Mpuma learners visit Kgosi Mampuru
At one time, the prison gallows could hang up to 7 people at a time
Mpumalanga MEC for community safety, security and liaison Vusi Shongwe is taking 60 learners from Vukani Secondary School on a prison visit to Kgosi Mampuru Correctional Services in Pretoria today.
According to the MEC, the programme has a big impact in crime prevention in the province as the youth is sometimes used to commit crime.
Kgosi Mampuru II prison is a large prison in Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa. The prison was the official site of capital punishment in South Africa during the apartheid era. Condemned prisoners were held in a section of the prison called “The Pot”.
At one time, the prison gallows could hang up to 7 people at a time.
The facility was renamed Kgosi Mampuru II on 10 April last year at a function attended by a number of dignitaries, including President Jacob Zuma, former ANC Women’s League president Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, Limpopo premier Cassel Mathale, ANC chief whip in Parliament Mathole Motshekga, Minister of Correctional Services Sbu Ndebele, Minister of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs Richard Baloyi and IFP leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi.
The renaming of the correctional facility is part of a process started by former Correctional Services Minister Nosiviwe Maphisa-Nqakula and is aimed at turning correctional centres into places of hope and change.
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