Robben Island, one of Cape Town’s most visited attractions, has more to offer than just the ferry ride there and the prison ...

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 ...

Gangsterism, immigration, inequality and land reform. The big issues debated in Cape Town thirty years after the end of ...

South Africa's first democratically elected president was imprisoned for 27 years, 18 of which were spent on Robben Island, a harsh environment off the Cape Town coast. The cull is intended to ...

Stuurman also has the distinction of being the only person to have twice escaped from Robben ... Island - later known as one of the places where Nelson Mandela was incarcerated - off the coast of ...

One of the more famous dark tourism destinations is South Africa’s Robben Island. The island is now a UNESCO World Heritage site located about 7 miles off the coast of Cape Town. It was once ...

Don’t show up in the Mother City without doing your homework. Read these… Long Walk to Freedom Much of Nelson Mandela’s riveting 1994 memoir was written during his time imprisoned at Cape ...

Cape Town’s UNESCO World Heritage Site ... ranging from a 12-minute flight over the Green Point Stadium, past Robben Island and the Twelve Apostles mountains, to a 40-minute flight down to ...

This true account is a significant contribution to documenting life in Apartheid South Africa. In looking wider than the inside of Robben Island, as one of South Africa’s most symbolic centres of ...

Dowerglen resident Gloria Britain (63) recently took to the frigid waters of Cape Town when she swam her first ocean swim. Swimming from Robben Island to Big Bay former Capetonian Gloria swam 8km ...

Ltd, recently honoured its highest-achieving partners with a remarkable journey to Cape Town, South Africa, through its HIGHFLIERS ...