Maharaj said their trip went off without a hitch but soon after boarding the boat for their return journey, he said panic ensued. “In the first five minutes we took off, the boat was like a see-saw.

I think the boat was not seaworthy. We were on the 9am trip. While the Susan Kruger was on its way to Robben Island, it stopped. The ferry delayed for two hours while trying to get to Robben Island.

ROBBEN ISLAND, SOUTH AFRICA — It is hard to imagine a more idyllic setting in which the sadistic horrors of South Africa’s apartheid played out than Robben Island. Just a few kilometres across ...

ANC defends Fikile Mbalula's yacht arrival at January 8 Robben Island event ‘Ideally, everyone should have been on the Robben Island ferry’: Gwede Mantashe on Fikile Mbalula yacht trip ...

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 ...

Mbalula defended taking the yacht to Robben Island, saying he had to do so if he wanted to make it to his other activities on time. ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula.

Trips to Robben Island depart thrice a day from Cape Town’s historic waterfront, and the journey to the location takes about twenty minutes. As you leave behind the city’s scenic skyline, you realise ...

CAPE TOWN - The African National Congress (ANC) has defended its secretary-general, Fikile Mbalula's use of a private boat to Robben Island last week, where the party was commemorating its 113th ...