The Robben Island Museum (RIM) on Cape Town's Robben Island is commemerating Reconciliation Day and celebrating 21 years as an UNESCO World Heritage Site as well as its first anniversary as a Marine Protected Area by offering all South Africans a 25% discount on adult tickets. The offer starts today and will be available until 15 January 2020. To meet the rising demand on tickets, RIM has reintroduced the full seven-day-a-week schedule with a limited tour frequency.
According to RIM spokesperson Morongoa Ramaboa, all necessary Covid-19 protocols as recommended by the National Command Council (NCC), the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Tourism Business Council of South Africa (TBCSA) have been put in place. RIM's Covid-19 response plan is in line with the risk adjusted strategy as advised by South Africa's Government and will be amended as and when necessary to meet minimum requirements as far as the tourism secor is concerned.
Robben Island is an island in Table Bay, about 7km west of the coast of Bloubergstrand in Cape Town. South Africa's former President Nelson Mandela was imprisoned there for 18 of the 27 years he served behind bars before the fall of apartheid.
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