Attorney Himie Bernardt visited Mandela at Pollsmoor. The diary-based Foundation entry records the visit as part of the prisonโs tightly managed access regime. Lawyers and visitors could carry information across the prison boundary, but their presence remained subject to government permission and surveillance.
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What happened on 15 October 1989?
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Mandela remained imprisoned after his comrades were freed.
The release of senior Rivonia prisoners in October 1989 also ended Mandelaโs imprisonment.
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Mandela remained at Victor Verster until February 1990.