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Date: 1943 : 2012 Type: Monument Status: Extant   Click to view map Coordinates: 32°13'12.11" S 24°32'28.69" E Alt: 799m

Transcript of granite stone: ANDRIES PRETORIUS-MONUMENT BEELDHOUER: COERT STEYNBERG ONTHUL: NOVEMBER 1943 MATERIAAL: GRANIET DIE MONUMENT IS OPGERIG TER ERE VAN VOORTREKKERLEIER ANDRIES PRETORIUS WAT IN 1838 VAN HIERDIE OMGEWING NOORDWAARTS GETREK HET. WEENS TOENEMENDE VANDILISME EN VEILIGHEIDSRISIKO'S VIR BESOEKERS HET DIE ERFENISSTIGTING SEDERT 2003 VERSKEIE VERSOEKE ONTVANG OM DIE MONUMENT TE SKUIF. IN 2012 HET DIE STIGTING BESLUIT OM DIE MONUMENT, OP EIE KOSTE, NA HIERDIE VEILIGE TERREIN IN DIE KAMDEBOO NASIONALE PARK TE VERSKUIF. ONTHUL DEUR GENL. MAJ. GERT OPPERMAN BESTURENDE DIREKTEUR VAN DIE ERFENISSTIGTING 11 DESEMBER 2012 ANDRIES PRETORIUS MONUMENT SCULPTOR: COERT STEYNBERG UNVEILED: NOVEMBER 1943 MATERIAL: GRANITE THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED IN HONOUR OF VOORTREKKER LEADER ANDRIES PRETORIUS WHO MOVED NORTHWARDS FROM THIS REGION IN 1838. AS A RESULT OF INCREASING VANDALISM AND SECURITY RISKS FOR VISITORS THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION HAD RECEIVED VARIOUS REQUESTS SINCE 2003 TO MOVE THE MONUMENT. IN 2012 THE FOUNDATION DECIDED TO MOVE THE MONUMENT TO THIS SAFE SITE IN THE CAMDEBOO NATIONAL PARK AT ITS OWN COST. UNVEILED BY MAJ. GEN. GERT OPPERMAN MANAGING DIRECTOR OF THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION 11 DECEMBER 2012