Craig Van Der Horst is set to deliver the keynote speech at the Robben Island event. Photo: Supplied ROBBEN Island’s history will be taken to the doorsteps of Merebank community in a unique event ...

U.S. News Insider Tip: The ferry ride to Robben Island can be quite choppy. If you tend to get queasy, visit the museum at the Cape Town ferry dock and also consider the free Apartheid to Freedom ...

We stood in the yard of Robben Island Prison, looking at the tennis court that some prisoners were allowed to use for exercise. "We would take a tennis ball, cut a small opening in it, put a note ...

Travel Agent’s Senior Editor Joe Pike recently returned from South Africa, where he came back with a wealth of selling points for agents looking to book this phenomenal African getaway. But nothing ...

The former prison on Robben Island off Cape Town, South Africa, where Nelson Mandela spent 18 years, is an international tourist icon. But the site is plagued by a host of troubles, including alleged ...

In the winter of 1964, Nelson Mandela arrived on Robben Island where he would spend 18 of his 27 prison years. Confined to a small cell, the floor his bed, a bucket for a toilet, he was forced to do ...

Robben Island, a cornerstone of South Africa's historical and cultural identity, is about to step into the global spotlight as the nation gears up to host the G20 summit later this year. As part of ...

Robben Island was used at various times between the 17th and 20th centuries as a prison, a hospital for socially unacceptable groups and a military base. Its buildings, particularly those of the late ...