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The Koeksister Bench stemmed from an initial acknowledgment of the lack of public benches. This gave birth to Cool Capital bench project: "The 2014 Cool Capital PPC public bench project addressed this issue along with many other benefits involved." 2014 was the first year of the Cool Capital bench project. Cool Capital Biennale is, "a non-government organisation and citizen-lead initiative to bring about visual, perception and actual change to Pretoria, the administrative capital of South Africa and the surrounding metropolitan area Tshwane, by means of a multitude of small interventions." The Koeksister Bench formed part of the 2015 edition of the Cool Capital Biennale, "a bench in the shape of a koeksister – especially designed for taking selfies – was unveiled at the monument as part of the Cool Capital Biennale."
The koeksister, "is a golden, twisted plait, crisp on the outside with a sweet syrupy centre." The koeksister is considered an Afrikaans delicacy and the designer of the bench, Pieter J. Matthews saw the making of the bench as means of modern interpretation of the koeksister. This modern approach is shown through the making of the bench using modern technology as detailed in the inscription.References 
De Beer, D. '#sitcool with PPC,' Cool Capital Design Magazine, June 19 2017, https://issuu.com/coolcapital/docs/cool_capital_catalogue_for_issuu
‘Cool Capital: About’ at http://www.coolcapital.co.za/about.aspx. Accessed 10 March 2021.
Monama, T. ‘Take a selfie with humble koeksister,’ IOL, May 7, 2015. Biller, H. ‘What's the difference between a koeksister & a koesister?: Chef Naseer Abdullah tells us, and shares an amazing recipe for the latter,’ Sunday Times, 22 September 2019.