Iri muKapa Town 's Table Bay, Robben Island ndeimwe yenharaunda dzinokosha zvikuru dzeSouth Africa. Kwemazana emakore, yakashandiswa senharaunda yemhosva, kunyanya vasungwa vezvematongerwo enyika. Kunyange zvazvo huwandu hwacho hwakachengetedzwa mumajeri hwave hwavharwa zvino, chiwi ichi chinoramba chichizivikanwa nokuda kwekuvhara mutungamiri weku South Africa Nelson Mandela kwemakore gumi nemana. Vatungamiri vakawanda vanotungamirira mapato ezvematongerwo enyika vakaita sePAC neANC vakasungwa pamwechete naye.
Muna 1997 Robben Island yakashandurwa kuva musamuziyamu, uye muna 1999 yakataurirwa UNESCO World Heritage Site. Ive yava chiratidzo chakakosha zvikuru che South Africa itsva, ichiratidza kukunda kwezvakanaka pamusoro pezvakaipa, uye zvematongerwo enyika pamusoro pehutongerwe enyika. Iye zvino, vatashanyi vanogona kushanyira jeri paRobben Island Tour, vachitungamirirwa nevasungwa vezvematongerwe enyika avo vakambotarisana nekutyisa kwechitsuwa chacho.
The Tour Basics
Nzendo idzi dzinopera maawa anenge matatu, kusanganisira rwendo rwekufambisa kuenda uye kubva kuRobben Island, rwendo rwebhasi rwechitsuwa uye kutenderera kwejeri rakachengeteka jeri. Mitikiti inogona kubhadharwa muIndaneti, kana kutengwa zvakananga kubva kunetikiti mabhuku kuNelson Mandela Gateway paVictoria naAlfred Waterfront . Mitikiti dzinowanzotengeswa kunze, saka zvinokurudzirwa kuverenga nekufanoita kana kugadzira urongwa nemunhu anotarisa anotarisa.
Nzira yeRobben Island inoparadzana kubva kuNelson Mandela Gateway, uye nguva dzinoshanduka maererano nemwaka.
Iva nechokwadi chekusvika kwemaminitsi makumi maviri mberi kwekuenda kwako kwakarongwa, nokuti kune chiratidziro chinonakidza muimba yekumirira inopa mahedheni akanaka ezviso zvechitsuwa chacho. Kubvira pakupera kwezana remakore rechi17, chitsuwa chacho chakashandawo semunhu ane maperembudzi uye neuto rehondo.
The Ferry Ride
Ngarava inoenda kuRobben Island inotora maminitsi 30.
Inogona kuve yakashata, saka avo vanotambura nekushaya marwadzo vanofanira kufunga kutora mishonga; asi maonero eCape Town uye Table Mountain anoshamisa. Kana mamiriro okunze ari kuipa, mapuranga haazofambisi uye marwendo acho anonatswa. Kana iwe wakave wakatora rwendo rwako nguva isati yasvika, ipa musamuti foni ku +27 214 134 200 kuti uve nechokwadi chokuti vari kufamba nechikepe.
The Bus Bus
Rwendo runotanga nerwendo rwemaawa akawanda rwechiwi. Munguva ino, mutungamiri wako anotanga nyaya yenyaya yechitsuwa uye yezvisikwa. Iwe uchabva pabhasi pamakumbo emaketone apo Nelson Mandela nedzimwe nhengo dzakakurumbira dzeANC dzakapedza makore akawanda vachiita basa rakaoma. Pachando, mutungamiri anongoronga mubako iro rakapetwa kaviri sevasungwa vekugezera.
Yaiva mumapako aya vamwe vevasungwa vakadzidza vaizodzidzisa vamwe kuverenga nekunyora nekukanda muvhu. Nhoroondo, zvematongerwe enyika uye biology zvaive pakati pezvidzidzo zvinodzidziswa pa "yunivhesiti yejeri", uye zvinonzi chikamu chakanaka cheSouth Africa chine gwaro iri rakanyorwa ipapo. Ndiyo chete nzvimbo iyo vasungwa vakakwanisa kupukunyuka meso akarinda evarindi.
