After his release, Nelson Mandela went on to become the first president of the Republic of South Africa and ... spent on Robben Island.” The table creates a sculptural map of Robben Island ...

Bidding was expected to begin at $250,000. Mandela was held at Robben Island prison for 18 of his 27 years behind bars in South Africa. In 1964, he was sentenced to life in prison for plotting to ...

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.

Elizabeth Von Tersch, Senior Editor Sitting several miles off the coast of Cape Town's V&A Waterfront, Robben Island stands as a reminder of South Africa's troubled history. Since the city was ...

Robben Island's endangered African Black Oystercatchers ... AllAfrica is a voice of, by and about Africa - aggregating, producing and distributing 500 news and information items daily from over ...

The former prison on Robben Island off Cape Town, South Africa, where Nelson Mandela spent 18 years, is an international tourist icon. But the site is plagued by a host of troubles, including ...

South Africa's Robben Island is home to a number of animal species including deer, antelope and rabbits South Africa's Robben Island will cull 400 fallow deer which have overrun the island ...

But together with fellow Robben Islander, Laloo Chiba ... AllAfrica is a voice of, by and about Africa - aggregating, producing and distributing 500 news and information items daily from over ...

It was the Alcatraz of South Africa, a grim island outpost off the coast of Cape Town. The inmates of Robben Island, unlike those on The Rock, were political prisoners: Nelson Mandela, Walter ...

Nelson Mandela revisited his prison cell at Robben Island in 1994 The key to the prison cell on Robben Island once occupied by Nelson Mandela is going to be returned to South Africa rather than be ...

South Africa's Robben Island is home to a number of animal species including deer, antelope and rabbits South Africa's Robben Island will cull 400 fallow deer which have overrun the island ...