Where are they now (Updated June 2008)

Where are they now (Updated June 2008)
Ahmed Kathrada was released in 1989 and became a member of parliament. In 1997 he was appointed chairman of the Robben Island Council. He is now retired and consults to the Nelson Mandela Foundation. Andrew Mlangeni was released in 1989 and became a member of parliament, a position he still holds. Raymond Mhlaba was released from Pollsmoor Prison in 1989 and in 1991 he was elected to the ANC national executive and the South African Communist Party central committee, becoming national party chairman in 1995. In 1994 he became premier of the Eastern Cape and served in this role until 1997. He was then appointed High Commissioner to Uganda and Rwanda, retiring in 2001. In 2003 he had a stroke and in 2004 was diagnosed with liver cancer. He died in 2005. He received the ANC's Isitwalandwe Award in 1992 for his contribution to the liberation struggle, and in 2002 he received the Moses Kotama Award for his contribution to the SACP. Walter Sisulu, former secretary general of the ANC, moved back into his small four-roomed house in Soweto after his release in 1989, at the age of 77. He took up ANC duties but after democratic elections in 1994 retired from politics. He moved into the northern suburbs of Johannesburg together with his wife Albertina, because he needed to be closer to his doctors, his health now failing. In May 2003 he died peacefully in the arms of his wife at his home, at the age of 90. [See: MaSisulu: mother in jail, mother in the suburbs] Denis Goldberg spent 22 years in Pretoria Central, isolated from his fellow Rivonia trialists. In 1985 the government offered to release any political prisoner who renounced armed struggle. Goldberg accepted, and after visiting his daughter briefly in Israel, moved to England, where he lived until 2002, when he returned to South Africa. He now lives in Cape Town, and after serving for several years as a special adviser to the ministry of water affairs and forestry, he is now retired. Bob Hepple, who indicated he would turn state witness, was released - and immediately fled to England with his wife, to be joined there by his parents with his two young children. He is retired emeritus professor of law at Cambridge University, and is judge of the United Nations Administrative Tribunal, sitting in New York and Geneva. Rusty Bernstein was discharged in the Rivonia trial, but arrested again soon after and released on bail. He fled the country and lived with his wife, Hilda, and family, in England, working as an architect, until his death. After 1994 he made several trips to South Africa but continued to live just outside Oxford in England. He died in June 2002 at the age of 82. Prison Warder Johannes Greef was given a six-year sentence for his part in the Marshal Square prison escapes. He didn't serve the full sentence, nor did he receive the money promised him. In 1994, when the ANC finally came to power, Greef was traced and was finally paid the money promised to him. Mosie Moola and Abdulhay Jassat made their way to India after their release, but ended up back in South Africa. Moola served as ambassador in various embassies, and is now based in Johannesburg working as a businessman. Jassat (who still suffers from epilepsy as a result of his torture) was in exile for 32 years. He now lives in Johannesburg and works as a businessman.

Ahmed Kathrada was released in 1989 and became a member of parliament. In 1997 he was appointed chairman of the Robben Island Council. He is now retired and consults to the Nelson Mandela Foundation.

Andrew Mlangeni was released in 1989 and became a member of parliament, a position he still holds.

Raymond Mhlaba was released from Pollsmoor Prison in 1989 and in 1991 he was elected to the ANC national executive and the South African Communist Party central committee, becoming national party chairman in 1995. In 1994 he became premier of the Eastern Cape and served in this role until 1997. He was then appointed High Commissioner to Uganda and Rwanda, retiring in 2001. In 2003 he had a stroke and in 2004 was diagnosed with liver cancer. He died in 2005. He received the ANC's Isitwalandwe Award in 1992 for his contribution to the liberation struggle, and in 2002 he received the Moses Kotama Award for his contribution to the SACP.

Walter Sisulu, former secretary general of the ANC, moved back into his small four-roomed house in Soweto after his release in 1989, at the age of 77. He took up ANC duties but after democratic elections in 1994 retired from politics. He moved into the northern suburbs of Johannesburg together with his wife Albertina, because he needed to be closer to his doctors, his health now failing. In May 2003 he died peacefully in the arms of his wife at his home, at the age of 90. [See: MaSisulu: mother in jail, mother in the suburbs]

Denis Goldberg spent 22 years in Pretoria Central, isolated from his fellow Rivonia trialists. In 1985 the government offered to release any political prisoner who renounced armed struggle. Goldberg accepted, and after visiting his daughter briefly in Israel, moved to England, where he lived until 2002, when he returned to South Africa. He now lives in Cape Town, and after serving for several years as a special adviser to the ministry of water affairs and forestry, he is now retired.

Bob Hepple, who indicated he would turn state witness, was released - and immediately fled to England with his wife, to be joined there by his parents with his two young children. He is retired emeritus professor of law at Cambridge University, and is judge of the United Nations Administrative Tribunal, sitting in New York and Geneva.

Rusty Bernstein was discharged in the Rivonia trial, but arrested again soon after and released on bail. He fled the country and lived with his wife, Hilda, and family, in England, working as an architect, until his death. After 1994 he made several trips to South Africa but continued to live just outside Oxford in England. He died in June 2002 at the age of 82.

Prison Warder Johannes Greef was given a six-year sentence for his part in the Marshal Square prison escapes. He didn't serve the full sentence, nor did he receive the money promised him. In 1994, when the ANC finally came to power, Greef was traced and was finally paid the money promised to him.

Mosie Moola and Abdulhay Jassat made their way to India after their release, but ended up back in South Africa. Moola served as ambassador in various embassies, and is now based in Johannesburg working as a businessman. Jassat (who still suffers from epilepsy as a result of his torture) was in exile for 32 years. He now lives in Johannesburg and works as a businessman.