President of the South African Students Movement (SASM) and later a member of the South African Student Organisation (SASO). He was arrested and sentenced. After his release he went into exile and joined the ANC.
The newspaper clips were collected by Robert Sobukwe whilst held on Robben Island.
Newspaper coverage of the reign of two Popes, John XXIII, and his successor Paul VI; issues of religion, the churches and race relations; series of interviews by Benjamin Pogrund with various church representatives; Walter Sisulu giving evidence at the Rivonia trial about ANC decision to train guerrillas; political map of Africa in 1967; banned academic Dr. Hoffenberg leaving South Africa; photographs of Nikita Khrushchev, Prime Minister of Soviet Union; Madie Hall Xuma leading march of Black & White in Washington; UN walk out at General Assembly in protest against Apartheid after speech of Mr Jooste, chief delegate of South Africa; various articles by Wayfarer relating to religious matters; news from the African continent.
The focus of these interviews covererd the local history around Graaff-Reinet. The interviewees were mainly elderly members of the community and contemporaries of Robert Sobukwe.
Member of the coloured community from Sunnyside. She was active in the Detainees Parents Support Committee (DPSC) and a member of the United Democratic Front (UDF) and the Graaff-Reinet Community Organisation.