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 ...

Ahmed Kathrada, chairman of a fund set up to help former Robben Island prisoners ... to obtain financial audits and a list of names of ex-prisoners who were supposed to benefit from the fund.

Robben Island was once notorious as the prison home of many leaders of the anti-apartheid movement, including former South African president Nelson Mandela. Robben Island was once notorious as the ...

In 1997, three years after apartheid fell, the prison was turned into the Robben Island Museum. The most powerful part of the tour is a visit to Mandela’s cell, a 7-by-9-foot room where a bulb ...

The British used Robben Island as a political prison for rebellious Xhosa chiefs during the 19th century. It served too as a leper colony and as a lunatic asylum. But its darkest time was from the ...

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 ...

Today, Robben Island houses a fascinating museum detailing the history of the island and offering tours led by former inmates of the former prison, including Mandela's cell. The guides convey ...