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Robben Island (Afrikaans: Robbeneiland) is an island in Table Bay, 6.9 kilometres (4.3 mi) west of the coast of Bloubergstrand, north of Cape Town, South Africa. It takes its name from the Dutch word for seals ( robben ), hence the Dutch/Afrikaans name Robbeneiland , which translates to Seal(s) Island .
Robben Island Prison is an inactive prison on Robben Island in Table Bay, 6.9 kilometers (4.3 mi) west of the coast of Bloubergstrand, Cape Town, South Africa. Nobel Laureate and former President of South Africa Nelson Mandela was imprisoned there for 18 of the 27 years he served behind bars before the fall of apartheid .
It was completed in January 1865 and is located on the highest part of Robben Island, Mintoheuwel. Before the construction of the lighthouse, fires were made on the hill to warn sailors of the island's location and the hill was then also known as Vuurberg. The first navigation light (Dutch: "vuyrbaecken") south of the equator was also the first ...
Jafta Kgalabi Masemola OLS (12 December 1931 – 17 April 1990), also known as The Tiger of Azania and Bra Jeff, [1][2] was a South African anti-apartheid activist, teacher, and founder of the armed wing of the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC). [1] He is the only person to spend 27 years in South African prison [Robben Island] during the apartheid ...
Cape Town from space, looking south over False Bay with Hangklip Point (top left), Cape Point (top right) and Table Bay south and east of the clearly visible, circular Robben Island, February 1995. Synthetic perspective with 2× exaggerated elevation, from satellite elevation and image data.
Robben Island: Western Cape near Cape Town in Table Bay: 507 hectares (1,250 acres) The island where Nelson Mandela and others were imprisoned Saint Croix Island Group (3) Eastern Cape near Port Elizabeth: now part of the Addo Elephant National Park: 1. Saint Croix Island
580 km 2 (220 sq mi) Established. 2019. Governing body. Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries (DEFF) Robben Island Marine Protected Area (South Africa) The Robben Island Marine Protected Area is an inshore and offshore conservation region around and near Robben Island in Table Bay in the territorial waters of South Africa.
Video shows Obama in 2013 in South Africa. The video in the post was from June 30, 2013, when Obama and his family visited Robben Island, where anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela was imprisoned ...