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South Africa Opens Apartheid Gallows Monument

Posted December 15th, 2011 at 2:45 pm (UTC-5)
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South Africa has opened a monument at a former gallows once used to execute anti-apartheid prisoners. During an inauguration ceremony in Pretoria on Thursday, President Jacob Zuma said more than 130 political prisoners were put to death at the gallows, some while singing anti-apartheid songs. The monument at the Pretoria Central Prison includes a memorial […]

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