Robben Island - Robben Island on Sunday officially became ... the chairperson of the environmental affairs and tourism parliamentary portfolio committee. The former prison island was first declared a ...

On the night of 30 October 2002, eight bomb blasts tore through Soweto, leaving one woman dead and damaging vital ...

Life at sea was “like being in prison, with a chance of drowning”, 18th-century English writer Samuel Johnson reckoned.

Simelalane-Mngadi said that not all ANC heroes were famous and that they were gathered to remember a man whose story is rarely told.

It would be disingenuous to pretend this evolution was all betrayal. For many, it was a genuine shift in the theatre of ...

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Robben Island Museum (RIM) saw a whopping 49 738 visitors to the ... These include the Maximum and Medium Security Prison Complexes, Robert Sobukwe’s House, the Curio and Village Shops, the Village ...

Oh, what would have become of South Africa if not for the integrity and discipline of Nelson Mandela? Only during a Robben Island tour does the true extent of his suffering become clear.

Think you’ve seen it all? Discover the hidden side of famous destinations—from Cape Town’s mountain cracks to Kyoto’s quiet ...

SUPPLEMENT: A house in Addiscombe became the final home for a much-travelled old soldier, who fought in Wellington’s armies ...

Cape Town - Sixteen couples from around the world on Saturday tied the knot during the annual mass Vallentine's Day wedding ceremony on Robben Island. Over 150 couples have been married in the ...

JOHANNESBURG - A 17-year-old is desperately trying to escape Robben Island. Luca Amerseder has taken his school assignment to a whole new level. The scope was to choose a project involving ...