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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 is roughly oval in shape ...
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 .
Table Bay ( Afrikaans: Tafelbaai) is a natural bay on the Atlantic Ocean overlooked by Cape Town (founded 1652 by Van Riebeeck) and is at the northern end of the Cape Peninsula, which stretches south to the Cape of Good Hope. It was named because it is dominated by the flat-topped Table Mountain .
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 spent 27 years in South African prison during the apartheid era in South Africa, and was ...
History. 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 ...
1. Bird Island. Eastern Cape near Port Elizabeth. 19 hectares (47 acres) 33°50′S 26°17′E. / 33.833°S 26.283°E / -33.833; 26.283. now part of the Addo Elephant National Park. 2. Stag Island.
Robben Island is visible in Table Bay, Signal Hill is on the left, and Molteno dam can be seen in the centre. The City Bowl is a part of Cape Town in South Africa. It is a natural amphitheatre-shaped area bordered by Table Bay and defined by the mountains of Signal Hill, Lion's Head, Table Mountain and Devil's Peak. The City Bowl in a timelapse
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