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Timothy Peter Jenkin (born 1948) is a South African writer, anti-apartheid activist and former political prisoner. He is best known for his 1979 escape from Pretoria Local Prison (part of the Pretoria Central Prison complex), along with Stephen Lee and Alex Moumbaris .
Stephen Bernard Lee (born c. 1951) is a South African former political prisoner best known for his 1979 escape from Pretoria Local Prison (part of the Pretoria Central Prison complex) with friend and fellow activist Tim Jenkin and a third inmate, Alex Moumbaris.
In 1978, Tim Jenkin and Stephen Lee; two white South Africans, are carrying out anti-apartheid missions in South Africa. They are arrested on the spot and prosecuted; Jenkin is sentenced to twelve years and Lee is sentenced to eight. At the courthouse Lee attempts to escape but to no avail.
Stephen Lee (bishop) (born 1956), Roman Catholic priest, bishop of Macau; Stephen Lee (South African activist) (born c. 1951), South African apartheid era political activist, who escaped from the high-security Pretoria Central Prison with Tim Jenkin; Steve Lee (chaplain), American chaplain and former law enforcement officer
Stephen Lee - political prisoner who escaped in 1979. Tim Jenkin - political prisoner who escaped in 1979. Vuyisile Mini - unionist, Umkhonto we Sizwe activist, singer and one of the first African National Congress members to be executed by apartheid South Africa. Winnie Madikizela-Mandela - anti-Apartheid activist.
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.
Episode 15, which featured the prison escape of South African political prisoners Tim Jenkin, Stephen Lee and Alex Moumbaris from Pretoria Central Prison in 1979, was shown in the United Kingdom on 19 April 2013. [3] This escape was again dramatized in the feature-length film, Escape from Pretoria, starring Daniel Radcliffe. [4]
This was achieved through a purpose-built encrypted communication system, which was developed by Tim Jenkin in London and ran off personal computers. [13] The system was used for such purposes as reporting intelligence, reporting operational instructions and outcomes, debating strategies, and coordinating meetings. [13]