The ANC has hailed the former struggle veteran and party stalwart as a committed patriot
The freedom struggle and labour veteran says the law is soft on criminals and perpetrators must be punished
After being discovered with a belly full of plastic waste, Bob has become an ocean ambassador
The anti-apartheid struggle veteran was the last remaining defendant of the historic 1963-1964 trial
Although leaders of the reconciliation era accept South Africa’s last white president, younger politicians are not as forgiving
A new network of 20 sites have been declared as marine protected areas in South Africa
The newly sworn-in delegate was only recently released from Boksburg prison and is on parole after serving almost 28 years behind bars
"Cape Town is a charming but tumultuous melting pot of culture, people and weather."
Robert Sobukwe’s wife was an activist, and she looked after the children while he was incarcerated
It has more than a 500-year history as a trading post, a leper colony and an island had also been used to house banished religious leaders.
He had moral authority and integrity, and believed that land was at the heart of his fight for liberation
Panel concludes we must learn from Madiba, instead of blaming him for our shortcomings
‘Chota Motala: A Biography of Political Activism in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands’ recounts the doctor’s role in shaping politics
‘She was the mouthpiece unofficially for whatever was happening inside [Robben Island]’
Sello Hatang, the chief executive officer of the Nelson Mandela Foundation says Madiba was fiercely private about his religious convictions.
There was a time long ago, and not so long ago, when Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma represented the potential the liberation of an oppressed people held.
“’We are Namibians, and not South Africans,’ he told the Supreme Court during his trial in Pretoria in 1967-1968"
The recently retired Constitutional Court judge was the youngest political prisoner to be sent to Robben Island.
The true worth of the political philosophy is immeasurable, especially in the electoral sphere, argues Itumeleng Mosala.
Readers write in about the ANC, the nuclear deal, and Thami Mkhwanazi.
Readers write in about Patricia de Lille, and Thami Mkhwanazi.
The heralding of new beginnings and "honour" was the sentiment that summed up the Cuban Five’s trip to Robben Island.
Many notable Africans were imprisoned at Robben Island – Namibians and Malagasy too, writes Christine Mungai.
Cape Town jeweller Charmaine Taylor has "reincarnated" the Robben Island fence and these ‘pieces of history’ are proving popular with celebrities.
Former Robben Island political prisoner Lionel Davis says South Africans must build on the spirit of reconciliation Nelson Mandela practiced.
Global campaign to free political prisoners held in Israel will be launched on symbolic Robben Island.
His play "Panorama" made waves in the 1980s. Pieter-Dirk Uys recalls how he updated the story to write a novel with the island prison at its core.
US President Barack Obama on Sunday visited the Robben Island prison where Nelson Mandela spent some of his darkest days in jail.
Barack Obama paid tribute on Sunday to the man who inspired his political activism by taking his family on a tour of the island prison.
Human settlements minister pays tribute to Govan Mbeki.
Justin Bieber traces the history of South Africa’s struggle against apartheid. A well-known voice of the oppressed, Bieber provides priceless insight.
Phyllis Naidoo was known for her intellectualism and humour as much as for her leftwing views.