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An indignity: Robben Island, a place synonymous with pain, resistance, suffering and sacrifice, is being reframed as somewhere you can … check in. But not all real estate should be optimised. Some spaces carry a weight that cannot be monetised without consequence. Photo: Moheen Reeyad
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Robben Island is not a place to sleep

The idea of sleeping in former Robben Island guard houses feels like a line we shouldn’t be crossing — not because of what it could earn but because of what it risks eroding

  • Ash Müller
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