An excursion to the Kgosi Mampuru II Correctional Facility to see the gallows was an eye-opening insight into our past.
- Wits Journalism 2026 class visited the Gallows museum in Pretoria and met the unexpected
- Visiting the gallows was an unsettling yet needed confrontation with our South African history
- A journey through the disheartening and silencing reality of the gallows
Visiting this facility was not simply an academic excursion, it was an encounter with a past that still deeply affects our present day. Stepping into an archive of South Africa’s past, which can seem distant. Yet, beneath the silence that lingered around my colleagues was something far heavier,…
Gold Production: Once the largest gold producer in the world, South Africa still
holds significant reserves, although production has declined in recent years.
Light Despair
In Toronto I saw a bumper sticker on a parked car that read: \”I miss South Africa.\” So I broke the window, took the radio and left a note that read: \”I hope this helps.\”
Father Abbot
Kiff / Kief – cool [kif]/[k-eef] Derived from the Arabic kayf, meaning enjoyment or well-being, kiff or kief is most often used to convey similar feelings of nice, cool, great.Example: “This chow is kiff my bru!”