Robben Island, one of Cape Town’s most popular tourist attractions, will be closed to the public from this month. According to reports, the museum on the iconic island will be undergoing ...

The Robben Island Museum (RIM) announced in a statement that it would be carrying out essential maintenance and renovations ahead of the G20 Summit, scheduled to take place in November.

The British Museum touts the “Robben Island Bible,” signed by Nelson Mandela, as iconic. But the African National Congress disagrees.

AFA copy 39088019764646 is a gift from Janet Stanley. Robben Island-best known as the place where Nelson Mandela was imprisoned for eighteen years-has been a place of harshness and brutality; its ...

The sketches are scenes from Robben Island prison, where Mandela was incarcerated for 27 years. He served as South Africa's president from 1994 to 1999.

Cape Town - 150217 - Robben Island (Afrikaans: Robbeneiland) is an island in Table Bay, 6.9 km west of the coast of Bloubergstrand, Cape Town, South Africa.