Mandela free soon?
NZPA - ReuterJohannesburg South Africa’s pro-Gov-ernment “Citizen” newspaper said yesterday that African National Congress leader, Nelson Mandela, could be freed from prison any time after midNovember. Mandela, aged 70, is being treated for tuberculosis in a Cape Town clinic. He has been in prison since 1962, serving a life sentence for conspiracy to overthrow the Government. The “Citizen,” which is well connected in Government circles, said his release was under active consideration. Quoting unnamed senior Government sources, the newspaper said “it could take place any time from about mid-November”. There has been speculation about Mandela’s release since August, when he was taken from Cape Town’s Pollsmoor Prison to hospital.
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Press, 6 October 1988, Page 8
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