The Age · Travel / Inspiration

Infamous former prison island is a must-see attraction

· By Jenny Hewett
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Used as a place of banishment for decades, this grim UNESCO-listed island in Table Bay, off the coast of South Africa’s Cape Town, houses the former maximum security prison where Nelson Mandela and other political prisoners were locked away during apartheid.

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