Ramaphosa launches Nelson Mandela Rules Academy at prison

Ramaphosa launches Nelson Mandela Rules Academy at prison

President Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday marked 36 years since Nelson Mandela’s release from prison by launching a new training academy at the Drakenstein Correctional Facility, where the former president was once held.

Ramaphosa opens Nelson Mandela Rules training academy at Drakenstein prison

By Charmaine Ndlela President Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday officially launched the Nelson Mandela Rules Training Academy at the Drakenstein Correctional Facility between Paarl and Franschhoek in the Western Cape, saying the facility marked a new chapter in the country’s history. Formerly known as Victor Verster Prison, the site was the last place Nelson Mandela was imprisoned before his release in 1990. The academy is the first of its kind in Af…

New Nelson Mandela Rules Academy signals shift toward humanised corrections

Exactly 36 years after President Nelson Mandela walked out of prison and into