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Former Top 10 student turned prisoner scores multiple distinctions for matric 2024 while in prison
A former Top 10 student at student became a high-achieving matriculant while behind bars. The inmate got his act together for ...
Violent crime in South Africa happens mostly in a few hotspots: police resources should focus there – criminologist
Violent crime in South Africa has consistently been highly concentrated in a small number of urban areas. For example, 20% of ...
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5-year-old repatriated from Mauritius adjusts to new life with family in SA
A child who lived in a jail compound in Mauritius for five years is settling in with her grandmother in South Africa.
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Idris Elba Recalls Spending ‘A Night’ in South African Prison to Prepare to Play Nelson Mandela
The biopic chronicled Mandela’s life journey, including spending 27 years in prison before serving as the first Black president of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. Mandela died in 2013 at the age ...
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Idris Elba details how he spent a night in a South African prison to ready for Nelson Mandela role
During a recent interview with The Sunday Times, the 52-year-old actor detailed the extremes he went to while working on the biopic, which documents Mandela’s 27 years in prison in South Africa.
Idris Elba Recalls Spending ‘A Night’ in South African Prison to Prepare to Play Nelson Mandela
Idris Elba is recalling how he prepared to play Nelson Mandela in the 2013 film Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom. “In 2013, when ...
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Idris Elba details how he spent a night in a South African prison to ready for Nelson Mandela role
“I’d been given the incredible honour to portray this great man and up until that night, I hadn’t quite grasped the significance of having over 20 years of life stolen from him,” he told ...