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Pretoria Central Prison, renamed Kgosi Mampuru II Management Area by former President Jacob Zuma on 13 April 2013 [1] and sometimes referred to as Kgosi Mampuru II Correctional Services [2] is a large prison in central Pretoria, within the City of Tshwane in South Africa. It is operated by the South African Department of Correctional Services.
The location of Mampuru's remains is not known, though the South African government committed to look for them in January 2019. [9] Mampuru has been described as one of South Africa's first liberation icons. [8] Potgieter Street in Pretoria was renamed in his honour in 2007 and an annual Mampuru II day is held in January.
Even in the pre-apartheid era, racial factors played a major role, with white prisoners living in better conditions and receiving better treatment than their black counterparts. During the apartheid era, cultural norms afforded the subjectivity of guilt to the assessment of the whites, which led to Black South Africans being adversely affected.
Sekhukhune I [a] [b] (Matsebe; circa 1814 – 13 August 1882) was the paramount King of the Marota, more commonly known as the Bapedi (Pedi people), from 21 September 1861 until his assassination on 13 August 1882 by his rival and half-brother, Mampuru II. [1]
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Kgosi Mampuru II Management Area Thabo Bester (born 13 June 1986) [ 4 ] is a South African convicted rapist and murderer who escaped from the Mangaung Correctional Centre in South Africa after faking his death in a fire in his prison cell in May 2022.
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Johan Kotze (born 1961), dubbed the Modimolle Monster, is a notorious South African woman abuser who is currently serving two life sentences at the country's high security prison. [1] He was sentenced for torturing his ex-wife, Ina Bonette , and for forcing his three workers to take turns in raping her before he shot dead her 19-year-old son ...