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Cape Town Swimmer Achieves 200th Robben Island To Blouberg Swim, Raising R160,000 For SPCA
24 Jun 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
Some heroes only wear Speedos.
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A 14-Year-Old Student Will Swim From Robben Island To Blouberg For The Penguins
08 Nov 2023 by Tayla / No Comments
A teen girl is braving the icy Cape waters to raise money for the endangered African Penguin and other seabirds.
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Neglected Robben Island Needs R250 Million In Maintenance
29 Jun 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
Some of the upgrades to the island include the restoration of the Blue Stone Quarry Wall, a desalination plant upgrade, a diesel plant reticulation, a harbour precinct upgrade, and a new floating jetty among other refurbishments and maintenance projects.
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SPL!NG Movie Review: Against All Odds – The Alwyn Uys Story
13 Apr 2022 by SPLING / No Comments
Alwyn Uys is the name of a paraplegic man whose life story forms the basis for ‘Against All Odds: The Alwyn Uys Story’.
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Robben Island CEO’s Offer To Traumatised Seniors Hasn’t Gone Down Well
14 Mar 2022 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A group of 35 seniors and carers who visited Robben Island last Wednesday have called the day out “the most horrible experience ever”.
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Things Went South Very Quickly On Wednesday’s Robben Island Tour
11 Mar 2022 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A group of 35 seniors and carers who visited the island on Wednesday called the outing “the most horrible experience ever”.
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Mandela Gets Into The NFT Game
07 Mar 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
Auctioneers Bonhams, in partnership with Nelson Mandela’s eldest daughter, is offering a series of Nelson Mandela’s colourful Robben Island sketches as NFTs.
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Luxury Yacht Bought Last Week Crashes Into Robben Island
09 Jun 2021 by Tayla / No Comments
The NSRI had to save three unfortunate folks from a luxury power yacht that rammed into Robben Island last night.
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All The Details On Ndlovu Youth Choir And Master KG’s Robben Island Concert
26 Mar 2021 by Carrie / No Comments
The Ndlovu Youth Choir and ‘Jerusalema’ hitmaker Master KG will be performing on Robben Island at the end of April, and you get to watch it for free.
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Friday Morning Spice
19 Oct 2018 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Swimming legend dies. SAA blocks passengers. Uber launching VoIP. Facebook stillbirth mother drama. Putin’s new ride. Apple’s big hint. Kendall’s stalker can’t stop.
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Here’s A Pretty Cool Story Coming Out Of Robben Island [Video]
15 Nov 2017 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Robben Island has come a long way since the dark old days, and nowhere is that more evident than in their latest initiative. Time to shine.
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Huffington Post Reckons Tourists Should Give Robben Island A Miss
28 Aug 2015 by Kiernan / 1 Comment
This pen-for-hire has a few words of wisdom for tourists headed our way. Turns out he didn’t much enjoy his trip to Robben Island.
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Dolphin Frenzy Off Robben Island [Video]
10 Jun 2015 by Kiernan / No Comments
Some Cape Town fishermen hit the dolphin jackpot last Friday when they spotted a massive pod close to Robben Island. And yes, we mean massive.
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Google Brings Robben Island To The World – See It Here
23 Apr 2015 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Robben Island is a huge part of our country’s history and hopefully this app will show the world a piece of it. Thank goodness for apps and technology.
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More And More Robben Island Ferries Are Getting Lost On The Way To Robben Island
12 Jan 2015 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Traversing the open seas is tricky business no doubt, but Robben Island and back shouldn’t be a problem for a professional, right? Erm.
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Tokyo Sexwale Says His Wife Shagged All The Prisoners And Wardens On Robben Island And She Was ‘Just A Toilet’
22 Sep 2014 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
I think being called a toilet, especially by an ex, is a very low point in both parties lives. “Hi! You’re like a toilet!” is never going to go down well.
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Overcome With Emotion: The Moment Two Tourists Found Out Mandela Had Died [VIDEO]
09 Dec 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
These two tourists had no idea that Mandela had passed away just a few hours before they arrived at the Robben Island ferry terminal on Friday. The News24 reporter interviews them for quite some time, before discovering just how far they’ve been left in the dark.
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Here Is A Video Of Balloon-Man Floating Across From Robben Island To Cape Town
08 Apr 2013 by Seth Rotherham / 2 Comments
Matt Silver-Vallance planned and executed a bold stunt to raise funds for the Nelson Mandela Children’s Charity. He took off from Robben Island using just helium balloons and found himself floating as high as Table Mountain.
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FOR SALE: Original Robben Island Prison Cell Door [PICS]
27 Aug 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
As far as owning a piece of history goes, this prison cell door, from Robben Island – the institution infamous for the incarceration Nelson Mandela – is about as good as it gets. The cell door is still in the same condition it was when it was removed in 1996, and may even have imprisoned Mandela himself!
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Madiba To Be Discharged
28 Jan 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Acting President and official Deputy President Kgalemo Mothlanthe held a press conference regarding the health of Nelson Mandela on Friday afternoon at 12h30. Mandela was admitted earlier in the week to Milpark Hospital in Johannesburg under a veil of secrecy for a collapsed lung.
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