Faizel Patel – 05/03/2021
The Robben Island Museum (RIM) says that due to a 90% decrease in visitor numbers, it is unable to sustain its annual bursary fund for the 2021 academic year.
Former political prisoners described Robben Island as the “University of Life” for it is here where strategies for a future society based on tolerance, respect and non-racialism were nurtured.
RIM and the museum has had a long history of funding students in the field of Museums and Heritage studies, Social Science and History.
Senior Manager Marketing and Tourism Siphuxolo Mazwi says they believe the museum will survive the economic impact of this pandemic that has wreaked havoc in the tourism sector.
“We continue to explore ways to attract visitors, particularly domestic travellers and we look forward to being in a position to fund education in South Africa for the next academic year.”
Some of the political prisoner that were inmates at Robben Islam includes late former President Nelson Mandela, Ahmed Kathrada and Walter Sisulu among others.
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