Statue of Paul Kruger, Church Square - Wikipedia
The Statue of Paul Kruger (Afrikaans: Krugerstandbeeld) is a bronze sculpture located in Church Square in Pretoria, South Africa. The statue depicts Paul Kruger, the Boer political and military leader and President of the South African Republic from 1883 to …
ANALYSIS | Race and remembrance: What to do about Paul Kruger’s statue ...
2020年6月25日 · But the in the centre of the square, looking towards the Palace of Justice, stands the enormous bronze statue of Paul Kruger, the last president of the Boer Republic of Transvaal, guarded by four Boers, or burghers, with their guns lying …
Church Square, Pretoria - Wikipedia
The square's most prominent feature, since June 1954, is the statue of the late Boer leader and president of the South African Republic, Paul Kruger, at its centre. [2] Statues of four anonymous Boer citizen-soldiers surround that of Kruger on a lower level of the plinth.
Remove or keep a statue? South Africa debates painful legacy
2018年12月16日 · Nearly 25-years after the end of white minority rule, the statue of Paul Kruger stands testament to South Africa’s harsh past, but also stirs deep divisions about whether the statue should remain or be scrapped.
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A statue of Paul Kruger is located in Church Square in front of the City Hall in Pretoria, Gauteng. Paul Kruger, lovingly known as Uncle Paul (Oom Paul), was the State President of the South African republic (Transvaal). The statue is found in the centre and can be seen from anywhere in …
If only statues could speak: the four Boer statues Kitchener ‘stole’
2020年7月1日 · In Church Square, Pretoria, stands a statue of President Paul Kruger flanked by four bronze sculptures of Boers. They spent nearly twenty years, from 1902 to 1921, in England before being returned to South Africa eventually to take up their position on the square in 1954.
Paul Kruger’s statue: a symbol of resistance or a reminder of ...
Gifted in gratitude, stolen in protest and finally returned under Mandela’s presidency, the statue of Paul Kruger in Utrecht University Hall (Dutch name: Academiegebouw) embodies the complicated legacy of South Africa’s former president.
Statue of President Paul Kruger, Pretoria - South African …
A radical left-wing Political party in South Africa has called for a statue of Boer leader Paul Kruger to be pulled down and replaced by one of Winnie Mandela. The call is part of an ongoing campaign by the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) group, which has been criticised for using racially-charged language and describes itself as militant.
Paul Kruger - Wikipedia
In 1954, over half a century after its construction by Anton van Wouw, a bronze statue of Kruger in his characteristic Dopper suit and top hat was erected in Church Square, Pretoria; Kruger stands atop a plinth surrounded by four crouching Boers from different time periods. [247]
Paul Kruger statue vandalised again in latest attack | City Press
2024年10月31日 · The Federation of Afrikaans Cultural Organisations (FAK) has raised an alarm following the vandalism of four Burgher sentry statues that symbolically guard the giant statue of Afrikaner leader Paul Kruger on Pretoria’s historic Church Square monument in Gauteng.