Old Gaol Building (Ingwavuma)

The Old Gaol Building is a historic wood and iron building dating from the 1900s in Ingwavuma, KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa.  The building is located near the welfare buildings.  In 2004, the building was restored as part of a project run by Nansindlela School.  H.C. Lugg, Chief Native Commissioner of Natal in the 1930s, described the Old Gaol as it was in 1920 in his book A Natal Family Looks Back as follows:

"The gaol, like the court house, was also constructed of wood and iron.   One day its walls were blown down, but soon re-erected by the convicts.   Any attempt by a prisoner to escape, was followed by a hue and cry in which the convicts took part, never failing to get their man." 

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Category:Defunct prisons in South Africa
Category:Buildings and structures in KwaZulu-Natal