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Moloise was executed at Pretoria Central Prison around 7 a.m. on 18 October 1985. His parents waited in a car across the street until they were informed of their son's death, with no significant crowds or vigils marking the event. [13] Reflecting on the ordeal and the treatment by the prison staff, Pauline Moloise lamented the government's cruelty.
Gamal Salie Lineveldt (8 February 1919 – 9 July 1941), also known as Gamut Linneveld, was a South African rapist and serial killer responsible for the rape and murder of four women from October to November 1940.
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.
Solomon Kalushi Mahlangu (10 July 1956 – 6 April 1979) was a South African freedom fighter, struggle activist and operative of the African National Congress (ANC) militant wing, uMkhonto weSizwe (MK).
Episode 15, which featured the prison escape of South African political prisoners Tim Jenkin, Stephen Lee and Alex Moumbaris from Pretoria Central Prison in 1979, was shown in the United Kingdom on 19 April 2013. [3] This escape was again dramatized in the feature-length film, Escape from Pretoria, starring Daniel Radcliffe. [4]
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 ...
Hanging was maintained as the preferred method, as in most post-independence cases of criminal law, following South Africa's independence as a republic in 1961.At the same time, South Africa saw mounting international criticism against purposely political executions of anti-apartheid activists convicted of violent crimes; mainly blacks, but occasionally whites, the case of Frederick John ...
Ngobeni was convicted and hanged at Pretoria Central Prison on 14 November 1989. In 1990, President F. W. de Klerk declared a moratorium on the execution of capital sentences. In June 1995, in the case of S v Makwanyane, the Constitutional Court of South Africa held that capital punishment was an unconstitutional form of punishment.