The Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture, Gayton McKenzie, has promised to investigate allegations that foreigners are ...

Members of the portfolio committee on Sports, Arts & Culture say it is essential for staff at the Robben Island Museum to ...

Robben Island, a desolate outcropping five miles offshore, is a testament to courage and fortitude in the face of brutality, a must-see for any visitor to South Africa. Tours leave Cape Town four ...

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 ...

U.S. News Insider Tip: The ferry ride to Robben Island can be quite choppy. If you tend to get queasy, visit the museum at the Cape Town ferry dock and also consider the free Apartheid to Freedom ...

Organisers for a potential 2028 Cape Town F1 Grand Prix have detailed their latest Herman Tilke-designed 5.7-km circuit ...

In his memoir of surviving the brutal apartheid prison Robben Island, South African activist Sedick Isaacs recalls an extraordinary event about which little has been recorded - "the creation and ...

With her 40th birthday approaching in June, Suzanne van der Merwe from Durbanville in Cape Town, wanted to do something meaningful to mark the occasion. Her chosen mission – an 8km swim across the ...

In the winter of 1964, Nelson Mandela arrived on Robben Island where he would spend 18 ... what it was like to drive Mandela secretly around the Cape Town area; and the events and the atmosphere ...