Overview
    Identifiers
    Alternate Site Codes
    TSH/NAMM/0073
    Inventory Number
    2627CA48
    Site Name
    Ikageng Old Cemetery, Ikageng, Potchefstroom
    Site Category
    Record Administration
    Author
    sahrisprojectmanager
    Last modified
    Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 21:26
    Monuments & Memorials Recordings
    Identifiers
    Inventory Reference
    Primary?
    Off
    Site Recording Admin Comments
    907 Natives were relocated from Makweteng to Old Potchefstroom grave yard without any indication of date of re-burial, and with a specification of integral heroes only.
    Architecture and builder are not on records.Purpose:Date Unveiled: Sayed Moinuddin Shahabuddin
    Date unveiled: 4th October 1936
    907 Natives date: not on recordsDesigner: Not on recordsBuilder: Not on recordsPerson/Institution Commemorated: 1. Sayed Moinuddin Shahabuddin
    2. Rachel Legodi
    3. Johanna Harwood
    4. Lusibetta Molope
    5. Naomi Molope
    6. Petrus Moepi
    7. Jan Makouse and 901 Native buried.Recorder Name: Kamohelo Tsotetsi ( North West, Dr Kenneth Kaunda)
    Classifications
    Description

    Commemoration and remembrance of Tlokwe Hero's.

    Original Position
    907 Natives were relocated from Makweteng to Old Potchefstroom grave yard.
    Contains Animal figures?
    No
    Contains Human figures?
    No
    Construction Date Comment
    Not on records
    Construction Materials
    Needled charcoal stones, concrete and cement.
    Pedestal Material
    Concrete and cement.
    Event Commemorated
    Commemoration and remembrance of the Old Potchefstroom Heros.
    Unveiled Comment
    Sayed Moinuddin Shahabuddin:
    Unvailed by Shahabuddin's family

    907 Natives
    Unvailed by Town Council of Potchefstroom
    Inscriptions
    Sayed Moinuddin Shahabuddin born on the 12th September 1922, heroically offered his life on the 4th October 1936, in saving the life of his friend who was drowned near the Yokeskei River.
    In Memory of 907 Natives re-buried here from the Old Native Cemetery, Old Potchefstroom.
      Location
      Location
      Mapping
      -26.723531, 27.059336
      North West
      • Dr Kenneth Kaunda
      • JB Marks
      Directions to Site
      It's beween Church Street and Es'kiamphalele DR, from Church square head straight down the Church street, you will pass Paul Kruger Museum and head straight . Heroes Acre Memorial is on your right hand at Asiatic Bazaar on corner Church street and Dr Malan Drive opposite Tshwane Bus Depot.
      Access details
      Open for public
      Administration of Protections
      Administration Description

      duplicate of https://sahris.sahra.org.za/node/559065
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