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The following day, on 16 December, a reported handful of Voortrekkers defeated between 12 000 and 15 000 Zulu warriors. The battle lasted about five hours and claimed the lives of approximately 3 000 Zulu warriors and wounded three Voortrekkers. (Theart-Peddle 2007:36)

Figure 3.29: Upper dome opening closed Source: Author (2021)

Closing all the openings of light into the hall from the opening on the dome deprives visitors of the sacred qualities of the monument. If light is the symbol of God’s blessings, why should it be an annual event? What if it is cloudy or raining on the day of 16 December at noon? Will there be no blessings or divine endorsement that year? In the consideration in Figure 3.30, the rooftop opens for use as a recreational space instead of a sacred and untouchable part because of the light entering into the building. As a space open to the public, it can be used to view the city landscape or a place of philosophical thinking that reflects the inner self.

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legacies in the SADC

4.4 Recommendations

Figure 3.46: One walkway with trees on both sides

4.2.3 Review of policies of architectural decolonisation

Figure 3.44: Main walkway with trees and grass

Figure 3.45: Elevation with trees and grass

Figure 3.43: Square with meandering pathways

Figure 3.42: Square with a water garden

Figure 3.41: Bridge crossing

Figure 3.37: Africa Unity Square layout plan

Figure 3.38: Walkways north of the square removed

Figure 3.34: Broken tiles

Figure 3.28: Closing the opening between the Hall of Heroes and Hall of the Altar

Figure 3.33: Rainbow floor option

Figure 3.32: Rainbow patterned floor

Figure 3.29: Upper dome opening closed

Figure 3.27: Beam splitter for light on both Cenotaphs

Figure 3.26: Adding another Cenotaph next to the existing

Figure 3.25: Cenotaph inscribed in 11 languages

Figure 3.21: City development around the Voortrekker Monument

Figure 3.23: Sunlight shining on the cenotaph

Figure 3.15: Empty plinth at Church Square

Figure 3.16: Voortrekker Monument

3.3.5 Proposals in terms of statue or plinth position

3.3.7 Conclusion

Figure 3.12: Another statue next to Paul Kruger

Figure 3.10: Plinth and statue removed from the central point

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2.5 SADC

3.2.3 Conclusion

Figure 3.3: Church Square and surroundings

Figure 3.9: Paul Kruger statue and plinth

3.2.2 Height and scale

2.3 Conflicting memories

2.4 spirit of heritage