Robben Island’s football legacy
Andy Richardson reports on South Africa’s most unlikely football league.
Published On 4 Dec 2009
In the excitement of next year’s World Cup, South Africa has been remembering its all too recent past.
The infamous Robben Island jail held more than 3000 political prisoners during apartheid – the most famous of all was Nelson Mandela.
But the prison was also home to an unlikely football league, as Al Jazeera’s Andy Richardson reports.
Source: Al Jazeera