Overview
Identifiers
Alternate Site Codes
DC12/NAMM/0029
Inventory Number
3318CD1112
Site Name
Race Classification Board Benches, High Court Annex, Cape Town
Site Category
Record Administration
Post date
Thursday, March 25, 2021 - 13:20
Last modified
Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 21:26
Monuments
Monuments & Memorials Recordings
Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on Thursday, March 25, 2021 - 13:20.
Identifiers
Inventory Reference
Recorders
Primary?
On
Site Recording Admin Comments
Person/Institution Commemorated: Commemorating groups of people
Classifications
Monument Type
Description
The benches were an indication of the times, when there were deep issues that affect non-white sensibilities, such as families being divided over race and having to move out of their homes. Also for people to engage with the artwork and they will sit on the benches and think about what happened in the past
Original Position
Original Position
Contains Animal figures?
No
Contains Human figures?
No
Builder
Designer
Construction Materials
Wood
Iron
Glass
Sandstone
Pedestal Material
Sandstone
Tarred pavement
Event Commemorated
The impact caused by the Act that divided the non-white families
Inscriptions
On the benches it's written: WHITES ONLY and on the other NON - WHITES ONLY and qoutes extracted from the Population Registration Act. On the plaque it's written: RACE CLASSIFICATION BOARD 1959 - 1991
Location
Location
Mapping
-33.925734, 18.417305
Western Cape
- City of Cape Town
Directions to Site
Route N2 between Peddie and Grahamstown,15km away from Peddie
Access details
Public Accessible
Media
Media
Images uploaded directly to Site
Images uploaded to linked Site Recordings
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