1. Introduction: prison as a source of politics -- 2. Politics and prison: a background -- 3. Resistance for survival -- 4. Resistance beyond survival -- 5. Prisoner politics and organization on ...

AFA copy 39088019764646 is a gift from Janet Stanley. Robben Island-best known as the place where Nelson Mandela was imprisoned for eighteen years-has been a place of harshness and brutality; its ...

Paramount chief Kaiser Matanzima, chief minister of the Transkei, confirmed in Umtata, the homeland’s capital, that he was ...

Two were defrauded of close to R200 000 – which was supposed to pay for foreign tourists to visit the landmark but ended up a ...

Unlike many struggle veterans, Kathrada never held public political office after the fall of apartheid. Unlike many struggle veterans, Kathrada, who was imprisoned on Robben Island, never held public ...

The items are owned by Mandela’s daughter Makaziwe and former Robben Island warden Christo Brand. A South African appeals court has ruled against a government heritage agency’s attempt to prevent the ...

The White House has released new photos from President Barack Obama's trip to Africa, including ones from his family's visit to the Robben Island prison where Nelson Mandela served 18 years before the ...

Reading Revolution: Shakespeare on Robben Island, by Ashwin Desai is a slender volume that contains a gigantic book. Time seems to bend, slow down, expand and contract as we read it, as the eons of ...

Experience the harmony of history and music as the Cape Town International Jazz Festival kicks off with powerful performances from local legends and emerging artists, all set against the moving ...