Madiba spent 18 years as a political prisoner on Robben Island and was later moved to other prisons on the mainland before ...

Nelson Mandela walked out of prison as a free man after 27 years, marking a golden moment in history. On this day in 1979, ...

Anti-apartheid activist and Mandela’s friend, Mac Maharaj said South Africa still has to continue to fight for a just and ...

The insurance magnate was a close friend of Nelson Mandela, who he housed after the statesman's divorce in 1992.

Following the release of Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom in 2013, Elba first shared how he spent a night at the South African prison. Speaking to Oprah Winfrey in December 2013, he said that while he ...

Participants in the annual 27 For Freedom Race, held at the Drakenstein Correctional Centre (formerly Victor Verster Prison), ...

Elba said that before filming started, he “spent the night” in a prison cell on Robben Island, which is the ... African prison to prepare for his Nelson Mandela role (Getty Images for ...

Trump said South Africa was pursuing what he called "unjust and immoral practices" against the white minority Afrikaner ...

Valentine’s Day, for some, is simply a day marked by roses, chocolates, and sweet words exchanged between lovers.

“In 2013, when I was preparing to play Nelson Mandela in the film Long Walk to Freedom, I spent the night in a prison cell on Robben Island, 12 km outside Cape Town, where Mandela was imprisoned ...

Idris Elba has opened up about spending a night in prison to prepare for his role as Nelson Mandela ... in a prison cell on Robben Island, which is the same prison Mandela was in from 1964 to ...

How young South Africans view Nelson Mandela's legacy The Nelson Mandela ... Eighteen of those years were spent on Robben Island, an island off Cape Town. Steyn began his entrepreneurial journey ...