Striking and evocative, tables that blend wooden elements with a blue-tinted resin make you feel like you’re gazing at the sea. With the pale wood tones standing in for sand and seaside rocks ...

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 ...

One dark tourism destination is an island that’s seven miles off the coast of Cape Town, South Africa. Robben Island has been dubbed a place synonymous with dark tourism as it was the spot where ...

Vusumzi Mcongo is a former political prisoner, who served 12 years on Robben Island, which is 5.5 miles offshore from Cape Town, South Africa.He was arrested at the age of 26 and released in 1990.

Cape Town - Google Maps released the first ­ever Street View imagery of Robben Island, as well as an audio-­visual tour hosted on Google Cultural Institute, on Wednesday, 22 April, five days ahead of ...

Dikgang Moseneke was imprisoned on Robben Island when he was 15, where he befriended Nelson Mandela. After a lifetime fighting for justice, he says that Mandela's lessons still hold true in today ...

Also featuring: The South African Messiah, a translation of Handel’s Messiah by Michael Masote Archival tape courtesy of UWC-Robben Island Museum Mayibuye Archives, Villon Films and the SABC ...

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

Onatshiku — Africa Freedom Day, which was celebrated last Friday, May 25, marked one of the happiest moments for a former Robben Island prisoner. He was given one prestigious asset - a decent house.

Robben Island is supposed to be a symbol of South Africa's struggle for freedom. It's also a cash cow drawing thousands of tourists who want to see where former president Nelson Mandela spent 18 ...