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/Piet Retief/Goewerneur van die voortrekkers vermoor met sy 70 Burger Dingaanstat/6.2.1838/KMDT.A.Greyling/KMDT.P.Meyer//Peit Retief Obelisk/This Granit Obelisk represents a monument erected in 1922 at Kwazulu-Natal. To mark the site where Piet Retief and =/-100 of his fellow trekkers where murdered on 6 February 1938 on Command of the Zulu King Dingane. The trekkers were overpowered in the royal Kraal, Umgungundlovu, and dragged to the hill. Their remains were discovered and burred on the site on 21 December 1838//The obelisk was originally designed by architect A.L.Meriring. The names of the deceased were added and the symbolic Gun, Brake Shoe and Flame of liberty were designed by Hennie Potgieter (1916-1992).It was Unveiled on 14 April 1941//Burgers//M.Oosthuizen; P.Retief JR; D.Liebenberg,B.SN; K.Oosthuizen,P.SN; K. Opperman,J.SN; D.Aucamp; W.Basson; C.DE.Beer; M.DE.Beer; S.DE.Beer; J.DE.Beer; B.V.D.Berg; B.V.D..Berg; P.V.D Berg; J.V.D.Berg.J.SN; J.Beukes,C.SN; J. Botha; G.Bothma;G.Bothma.L.SN; J.Breed; B.Klopper; L. Klopper; B.Liebenberg; P.Breed; P.Breed.J.SN; C.Breitenbach; J.Classen; P.Cilliers; A.van Dijk; M.Estherhuizen; S.Estherhuizen; H.Fourie; P.Grobbelaar; J.Hattinch; T.Holsted; J.Hugo,P.SN; J.Jooste/