Robben Island, one of Cape Town’s most popular tourist attractions, will be closed to the public starting this month. Reports say the museum on the iconic island will undergo maintenance and ...

Robben Island is ranked #12 out of 14 things to do in Cape Town. See pictures and our review of Robben Island.

Robben Island was later known to the liberation struggle veterans as “Mandela University.” Between their laboring in the quarry, prisoners gave one another lessons.

Nelson Mandela wears his Robben Island prisoner number, 46664, at a press conference in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Oct. 1, 2007.

ROBBEN ISLAND, South Africa—Packed like schoolchildren into a rickety bus, camera-toting tourists listened intently to our escort, Nozuko, as she spoke into the microphone. “We’re not only ...

Robben Island also left a lasting mark by throwing together and uniting a black leadership. The jailers who hoped to break the spirit of the anti-apartheid movement didn't count on the discipline, ...

Robben Island, a desolate outcropping five miles offshore, is a testament to courage and fortitude in the face of brutality, a must-see for any visitor to South Africa.

The MFA, and the Robben Island community in general, were given a new lease of life, and organised football was played on the island until the prison was closed in 1990. A lasting legacy.

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 ...

The Prisoner 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 ...