Overview
    Identifiers
    Inventory Number
    2527CA25
    Site Name
    Sol Plaatjie Statue, Kedar Heritage Lodge, Rustenburg
    Site Category
    Record Administration
    Author
    nancy.cloete
    Last modified
    Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 21:26
    Monuments & Memorials Recordings
    Identifiers
    Inventory Reference
    Primary?
    Off
    Site Recording Admin Comments
    Purpose:Date Unveiled: 17 September 2016Designer: Builder: Kedar Heritage LodgePerson/Institution Commemorated: Solomon Tshekisho PlaatjeRecorder Name: Sibongile and Andile Bojanala
    Classifications
    Monument Type
    Description

    This memorial is in honour of the South African writer, intellectual, journalist, linguist, politician and translator Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje

    Original Position
    Original
    Contains Animal figures?
    No
    Contains Human figures?
    No
    Construction Materials
    Bronze, bricks, mortar, concrete and wood
    Pedestal Material
    Concrete
    Unveiled Comment
    Adele Forsyth
    Inscriptions
    This memorial, in honour of the South African writer, intellectual, journalist, linguist, politician and translator Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje (9 October 1876 - 19 June 1932), was commissioned and unveiled by Adele Forsyth, CEO of the Recreation Africa Group, on Saturday 17 September 2016 at Kedar Heritage Lodge, Conference Centre and Spa
      Location
      Location
      Mapping
      -25.550823, 27.12199
      North West
      • Bojanala
      • Rustenburg
      Directions to Site
      Bokone Village in Mahikeng Local Municipality
      Access details
      Accessible through the Kedar Heritage Lodge, Conference Center and Spa
      Media
      Images uploaded directly to Site
      Images uploaded to linked Site Recordings