pretoria central prison

Pretoria - After leaving their families behind, following a brief service in the chapel, the 140 political prisoners sentenced to be hanged at the Pretoria Central Prison, got ready to take their "final walk" - 52 steps to the gallows. The freedom songs, sung by them, in defiance of the oppressive system, as they clumsily shuffled up the 52 steps, can still be heard as eerie … [Read more...] about Pretoria Central Prison Gallows Restoration