“Then the visitor stands inside a great wagon laager symbolically protecting the monument.” Hall of Heroes at the Voortrekker monument. Photo: Odette Venter.

Other signs of apartheid have vanished but the Voortrekker Monument thrives and is being made into an Afrikaner museum. South Africa's Symbol of a Bygone Era - Los Angeles Times ...

The Voortrekker Monument - once the great temple of apartheid - has been forced, like the Afrikaner people, to evolve with a changing South Africa. The once-proud, mausoleum-like edifice now has a ...

The Monument guard finds it easier to approach the bristling Umkhonto statue already in her full kit, hearing only her breathing, seeing less of it through her goggles. She switches on the leaf ...

Voortrekker Monument looks at expanding activities for locals as doors open The Voortrekker Monument had approximately lost 90% of its income due to the Covid-19 closure. August 4, 2020 ...

The Voortrekker Monument was once the great temple of apartheid, ... A 180 metric ton frieze in white marble on the inside walls tells the story of the trek, ...

At the foot of the many stairs leading up to the Voortrekker Monument stands a small, old-fashioned postbox. Barely noticeable, coloured red and numbered Tshwane 160, it gets emptied several times ...

The Voortrekker Monument in Pretoria is to be declared a national heritage site, Home Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma said on Monday. The move was intended to "further evoke a spirit of ...

Pretoria - In the decades that the Voortrekker Monument has stood on a hilltop in Pretoria, many South Africans have wished it away - but didn't think they'd get their wish. It might just happen this ...

The Voortrekker Monument - once the great temple of apartheid - has been forced, ... A 180 metric ton frieze in white marble on the inside walls tells the story of the trek, ...

Johannesburg - The Voortrekker Monument in Pretoria is to be declared a national heritage site, Home Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma said on Monday. The move was intended to "further evoke a ...