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Transgender Prisoners Challenge Prison Authorities

8 August 2025 by Alan

Advertorial: Transgender Prisoners Challenge Prison Authorities: Correctional Services has developed a standard operating procedure for …

Prisoners were tortured at Leeuwkop prison, court finds

2 September 2023 by Alan

Advertorial: Prisoners were tortured at Leeuwkop prison, court finds: Prisoners were tortured by guards at Leeuwkop prison, the …

“We are prisoners in our own homes” says Riverlea resident

3 August 2023 by Alan

Advertorial: “We are prisoners in our own homes” says Riverlea resident: Rivalry between groups of informal miners (zama zama) has led …

Constitution Hill: Great African Steps

One of the most moving features of the site is the Great African Steps, a walkway that runs between the dark, stone walls of the Number Four prison and the transparent glass of the new court. It represents the “bridge” between the old South Africa and the new. At the top of these steps, tucked into one of the four remaining stairwells of the demolished Awaiting Trial Block, burns the Flame of Democracy. Lit by Nelson Mandela in 2011 to mark the 15th anniversary of the Constitution, this perpetual flame serves as a constant reminder that the light of freedom must never again be extinguished in Johannesburg.