Constitution Hill

Built in 1892 as a prison to control the influx of the uitlanders (foreigners) by the then President of the Zuid Afrikaans Republik Paul Kruger the prison then became a Fort after the failed Jameson Raid of 1896 up until 1899 when it became a prison for the second time incarcerating mostly those who were opposed to apartheid the likes of Mahatma Ghandie, Nelson Mandela, Joe Slovo etc.Today it is Museum and it houses the highest court in the land the Constitutional Court a place where human rights are protected.

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