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Voortrekker Monument
The Voortrekker Monument is located just south of Pretoria in South Africa. This massive granite structure is prominently located on a hilltop, and was raised to commemorate the Voortrekkers who left the Cape Colony between 1835 and 1854.
On 8 July 2011 the Voortrekker Monument, designed by the architect Gerard Moerdijk, was declared a National Heritage Site by the South African Heritage Resource Agency.
History.
The idea to build a monument in honour of God was first discussed on 16 December 1888, when President Paul Kruger
Strijdom Former Prime Minister.
- B. J. Vorster, Former Prime Minister and State President.
- Dr J. S. Gericke, Vice-Chancellor Stellenbosch University
- Pik Botha, former Minister of Foreign Affairs
- H. B. Thom, historian and former Rector of Stellenbosch University.
- G.L.P. Moerdijk Afrikaans architect best known for designing the Voortrekker Monument in Pretoria.
- Tienie Groenewald, retired Defence Force general.
- Barend Johannes van der Walt, former ambassador to Canada.
- Dr. Pieter Johannes Potgieter Stofberg