Robben Island is best known as the site of the former maximum-security prison that once held Nelson ... when he comes back,” Robinson said. Maps generated by such loggers have shown that these ...

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 ...

When speaking about Robben Island, the name is often synonymous with Nelson Mandela and the struggle against the apartheid regime. However, on 31st March 2025, the Robben Island Museum hosted a ...

Desiree Verwey and Wilana Oosthuizen, both 40, swam the 7.4km Island Escape from Robben Island to Bloubergstrand in 2 hours and 53 minutes. After a boat ride to Robben Island from Oceana Boat Club ...

This association, founded by Robben Island political prisoners in 1966, holds significant historical and cultural value. Speaking exclusively to Soccer Laduma, Luyanda Papu of the New Year’s Cup ...

New York City is allowing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to return to its Rikers Island prison following recent demands placed on Mayor Eric Adams by the Trump administration.

Robben Island is synonymous with the late former President Nelson Mandela. His name is etched into its limestone quarries and echoing prison halls, but if you look deep beneath the surface, you will ...

The city council is asking the court to declare an executive order by the mayor’s office allowing ICE into Rikers Island "illegal ... allowing ICE into the city prison in exchange for having ...

VANCOUVER - The British Columbia Court of Appeal has upheld the first-degree murder conviction of James Busch, who escaped from a Vancouver Island prison in 2019 with another inmate, then killed a ...

Nelson spent 18 of his first 27 years in captivity at the infamous Robben Island prison, known for its brutal treatment and inhumane living conditions. He delivered his famous 'Speech from the ...