It honours the lives of 12 political prisoners who died on Robben Island and were buried in a mass grave at the former whites-only cemetery. The “12 Disciples of Justice” memorial exhibition ...

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 ...

The video is from 2013, when Obama and his family visited Nelson Mandela’s prison cell in Robben Island, South Africa. Obama, of course, has not been arrested or held at the Guantanamo Bay ...

His father, Costa, was a political prisoner in this country for two years in the 1960s. While Costa wasn't imprisoned on Robben Island -- that was reserved for black and colored political ...

Robben Island, one of Cape Town’s top attractions, offers much more than just the ferry ride and prison tour. This UNESCO ...

There is a disturbing trend of people travelling to the sadder places of the world: sites of military attacks, war zones and ...

The culling of the island's animals will happen at night and be done by a professional hunter. Nelson Mandela's former prison on Robben Island is now a popular tourist attraction. The island is ...

and the stark and functional maximum security prison of the apartheid period that began in the 1960s. To highlight the significance of Robben Island, and as part of marking Heritage Month ...

There is a disturbing trend of people traveling to the sadder places of the world: sites of military attacks, war zones and ...