Overview
Identifiers
Inventory Number
2824DA7
Site Name
Grave of Solomon T Plaatje, West End Cemetery, Kimberley
Site Category
Record Administration
Post date
Friday, June 22, 2012 - 14:17
Last modified
Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 16:43
Monuments
Monuments & Memorials Recordings
Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on Wednesday, April 21, 2021 - 13:32.
Identifiers
Inventory Reference
Recording date
Recorders
Primary?
On
Site Recording Admin Comments
There has been vandalism on the monument site as the fence has been stolen. There's a tombstone which is covered next to the monument
Classifications
Monument Type
Description
To commemorate life and times of Solomon Thekisho Plaatje a great historical figure.
Contains Animal figures?
No
Contains Human figures?
No
Construction Materials
Granite
Stone
Pedestal Material
Granite
Concrete
Person/Institution Commemorated
Inscriptions
/To the sacred memory of Solomon Thekisho Plaatje. Journalist, Author, Temperance organizer, social worker and brotherhood movement in S.A. Born at Boshof O.F.S on 09th October 1876. Dies at Pimville Johannesburg on the 19th July 1932. We thank thee, Lord for Lending, so rare a flower to bless our Lives. Ikhutse morolong: Modiredi wa Afrika. And his wife Elizabeth Lillith, died 27-12-42 Aged 66/
Location
Location
Mapping
-28.732984, 24.741221
Northern Cape
- Frances Baard
- Sol Plaatje
Land Parcel Details
Type of land parcel
Street Address
Land Parcel Reference
Kimberley
Directions to Site
Located on east side the Nederduitsche Hervormde Kerk on Du Toit Street
Access details
Accessible to the public.
Gradings
Grading
Autoid
Submitted by
Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on 27/06/2012 - 02:00.
Grading
Grade II
GradingComment
archiveimport Grading by: South African Heritage Resources Agency
Declarations
Declaration
DeclarationName
Declaration Type
Declaration Description
The grave of Solomon Thsekisho Plaatje, described as Grave 11, Lutheran Block C, Row I, in the West End Cemetery in Kimberley, which is situated on the following erven:
(i) The Remainder of Erf 5337, in the City and Municipality of Kimberley, Deed of Transfer KF2/20, dated 16 June 1893; and
(ii) Erf 6944, in the City and Municipality of Kimberley, Deed of Transfer KF4/7, dated 27 September 1901.
Gazette Date
Gazette Number
18694
Gazette Notice Status
Notice Date
Notice Number
279
Archive Status
National monument
18694-279.pdf (31.99 KB)
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