The Maximum Security Prison
Mushure mekufambisa bhazi, mutungamiri wacho achakutungamirira kune imwe nzvimbo yakachengetedzwa mujeri, uko vasungwa vanopfuura 3 000 vezvematongerwo enyika vakaitwa kubva muna 1960 kusvika muna 1991.
Kana kutungamirirwa kwako pabhazi kwakanga kusiri musungwa wezvematongerwo enyika, mutungamiri wako wechikamu ichi chetende racho zvechokwadi achave. Zvinoshamisa kukuzvininipisa kunzwa nyaya dzehupenyu hwejeri kubva kune mumwe munhu akazviona pachake.
Rwendo runotanga pamusuo wejeri umo varume vacho vakagadziriswa, vakagadzirirwa ejeri zvipfeko uye vakapa sero. Mahofisi ejeri anosanganisira jeri "dare" nehofisi yekudzivirira iyo tsamba dzose dzakatumirwa uye kubva mujeri dzaiverenga. Mutungamiri wedu akatsanangura kuti akashandisa kunyorera tsamba kumusha achishandisa slang yakawanda sezvingagona, kuitira kuti vatsoropodzi vasagona kunzwisisa zvainyorwa.
Rwendo urwu runosanganisira kushanyira muchivanze umo Mandela gare gare akatarisa munda muduku. Paiva pano apo akanyora zvinyoronyoro kunyora autobiography yake yakakurumbira Long Walk to Freedom .
Kuwana maCells
Purikufambira iwe ucharatidzwa mukati memumwe wejeri rejeri masero. Pano, iwe unogona kuona mabhedha evasungwa uye uchinzwa mhete dzakatetepa uye mabheji. Muchikamu chimwe chete, pane chiratidzo chepakutanga chinoratidzira misi yezuva revasungwa. Mune muenzaniso wehutongerwe hwechisarurai, zvikamu zvekudya zvakagoverwa vasungwa vanobva paganda ravo.
Iwe uchazoendeswa kune imwe sero umo Mandela akararama kwechinguva, kunyange zvazvo vasungwa vaiwanzoendeswa kune zvikonzero zvekuchengeteka. Kunyange zvazvo kukurukurirana pakati pemagetsi ekudzivirira masero kwakange kunorambidzwa, iwe uchanzwa zvakare kubva kune wako mutungamiri kuti vasungwa vakakwanisa sei nenzira dzakangwara dzokuti varambe vachirwira hondo yavo yekusununguka kubva mukati memadziro ejeri.
Our Guide
Mutungamiri akatungamirira rwendo musi watakashanyira akabatanidzwa muHurumende yeSoweto muna 1976 uye akaiswa mujeri kuRobben Island muna 1978. Paakasvika, Nelson Mandela akanga atova pachitsuwa kwemakore gumi nemana, uye mukuru wejeri rejeri akanga akazviwanira pachake mukurumbira sewakaipisisa munyika. Akanga ari mumwe wevarume vokupedzisira kubva mujeri apo pakupedzisira yakavhara masuo ake muna 1991.
Akanga achinyatsogadziriswa neRobben Island Museum. Akanyanyisa kufungidzira kwekudzoka kwechitsuwa ichi, kunge achitaura kuti mazuva mashomanana okutanga kubasa akanga asinganzwisisike. Zvisinei, akazviita kuburikidza nevhiki yake yekutanga uye iye zvino ave achitungamirira kwemakore maviri. Kunyange zvakadaro, anosarudza kusararama pachitsuwa chacho semamwe emamwe mazano. Anoti zvinonzwa zvakanaka kuti tive nekwanisi kubuda pachitsuwa chacho zuva nezuva.
NB: Kunyange zvazvo mazano ekuRobben Island asingazombokumbire mazano , ndeye tsika muAfrica kuti taura zvakanaka nezvebasa rakanaka.
Nyaya iyi yakarongedzwa uye yakanyorwa zvakare muchikamu chaJessica Macdonald musi waOctober 7, 2016.