Robben Island sold to London and Dubai by Transnet

Well almost. They stopped just short of selling Robben Island, which is quite sweet of them, don’t you think? Such nice guys. Selling off our natural heritage to the highest bidder, but now it turns out that this deal is about as authentic as some shady unscrupulous Parisian trying to sell off the Eiffel Tower to some gullible wealthy American tourist. Transnet sold the Victoria & Alfred Waterfront in Cape Town in June 2007 to Lexshell (sounds like Lex Luthor of Superman infamy), which is a consortium of an investment arm of the Dubai government, some London geezers and shock! horror! a local BEE group. Haha. Nice try, fellows, but no cigar. You can take our bay and our prime coastal areas from out of our cold dead hands. Lulu Bam tells us that Alec “Big Ears” Erwin, knows nothing. They just approved the deal. But they, know noooothing. To battle Lexshell, in steps environmental affairs and tourism minister Marthinus “kortbroek” van ...