Overview
Identifiers
Alternate Site Codes
DC23/NAMM/0012
Inventory Number
2628AA326
Site Name
Mine Workers Statue, Hollard Street, Johannesburg
Site Category
Record Administration
Post date
Thursday, February 25, 2021 - 10:20
Last modified
Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 21:26
Monuments
Monuments & Memorials Recordings
Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on Thursday, February 25, 2021 - 10:20.
Identifiers
Inventory Reference
Primary?
Off
Site Recording Admin Comments
The area is well taken care of, it easy accessible and open to the publicPurpose:Date Unveiled: 7 May 2012Designer: Andile msongelwaBuilder: Person/Institution Commemorated: The mine workersRecorder Name: Nomfundo manana and Philile Ngobeni
Classifications
Monument Type
Description
This monument represents the symbolic and historical role played by the mine workers in shaping the economic of the miners town and labour sending areas in particular and that of South Africa in general
Contains Animal figures?
No
Contains Human figures?
No
Construction Materials
The statue is made out of concrete, clay and tents are made out of metal
Pedestal Material
There is no pedestal
Inscriptions
During the 2007 wage negotiations the chamber of mines of South Africa.The national union of mine workers (NUM),UASA..the union and solidarity agreed to recognize the role played mine workers in developing the economy of south Africa
Location
Location
Mapping
-26.207487, 28.038531
Gauteng
- City of Johannesburg
Directions to Site
Past memorial gate at the Nambithi big 5 private game reserve
Access details
Not controlled,easy accessible and open to the public
Media
Media
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