Overview
Identifiers
Inventory Number
2530CB80
Site Name
Site of Mozambican Train Disaster, Elandspruit, Waterval Boven District
Site Category
Monuments & Memorials
Place
Record Administration
Author
clinton.jackson
Post date
Tuesday, November 17, 2020 - 22:17
Last modified
Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 21:26
Monuments & Memorials Recordings
Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on Thursday, March 18, 2021 - 19:20.
Identifiers
Inventory Reference
9/2/282/0007zz
Primary?
Off
Site Recording Admin Comments
Purpose:Date Unveiled: Designer: Builder: Person/Institution Commemorated: Recorder Name: Speelman Mabena, Musawenkosi Mdluli.
Classifications
Monument Type
Commemorative Monument
Plaque
Description

We Remember the 63 Mozambican Workers who tragically lost their lives in the Waterval Boven Train Disaster of 16 November 1949.

Contains Animal figures?
No
Contains Human figures?
No
Construction Materials
Concrete, granite stone and cement.
Pedestal Material
Stone
Inscriptions
This memorial commemorates the 63 Mozambican workers who died on the Train Disaster that happened there.
Location
Location
Mapping
-25.631603, 30.32888
Mpumalanga
  • Nkangala
  • Emakhazeni
Directions to Site
The Thokoza Memorial is situated on your right after the Community Hall.
Access details
Accessible without permission.
Declaration
DeclarationName
Declaration - 221240
Declaration Type
Provisional Protection
Declaration Description

IRON AGE ROCK ENGRAVING, BLOOMPLAATS, LYDENBURG DISTRICT1. Description: The site with the Iron Age Engraving thereon, situated on farm Boomplaats 29JT, Lydenburg District, Mpumalanga in extent 1027.8434( one zero two seven comma eight four three four) hectares.
THE HISTORIC TOWNHOUSE, AT 35 LANGE STREET, LYDENBURG2. Description: The property with the historic townhouse situated on Portion 4 of Erf 76.
OLD NELSPRUIT CATHOLIC CHURCH, 38 NEL STREET, NELSPRUIT3. Description: The property with the Old Nelspruit Catholic Church, at 38 Nel Street, Nelspruit
SITE OF THE MOZAMBICAN TRAIN DISASTER, SITUATED AT ELANDSPRUIT4. Description: The bridge crossing the Elandspruit at Waterval Boven Town and an area of surrounding land as well as the mass grave in the local cemetery

Gazette Date
Gazette Number
25037
Gazette Notice Status
Expired
Notice Date
Notice Number
371
Declared by (Organisation/Heritage Authority)
South African Heritage Resources Agency
25037-371.pdf (72.11 KB)
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