Shameful Revelations About Robben Island

Robben Island and the infamous prison where so many political prisoners were incarcerated during South Africa's apartheid era, now has a new shameful aspect to its history. The Mail and Guardian newspaper reports that a forensic audit has revealed "Gross mismanagement, incompetence, fraud and outright theft" with "management of the island treat[ing] it like their own private ATM". Rather far away from "the triumph of the human spirit, of freedom, and of democracy over oppression ", one of the reasons it was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage site. Read full news report...