Alexandre Moumbaris is a political activist and former political prisoner. He was born in Egypt to Greek parents, grew up in Australia, lived and worked in the UK, was imprisoned in South Africa and now lives in France. He is known for his political activism against the apartheid régime in South Africa in the 1970s, and his subsequent incarceration in, and 1979 escape from, Pretoria Local Prison (within the Pretoria Central Prison complex) with Tim Jenkin and Stephen Lee. He returned to France after his escape.
infiltrated overland, with Moumbaris aiding with border reconnaissance and transport, as commander of the receiving operation. Moumbaris and Marie-José were...
of the Pretoria Central Prison complex), along with Stephen Lee and AlexMoumbaris. Jenkin was born in Cape Town and educated at Rondebosch Boys' Prep...
built adjacent to it. In 1979 white political prisoners Tim Jenkin, AlexMoumbaris and Stephen Lee escaped from "the Local". After this escape, the building...
Goldberg Mark Leonard Winter as Leonard Fontaine (character based on AlexMoumbaris) Nathan Page as Mongo Grant Piro as Captain Schnepel Adam Ovadia as...
30 December 1979 he and Oliver Tambo met Tim Jenkin, Stephen Lee and AlexMoumbaris, ANC members and escapees from incarceration at Pretoria Central Prison...
then secretary-general of the ANC, met Tim Jenkin, Stephen Lee and AlexMoumbaris, ANC members and escapees from incarceration at Phillip Kgosi Prison...
various people including Raymond Suttner, Jeremy Cronin, Ahmed Timol, AlexMoumbaris, Tim Jenkin, and Dave and Sue Rabkin, with the aim of establishing underground...
planning of a daring escape in 1979 by Tim Jenkin, Stephen Lee and AlexMoumbaris. His wife Anne Marie died of a brain tumour during his imprisonment...
the time of a daring escape in 1979 by Tim Jenkin, Stephen Lee and AlexMoumbaris. He currently has academic affiliations at Rhodes University, the University...
had been the main drivers of the idea from the start: Jenkin, Lee and AlexMoumbaris. Goldberg helped to distract the warden while the three escapees made...
communications helped to effect the prison escape of Tim Jenkin, Stephen Lee and AlexMoumbaris in 1979 (later the subject of the film Escape from Pretoria). Released...
escaped convict. Lee and two other political prisoners, Tim Jenkin and AlexMoumbaris, had escaped from the Pretoria Maximum Security Prison On his release...
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