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concentration camp site was near the High School for Boys ,it was near the Railway station and main water furrow and was approximately 22 hectars. The section one was divided into 4 sections, Two wide roads crosses in the middle of the camp. At this crossing were the offices, packing houses, hospital tents, and detension barracks. The out rim of the Camp housed the latrines, there were no washing facilities. The military manage these camps, but after 1901 it was under Civilian management. The first Camp manager was Mr Jacobs Swart. The second camp moved to Vyfhoek in September 1901. It was laid out in the same pattern as the first one, and was 15 hectares. The cemetery was where the memorial site is today. The official listing of deaths on the plaque is 967 children, 117, woman, 57, men. At the end of the war there were about 4 957 people in the camp. The camp closed down in 1903.The memorial was unveiled on the 16 Dec 1918 by Mrs Nonnie de la Rey. The Black Concentration Camp suggested location was also near the Mooi River These peoples camp conditions where horrific and they were left to starve by the British Military occupation. No official death register was compiled.Purpose: