ALSO READ: Ramaphosa says visit to Mandela's cell on Robben Island reminds him of his own time in prison Anti-apartheid activist and Mandela’s friend, Mac Maharaj said South Africa still has to ...

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. “I’d been given the incredible ...

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. “I’d been given the incredible honour to ...

“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 ...

But today, those sections are closed to the public; that history is not being told. All the visitors know is Madiba's cell. This Mandelarisation of Robben Island must stop – he would not have agreed ...

On Wednesday evening, Robben Island spokesperson Morongoa Ranaboa told News24 that the island was a world heritage site and would "never ever offer anyone Mandela's cell". However, the trustees ...

Madiba spent 18 years as a political prisoner on Robben Island and was later moved to other prisons on the mainland before his long-awaited release. The Nelson Mandela Museum, in partnership with ...