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Kgosi Mampuru II Correctional Cemetery

Also known as Pretoria Central Prison Cemetery

Pretoria, City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa

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  • Get directions 001 Kgosi Mampuru St, Salvokop
    Pretoria, City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng South Africa
    Coordinates: -25.76139, 28.18058
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Originally started in the late 1800's, an inmate Alexander Anderson somehow managed to strike a deal with the State and bargained that should he build a prison in under 12 months, he would be pardoned for his crimes. The state took the deal and he completed a substandard structure in record time. In 1873,a second structure was built at the corner of Bosman and Visagie streets, that included Warden's Houses and Gallows for Public Executions. The second structure proved to be just as shotty as the first. The commission of prison services at the time demanded an improved prison. After the Anglo-Boer War, company 'Prentice and Mackey' started work on the present site and the prison was finalized in 1907. The prison was the official site of capital punishment in South Africa during the apartheid era. A total of 130 political prisoners were hanged on the gallows of the correctional centre between 1960 and 1990. As part of the Gallows Exhumation Programme, 47 human remains of those prisoners have been exhumed for identification while 83 remain buried in unmarked graves awaiting identification.
Originally started in the late 1800's, an inmate Alexander Anderson somehow managed to strike a deal with the State and bargained that should he build a prison in under 12 months, he would be pardoned for his crimes. The state took the deal and he completed a substandard structure in record time. In 1873,a second structure was built at the corner of Bosman and Visagie streets, that included Warden's Houses and Gallows for Public Executions. The second structure proved to be just as shotty as the first. The commission of prison services at the time demanded an improved prison. After the Anglo-Boer War, company 'Prentice and Mackey' started work on the present site and the prison was finalized in 1907. The prison was the official site of capital punishment in South Africa during the apartheid era. A total of 130 political prisoners were hanged on the gallows of the correctional centre between 1960 and 1990. As part of the Gallows Exhumation Programme, 47 human remains of those prisoners have been exhumed for identification while 83 remain buried in unmarked graves awaiting identification.

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