The trip to Robben Island for today’s tourist is a comfortable one, in a modern ferry with two indoor decks and one outdoor deck on the top, with a bar, restrooms and staff attending to the needs. And even though the trip can be quite rocky when the sea is bumpy with two meters highContinue reading “Day 36: Robben Island revisited – the ferry trip”
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Day 18: Mandela Day (Deutsche Version)
Heute ist Nelson Mandelas Geburtstag, in Südafrika heißt das Mandela Tag, oder nach seinem Xhosa Ehrennamen: Madiba Tag. Und obwohl die Medien ebenso wie das Präsidentenamt in den vergangenen Tagen vergleichsweise ruhig waren mit Meldungen über Mandelas Gesundheitszustand, gab es pünktlich zu seinem 95. Geburtstag eine gute Nachricht: Nelson Mandelas Gesundheitszustand verbessere sich kontinuierlich. Continue reading “Day 18: Mandela Day (Deutsche Version)”
Day 18: Mandela Day
Today is the birthday of Nelson Mandela, Mandela Day, or according to his tribal honorary title: Madiba Day. And even though the media as well as the South African presidency were relatively quite about Mandela’s health condition the last days, punctually to his 95th birthday today they released the good news: Nelson Mandela’s health isContinue reading “Day 18: Mandela Day”
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