The busload of tourists on Robben Island grew quiet as Yasien Mohamed, our 63-year-old guide, gestured to a bleak limestone quarry on the side of the road. It was here, he said, that Nelson ...

Robben Island is synonymous with the late former President Nelson Mandela. This island is a living museum of South Africa's layered past.

When speaking about Robben Island, the name is often synonymous with Nelson Mandela and the struggle against the apartheid regime. However, on 31st March 2025, the Robben Island Museum hosted a ...

Desiree Verwey and Wilana Oosthuizen, both 40, swam the 7.4km Island Escape from Robben Island to Bloubergstrand in 2 hours and 53 minutes. After a boat ride to Robben Island from Oceana Boat Club ...

An abandoned quarry in South Yorkshire could be transformed into an outdoor pursuits development for quad biking, water sports and a ropes course. The former Sutton Field Limestone Quarry has ...

This association, founded by Robben Island political prisoners in 1966, holds significant historical and cultural value. Speaking exclusively to Soccer Laduma, Luyanda Papu of the New Year’s Cup ...

A "story wall" will tell the history of Fort Dickerson Park and the limestone quarry, said Wes Soward, the city's urban wilderness coordinator. The city's $5.4 million project will further ...

Artem Zakharov, owner of AZ Hard Rock, a surface limestone quarry in Bolingbrook, bought property in 2022 at the southeast corner of Essington Road and 127th Street to expand quarry operations.

The new limestone quarry would comprise an extra 21 hectares of land to the north of the existing Pury End Quarry, near Towcester. Developers Heritage Quarry Group (HQG) say there is a ...