Fancy buying Robben Island… or Parliament?

16 November 2015 - 13:41 By Farren Collins

Robben Island is up for sale. And if you’re feeling flush‚ a few extra bucks will buy you Parliament. Well maybe not in real life‚ but certainly in the new Cape Town version of the board game Monopoly‚ which hit store shelves this week.The Mother City is the latest addition to the game’s city version‚ joining other global cities‚ including London and Tokyo‚ which also have their own version.Friday’s official launch at the V&A Waterfront coincides with the 80th anniversary of the game‚ and comes a year after Cape Town was added to the game's global version‚ Here & Now World Edition.“We've been waiting a long time to come to South Africa‚ and what a better place to start than the mother city?” said Dan Taylor‚ regional head of Monopoly.Zia Haffejee who attended the launch‚ was less than excited about traditional streets being left out in favour of more popular landmarks. “I think it's weird that they used landmarks instead of streets. I grew up [playing] with streets. I was hoping to see what the Eloff Street version would be in Cape Town.”Instead players of the Cape Town game can snap up Newlands Cricket Ground‚ the University of Cape Town or the game's most valuable property‚ the V&A Waterfront.“We like to celebrate what's great and good in a place‚ and traditionally monopoly is streets‚” Taylor said.“But there are so many wonderful landmarks [here]. How do you create Cape Town monopoly without Table Mountain? It's to celebrate that really.”..

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