Inventory Reference 9/2/050/0038/002 Relevant Heritage Authority SAHRA Formal Gradings Grading Grade I Grading Date 29/06/2006 GradingComment Me. Stephen Bantu Biko, Ginsburg Cemetery, King William's Town District, Amathole District Municipality. Grading by: South African Heritage Resources Agency Statement of Significance The graves of the iconic leaders of the liberation struggle movements are a tangible representation of the intangible heritage aspects of organised resistance and defiance campaigns, against successive racially repressive regimes. They transcend different responses to eighty (80) years of intensification of repressive laws from deputations, passive resistance, defiance campaigns to armed struggle and mass struggles. They represent a conviction to a just political cause and attainment of political freedom leading to denial of personal liberties and an ultimate price of banning orders, house arrest, political assassinations, banishment, exile, political imprisonment and in-detention death. Significance criteria Significance Categories Community or pattern of history Sphere of Significance National Level High Significance Categories Assoc with person or group Sphere of Significance National Level High
