually arrived in Lusaka, where they were received by OR Tambo, and for the first time appeared publicly about their escape during a press conference on the 14 January 1980.