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ROBBEN ISLAND Arguably the best-known site of an island prison in the world, this blip of land just 14km off Cape Town’s coast was once a leper colony and later a military base before becoming “home” to SA’s captured struggle elite. It was declared a heritage site in 1999. “Robben Island and its prison buildings symbolise the triumph of the human spirit, of freedom and of democracy over oppression,” Unesco said in a statement.