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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.
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. [10] [6] On 10 April 2013 the prison where he was killed was renamed "Kgosi Mampuru II" in his honour.
The Zonderwater Prison, Cullinan, Gauteng. Prisons in South Africa are run by the Department of Correctional Services.The department is divided into six administrative regions, each with its own regional commissioner, and subdivided into multiple areas, each headed by an area commissioner. [1]
The former Pretoria Central Prison now known as Kgosi Mampuru II (who was hanged at the prison on 22 November 1883 for public violence and revolt, as well as the murder of rival leader Sekhukhune), was the official site for capital punishment in South Africa before the end of apartheid, frequently meted out against opponents of the apartheid ...
Former Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius has applied for parole and is expected to attend a hearing on Friday that will decide if he can be released from prison 10 years after killing girlfriend ...
A Canton man found with hundreds of images of child pornography has been sentenced to 26 years in federal prison. Brian Patterson, 44, was sentenced Monday by U.S. District Judge J. Philip ...
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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.