Sacred, unrequited Love

Over centuries Table Mountain has stood as a symbol of human capacity for hope and freedom. Whether for the Khoikhoi tribes fighting colonial domination, for Indonesian and Malaysian slaves who for generations have buried their leaders and holy men on its slopes, or for twentieth-century political prisoners. It is a sacred precious place. To us on Robben Island Table Mountain was a beacon of hope. It represented the mainland to which we knew we would one day return. – Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, former President of South Africa