Members of the portfolio committee on Sports, Arts & Culture say it is essential for staff at the Robben Island Museum to understand the correct history of the Island and South Africa. Arts and ...

Public Works and Infrastructure Deputy Minister Sihle Zikalala says he is satisfied with the progress being made to spruce up the Robben Island Museum ... of the seven prison golf courses, as ...

ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa visits Nelson Mandela’s prison cell on Robben Island. Picture: X.com/MYANC CAPE TOWN - African National Congress (ANC) president ...

Apart from being a prison, Robben Island has served different roles across the last few centuries. It was used as a leper colony from 1846 to 1931 and later as a military base during World War II.

"As we step onto Robben Island, we carry forward this ... who was incarcerated there for 18 of his 27 years in prison. The island is now a symbol of the triumph of the human spirit over oppression ...

Photograph by ANNIE GRIFFITHS, Nat Geo Image Collection Robben Island’s most poignant period was the late 20th century, when the facility was used as a maximum security prison for political ...

Jerome and Morty are framed and find themselves locked away in the notorious Robben Island prison, recently reopened for… well, let's just say our boys aren't exactly high-profile inmates.

Cape Town, South Africa – One morning in December 1967, prison warders strode into Robben Island’s Cell Block 4 with a football and randomly chose two teams of 11. While walking to the ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A South African man who once served as a guard at Robben Island Prison is traveling the world, sharing the lessons he has accumulated from one of his former prisoners ...

Nelson Mandela remains one of my favourite 20th Century icons; that’s one reason I’d recommend the three-and-a-half-hour Robben Island experience that includes a prison tour by former inmates.

This is Robben Island, the South African prison where Nelson Mandela spent 18 of his 27 years incarcerated. Here, the ocean was repurposed as a prison wall. In the first, wordless scene of the 100 ...