Without the document, they face lower salaries, fewer formal employment options and roadblocks to professional development. At least one has found work in the US…
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Mandela’s Return to Robben Island as President (1995): Five years after his release, President Nelson Mandela returned to Robben Island in Table Bay—where he was incarcerated for 18 years—to host global media, dignitaries, and fellow former political prisoners. Photos of Mandela peering through the bars of his tiny cell circulated globally, transforming the former prison island into an iconic international symbol of reconciliation and freedom.
