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World Service,16 Oct 2013,9 mins

Walter Sisulu is Released

Witness History

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In October 1989, the anti-apartheid leader, Walter Sisulu, was freed from prison after 26 years. He had been jailed along with Nelson Mandela on Robben Island. One of Sisulu's daughters, Beryl, recalls the day her father came home. Photo: Walter Sisulu with his wife, Albertina, soon after his release from prison (AP)

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