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Date: c1982 Type: Memorial Status: Extant   Click to view large map Coordinates: 32°48'04.53" S 27°07'49.56" E Alt: 882m

See more photographs This granite memorial was erected adjacent to the Ntaba kaNdoda National Monument by Brigadier Oupa Gqozo to memorialise the Ciskeian soldiers, prison warders and police 'who died defending their fatherland' (i.e. the Ciskei). The memorial symbolised the oppression of the bantustan government during the liberation struggle, and it has - perhaps not surprisingly - been badly vandalized. It used to have a rather poorly executed bust of a soldier on top. Ref: Correspondence with Denver Webb: Historian (William MARTINSON 2014) Transcription of wording on name panel: ELI LITYE LAMISWA UKUZE LINIKE IINKUMBUZO EZINGENA KULIBALEKA NGALOO MALUNGU EMIKHOSI EXHOTYISIWEYO AFELA EDYOKHWENI EKHONZA ELI LIZWE LIYINTANDA SOHLALA SIBAKHUMBULA ____________ THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED IN GLORIOUS MEMORY OF THOSE MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES WHO DIED IN THE ACTIVE SERVICE OF THIS BELOVED COUNTRY WE SHALL REMEMBER THEM See also the National Monument of the Republic of Ciskei. All truncated references not fully cited below are those of Joanna Walker's original text and cited in full in the 'Bibliography' entry of the Lexicon.