Overview
Identifiers
Inventory Number
2628AB148
Site Name
Victims of Conflict Memorial, Thokoza, Alberton District
Site Category
Monuments & Memorials
Historical/alternative Site Name
Alternate, Thokoza Memorial
Record Administration
Author
Dilshaat.Davids
Post date
Monday, January 11, 2021 - 22:27
Last modified
Friday, May 24, 2024 - 09:21
Monuments & Memorials Recordings
Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on Sunday, April 18, 2021 - 22:03.
Identifiers
Inventory Reference
9/2/200/0006
Primary?
Off
Site Recording Admin Comments
The light in the monument is damaged and no longer working. There are no toilets. There is no tap for running water. The monument is maitained and controlled by the local volunteers who stay near by with the leadership of Simon knaus 06339888902. The monument yard have dangerous side where a pull of water is deep and can couse danger to visitors, that area needs to be closed for safety. Please refer to the pictures.Purpose:Date Unveiled: 16th October 1999Designer: Co founder: Thokoza Phenduka Joined by : DR M.MojapeloBuilder: Person/Institution Commemorated: Group of peopleRecorder Name: Sebabatso Mabaleha
Classifications
Monument Type
Commemorative Monument
War Memorial
Description

The purpose of the Memorial and Monument of Thokoza is to honour and cherish the people who lost thier lives or went missing during the political Conflict that engulfed Thokoza and the surrounding areas before and after the first democratic elections in 1994.

Contains Animal figures?
No
Contains Human figures?
No
Construction Materials
Bricks and ceramic with a concrete roofing.
Pedestal Material
Bricks and ceramic
Event Commemorated
The conflict that was between ANC and IFP
Unveiled Comment
Thabo Mbeki (ANC)and Prince Mangosuthu Bethelezi ( IFP).
Inscriptions
IN THIS ROLL OF HONOUR, THE MEMORY OF THEIR LIVES IS CHERISHED. 1990_ 1994. This is to commemorate the lives that were lost during a Conflict between ANC and IFP.
Location
Location
Mapping
-26.35154, 28.132356
Gauteng
  • Ekurhuleni
Directions to Site
20m off the main road
Access details
The access to the Memorial and Monument is controlled at the gate by the local volunteer security of eight members. available 24/7. The gates are always locked only open for the staff and visitors.
Declaration
DeclarationName
Declaration - 350151
Declaration Title
Thokoza Memorial
Declaration Type
Provisional Protection
Declaration Description

By virtue of the power vested in the Provincial Heritage Resources Authority-Gauteng in terms of Section 29 of the National Heritage Resources Act 25 of 1999, the property fully described in the schedule below is provisionally declared as a Provincial Heritage Resource of Gauteng Province. Schedule The site including the building thereon, being the Thokoza Memorial, located at Khumalo Street, Thokoza, Ekurhuleni, Gauteng Province

Gazette Date
Gazette Number
90
Gazette Notice Status
Current
Notice Number
257
Declared by (Organisation/Heritage Authority)
Provincial Heritage Resources Authority Gauteng
za-gp-provincial-gazette-dated-2024-03-13-no-90-part-1_0_18.pdf (6.02 MB)
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