This comes after weekend reports indicated that Mbalula used a yacht to travel to Robben Island instead of the ferry. The party was in the Western Cape over the weekend, where it celebrated its ...

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 ...

The actual decision of the ANC is that a delegation of ANC would go to Robben Island and take various lessons there,” said Mantashe, a former secretary general of the party. “If in the process ...

In his memoir of surviving the brutal apartheid prison Robben Island, South African activist Sedick Isaacs recalls an extraordinary event about which little has been recorded - "the creation and ...

The African National Congress (ANC) has noted with concern certain misleading narratives surrounding the mode of transport ...

Idris Elba has opened up about spending a night in prison to prepare for his role as Nelson Mandela in the 2013 film, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom. During a recent interview with The Sunday Times, ...

The African National Congress (ANC) President Cyril Ramaphosa has said the party is drawing inspiration from its recent visit to Robben Island, as it seeks to rebuild following its failure to ...

African National Congress (ANC) leaders, including party leader Cyril Ramaphosa (L-C) and Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula (R-C), visiting Robben Island on 8 January 2025 as part of the party’s ...

In a statement, the ANC said that Fikile Mbalula's private boat ride to Robben Island was falsely being portrayed as an indulgent luxury. ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula at the party's ...

In the winter of 1964, Nelson Mandela arrived on Robben Island where he would spend 18 of his 27 prison years. Confined to a small cell, the floor his bed, a bucket for a toilet, he was forced to ...