On June 12 1964, the Rivonia trialists were sentenced to life imprisonment. Nelson Mandela, Walter Sisulu and other black prisoners were sent to Robben Island. Denis Goldberg, the only white serving life imprisonment, was sent to Pretoria.
Pretoria was hard in a different way from Robben Island because the numbers of prisoners were small. Denis had to watch us all come in and go out before he was eventually released after 22 years...
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