Overview
Identifiers
Alternate Site Codes
DC22/NAMM/0031
Inventory Number
2627CA43
Site Name
Potchefstroom Concentration Camp Cemetery
Site Category
Record Administration
Post date
Thursday, August 31, 2017 - 11:49
Last modified
Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 18:49
Monuments
Monuments & Memorials Recordings
Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on Wednesday, February 24, 2021 - 13:20.
Identifiers
Inventory Reference
Primary?
Off
Classifications
Monument Type
Description
Commemoration and remembrance of Tlokwe heroes.
Original Position
907 natives were relocated from Makweteng to Old Potchefstroom grave yard.
Contains Animal figures?
No
Contains Human figures?
No
Construction Date Comment
Not on records.
Construction Materials
A needled charcoal stones, concrete and cement.
Pedestal Material
Concrete and cement.
Event Commemorated
Commemoration and remembrance of the Old Potchefstroom Heroes.
Inscriptions
Sayed Moinuddin Shahabuddin born on the 12th September 1922, Heroically offered his life on the 4th October 1936, in saving the life of his friend who was drowned near the Yokeskei river.
In memory of 907 natives re-buried here from the old native cemetery, old Potchefstroom.
In memory of 907 natives re-buried here from the old native cemetery, old Potchefstroom.
Location
Location
Mapping
-26.708423, 27.112868
North West
- Dr Kenneth Kaunda
- JB Marks
Directions to Site
Its in church street Pietermaritzburg.
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907 Natives unveiled date: not on records.Designer: Not on records.Builder: Not on records.Person/Institution Commemorated: 1. Sayed Moinuddin Shahabuddin.
2. Rachel Legodi
3. Johanna Harwood
4. Lusibetta Molope
5. Naomi Molope
6. Petrus Moepi
7. Jane Makouse and 901 natives buried.Recorder Name: Sidwell Thibile, North West (Dr Kenneth Kaunda)