Started
our visit to Cape Town with a guided city walk led by Ursula Stevens who
gave us a great insight into the life of the city and led us to
places we would
probably not have explored on our own.
Our
group of 5 was made up of 3 Scots and 2 from Northern Ireland –
small world.
Followed
this with a visit to Robben Island – reinforcing some of the things
we learned at the Nelson Mandela Exhibition in Johannesburg – and a
talk from a former prisoner – Jama – who was sent to Robben
Island in 1977 at the age of 18 charged with Terrorism because he
helped organise a demonstration against the introduction of
Afrikaans into the school curriculum for black children.
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