In honour of Walter Sisulu, we reflect on Africa's enduring struggles for freedom and the lessons from the Berlin Conference ...

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Nelson Mandela’s prison cell on Robben Island. (Photo by J. Robert Harris) Robben Island is about five miles offshore, and the trip by ferry takes about an hour.

Others also noted that the well-known South African activist did not spend 18 years in prison and went on to correct Wode Maya, saying that he rather spent 27. However, according to research, Nelson ...

From 1961 to 1991, a maximum-security prison here held enemies of apartheid. In 1997, three years after apartheid fell, the prison was turned into the Robben Island Museum.

Mandela first went to Robben Island Prison in May 1963, after being sentenced the previous October to five years for sabotage, as he led a campaign against the apartheid government in South Africa ...

Elba said that before filming started, he “spent the night” in a prison cell on Robben Island, which is the same prison Mandela was in from 1964 to 1982.

Prior to its purpose as a prison, Robben Island also functioned as a military base for 29 years. Visitors can learn about the site’s extensive past at the Robben Island Museum, which was ...

Ramaphosa said that Robben Island's brutal conditions only strengthened the ANC, rather than destroy it. When Ramaphosa took a tour of Nelson Mandela's prison cell, this was one of the first ...

Ramaphosa entered cell 913 on Robben Island, which contained just three items: a small table, a bucket for toileting, and a mat to sleep on.

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