Property tycoon has big plans for Robben Island

But former inmates say they have been sidelined for business interests

08 September 2019 - 00:00 By Bobby Jordan

A property tycoon who partnered with former political prisoners to land a ferry deal with Robben Island Museum says he is better off without them, and has excluded them from his latest island venture...

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