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Descriptions
The former residence of Steve Biko, were he lived with his wife and children. He was placed under house arrest at this site were he was monitored by the apartheid police. It is from this house that Steve Biko was laid to rest on the 25th of September 1977.
The site was declared a National Monument by the National Monuments Council (NMC) on 12 September 1997. Following the changes in heritage authority and legislation, with the implementation of the NHRA, it is currently a Provincial Heritage Site under the jurisdiction of the Eastern Cape.
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Archaeology
Archaeology Recordings
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Location
Location
- Buffalo City
Steve Biko House/Monument
Ngxata Street
Ginsberg
Qonce
5601
South Africa
Address:
698 Ngxata Street
Ginsberg
King William's Town
Leave the Steve Biko Centre on Mbeka St toward Mbeki St.
Turn left onto Mbeki St and continue straight onto Ngxata St, the house will be at the end of the street on the on the right.
Gradings
Grading
archiveimport Grading by: South African Heritage Resources Agency
Declarations
Declaration
The house in which Steven Bantu Biko resided, situated on Erf 1998, Ginsberg, in the Division of King William's Town.
Certificate of Registered Grant of Leasehold T880/1991, dated 3 April 1991. (Endorsement, page 4.)
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