For decades, the island was a towering emblem of punishment—first for enslaved labourers and lepers under colonial rule and ...

Robben Island has served many functions. Most famously, it was the political prison that housed Nelson Mandela, the deceased South African president, for 18 years. In the 19th century, it served as a ...

Nelson Mandela and former president Bill Clinton look to the outside from Mandela's Robben Island prison cell in Cape Town, South Africa in 1998. AP South Africa’s Cape Town boasts stunning views of ...

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 ...

Robben Island sits in South Africa’s Table Bay, only 4.5 miles (7 kilometers) from Cape Town’s beaches, in a rather spectacular physical setting. But this island is no pleasure resort. Instead, it has ...

South Africa’s Robben Island Museum is an institution limping through a pandemic and weighed down by its roller-coaster history. In our book, Robben Island Rainbow Dreams which will be published on 24 ...

Weeds are about the only thing remaining amid the sandy bumps of the soccer field that served the prisoners on the infamous island where Nelson Mandela and other anti-apartheid activists were held.

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 ...

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 ...