Overview
Identifiers
Inventory Number
2428BD1
Site Name
Moorddrift Monument, Mokopane District
Site Category
Monuments & Memorials
Record Administration
Author
Dilshaat.Davids
Post date
Friday, June 22, 2012 - 14:29
Last modified
Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 16:43
Monuments & Memorials Recordings
Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on Monday, February 8, 2021 - 20:50.
Identifiers
Inventory Reference
9/2/257/0001
Recording date
Recorders
Given Setena
Primary?
On
Site Recording Admin Comments
Person/Institution Commemorated: It dedicated to those treacherously murdered by narative of makapan. Names. Deride prinsloo kleuter Tweedle prinsloo kleuter Eerste prinsloo kleuter Nellie prinsloo Willem Prinsloo Breedt Suigeling Derde Breedt kleuter Tweedle Breedt kleuter Eerste Breedt kleuter Jan Breet Maria Breedt Tweede jonge Dame Eerste jonge Dame Philipus Du Preez Lourens Bronkhourst
Classifications
Monument Type
Commemorative Monument
Description

This monument is under monkey thorn three which was planted by Chanel Potgieter and Martin Labuscagne pupils from CVO school POTGEITERSRUS led by the principal Piet Nell. It also have a memorial of 15 people who was killed during the war and 6 of them were children.Memorial of remembrance of people  who were killed during the war between  the Afrikaans  and Ndebeles.

Contains Animal figures?
No
Contains Human figures?
No
Builder
Jesscon Graniet Potgeitersrus
Construction Materials
Slate and rocks
Pedestal Material
Stone
Event Commemorated
The Great War
Unveiled Comment
Date Unveiled: September 2004
Inscriptions
"TER ERE VAN DIEGENE OR VERRADELIKE WYSE VERMOORD DEUR NATURELLE VAN MAKAPAN" In honour of those treacherously murdered by the natives of makapanNB: See images for further inscriptions.
Built Environment Recordings
Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on 07/08/2012.
Identifiers
Inventory Reference
9/2/257/0001
Primary?
Yes
Classifications
Building type
Memorial
Architectural features

On this site, on September 1854, twenty-eight men, women and children were slaughtered by subjects of the Batlou Chiefs, Makapan and Mapela. Most of them belonged to a party under Field cornet Hermanus Potgieter, who were looking for ivory in Makapan's t
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Associated People
History of use
Location
Location
Mapping
-24.276129, 28.974609
Limpopo
  • Waterberg
  • Mogalakwena
Land Parcel Details
Type of land parcel
Farm
Land Parcel Reference
Erf/Farm No: 289
Erf/Farm Portion: Portion A
Address:
n/a n/a
Potgietersrus
Owner(s)
South African Heritage Resources Agency
Access details
Publicly accessible.
Grading
Autoid
Grading - 247779
Submitted by
Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on 27/06/2012 - 02:00.
Grading
Grade II
GradingComment

archiveimport Grading by: South African Heritage Resources Agency

Declaration
DeclarationName
Declaration - 220222
Declaration Type
Provincial Heritage Site
Declaration Description

Certain portion 'A' of the heritage farm Moordrift No. 849, situate in the District Potgietersrust,

Gazette Date
Gazette Number
2725
Gazette Notice Status
Current
Notice Date
Notice Number
133
Deeds Number
Crown Grant 161/1934 of 17 September 1934
Diagram Number
SG A 62/1932
Archive Status
National monument
2725-133 Moorddrift Monument, Potgietersrus.pdf (127.26 KB)
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