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I read the headline twice because I thought I had misunderstood it. Former prison guard houses on Robben Island may be converted into tourist accommodation.

At first, I assumed it was satire. It felt too tone-deaf to be real. 

But we are well past April Fool’s Day and the proposal is exactly what it sounds like.

The Robben Island Museum has confirmed that one of the former guard homes has been restored as a pilot project. 

There are around 100 of these houses on the island. The broader idea is to repurpose them into an accommodation offering, although the timelines remain unclear.

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