Overview
Identifiers
Inventory Number
2525DC16
Site Name
The Mail Newspaper, Golf view, Mahikeng
Site Category
Record Administration
Post date
Monday, March 1, 2021 - 11:32
Last modified
Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 21:26
Monuments
Monuments & Memorials Recordings
Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on Monday, March 1, 2021 - 11:32.
Identifiers
Inventory Reference
Primary?
Off
Site Recording Admin Comments
Sol Plaatje as the first editor of the Mafikeng Mail Newspaper he was also the first African novelist to write in African. He translated Shakespeare to other people.Purpose:Date Unveiled: The year 1889Designer: Not statedBuilder: Not statedPerson/Institution Commemorated: The Mail Newspaper MafikengRecorder Name: Clarence Mashego (North West)
Classifications
Monument Type
Description
The purpose is still to communicate information to the people of Mafikeng and anyone who can access it online
Contains Animal figures?
No
Contains Human figures?
No
Construction Date Comment
1889
Construction Materials
Bricks and Concrete
Pedestal Material
Land
Event Commemorated
Establishment of the Mail Newspaper
Unveiled Comment
Sol Plaatjie
Inscriptions
Established in 1889
Location
Location
Mapping
-25.86263, 25.644384
North West
- Ngaka Modiri Molema
- Mafikeng
Directions to Site
Travel from Mtata to Libode town then from Libode you turn right and drive till you see a notice board written Nyandeni Great Place and drive throughout that direction and you'll pass a clinic .
Access details
It is access free because it still operates as a Newspaper business
Media
Media
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