Constitution Hill

The only stop I got off the Hop On bus on day 2 was at Constitution Hill, site of the old fort, a notorious prison and now the highest court in South Africa.
The original prison was built in 1892, then the Old Fort built around it in 1896 by Paul Kruger to defend the City in the Boer War before reverting to full time prison use. It housed criminals as well as political prisoners including Gandhi and Mandela and many others. Conditions were horrific right into the 1980s before it was finally closed.Read more