Mandela is a free man now and a living monument to that dark period of his country’s history that many might wish to forget. To help us remember it, Robben Island became a museum in 1997. A decade ...

The Robben Island Museum was started in the early 1990s as South Africa achieved political freedom and was setting out to reinvent itself. It was a highly symbolic part of the once-in-generation ...

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

Robben Island Museum is set for a R150 million renovation, closing its doors for three months to prepare for the G20 summit, enhancing its historical significance as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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 ...

CAPE TOWN - Robben Island Museum has halted all public tours to carry out maintenance and renovations in preparation for the G20 Summit in November.

ROBBEN ISLAND, South Africa, June 14 (Reuters) - A small but much-prized soccer trophy on display in a cell of Robben Island prison is a reminder of how football touched the lives of the activists ...