A South African man shared with local social media users that Robben Island should be turned into a party island like Ibiza.

“Robben Island represents the triumph of the human spirit over the forces of evil; it is therefore a shrine for all people of the world,” stated South Africa’s ambassador to France, Thithu ...

ROBBEN ISLAND, South Africa — With thousands of penguins waddling on its beaches and rich grasslands and trees covering its interior, Robben Island seems a haven of natural serenity. Yet, it’s ...

Fondest memento or memory: South Africa has been a democracy for all its people for less than 25 years. It's certainly not perfect. We were in the winelands town of Stellenbosch on Human Rights Day.

ROBBEN ISLAND, South Africa—Packed like schoolchildren into a rickety bus, camera-toting tourists listened intently to our escort, Nozuko, as she spoke into the microphone. “We’re not only ...

Nelson Mandela and former U.S. President Bill Clinton look to the outside from Mandela's Robben Island prison cell in Cape Town, South Africa, in this photo from March 27, 1998.

On a recent visit to Cape Town for the 2013 CNN MultiChoice African Journalist Awards, Tunde Rahman spent some time at former President Mandela's old cell at Robben Island ...

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.