A fierce debate has erupted in the historic town of Graaff-Reinet, after authorities moved to rename it in honour of anti-apartheid icon Robert Sobukwe. The decision has exposed deep divisions in ...

Some analyses suggest South Africa’s human rights framework is “normatively robust but substantively fragile”, marked by a ...

Minister’s decision to ditch town’s colonial-era identity and honour anti-apartheid activist divides residents ...

Cornelis Jacob van de Graaff was a Dutch army officer who served as governor of the Cape from 1785 to 1791. In a bid to bolster the colony’s frontier defences, he established the Graaff-Reinet ...

Fed up with the complaints over Graaff-Reinet being renamed Robert Sobukwe Town, throngs of supporters took to the streets on Saturday, saying the new name is here to stay.

Anger is growing after the grave of anti-apartheid hero Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe was vandalised in Graaff-Reinet.

Robert Sobukwe Town is on edge after the vandalism of Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe’s gravesite, an incident that the PAC has ...

Freedom Park, an Agency of the National Department of Arts and Culture, in partnership with the Robert Sobukwe Trust, and the Masingita Foundation will commemorate the life of the former Robben Island ...

Video. The nearly 250-year-old town, known for its Cape Dutch architecture and tourism appeal, is among more than 1,500 ...