De Wildt Cheetah & Wildlife Centre
Cheetahs feeding
Cheetahs are distinguished from leopards by the spots on their fur (leopards have rosettes), smaller stature to enable running at fast speeds and black 'tear drops' running from the eyes.
Constitution Hill
Constitution Hill is the site of Johannesburg's notorious old prison complex and is now home to the constitutional court and a museum. The constitutional court is the protector of basic rights and freedoms for all South Africans. It rules on constitutional and human-rights matters, emphasising equality. All cases are heard in all 11 official languages with the ruling determined by majority agreement of the 12 judges. When the judges decision is tied (ie. 6/6), the president of RSA decides on the ruling!!
The architecture of the court was fascinating and reason enough to visit. It symbolised the past, present & future of RSA.
The foyer of the constitutional court
'Constitutional Court' in the eleven official languages of South Africa
The tiny isolation cells of Number four Jail"It is said that no one truly knows a nation until one has been inside its jails. A nation should not be judged by how it treats its highest citizens, but its lowest ones - and South Africa treated its imprisoned African citizens like animals". Nelson Mandela, 1994
This prison complex was closed in 1994 after the abolishment of apartheid.