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A foundation auctioned a night in Nelson Mandela's cell on Robben Island.
To finance a program of aid to prisoners, it makes no sense to auction one night in one of the most famous cells in the world … the one occupied by the South African icon of Nelson Mandela's fight against apartheid
The CEO Sleepout movement has made a name for itself by selling the world's top CEOs and billionaires to nights in unusual places to finance good works for the benefit of the poorest people
"No such auction has ever been held in South Africa", trumpets the foundation on its website. "The highest bidder will earn the honor of spending a night inside the historic cell number 7, where Mandela has spent eighteen years," Eighteen Sleepout proudly states.
Located on Robben Island , off the Cape Town city, this 2.4mx 2.1m cold concrete square, where the first black president of South Africa's history (1994-1999) rotted, is one of the most the most famous jails in the world. Classified as World Heritage by Unesco, the prison-museum is visited each year by more than 300,000 people.
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Priced at 250,000 dollars
Having slept in 2016 bosses under a bridge in Johannesburg for the homeless, the foundation chose this year to create the event around the 100th anniversary of the birth of Nelson Mandela, July 18.
The night in his famous dungeon – the 18 – therefore was priced at $ 250,000 and, according to CEO Sleepout, the auction on the internet have already risen to $ 300,000. The name of the lucky resident must be announced at their closing on July 16th. The funds raised during this operation will be used to "finance the prison project at the university (…) that improves the education of South African prisoners," said a spokeswoman for the foundation, Liane McGowan
The management of the Robben Island Museum could not be reached. The Nelson Mandela Foundation told AFP that it was not part of CEO Sleepout's initiative and that it could not be held responsible for the use of the cell.
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