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Robben Island is not a place to sleep
I read the headline twice because I thought I had misunderstood it. Former prison guard houses on Robben Island may be converted into tourist accommodation. At first, I assumed it was satire. It felt too tone-deaf to be real. But we are well past April Fool’s Day and the proposal is exactly what it sounds…