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Date: n.d. Status: Extant   Click to view map Coordinates: 24°42'09.14" S 28°24'08.78" E Alt: 1178m

During the Anglo-Boer War women and children were interned in concentration camps by the British forces. Transcription of the memorial stone: HIER RUS BEHALWE 'N PAAR ANDER PERSONE 544 VROUE EN KINDERS WAT AS SLAGOFFERS VAN DIE KONSENTRASIEKAMP GEDURENDE DIE OORLOG VAN 1899 TOT 1902 DIE LEWE INGESKIET HET EN VIR WIE OOK 'N GEDENKSTEEN OP DIE MARKPLEIN OPGERIG IS ONTHUL; 15 DES. 1942 Translation: HERE REST EXCEPT FOR A FEW OTHER PEOPLE 544 WOMEN AND CHILDREN WHO AS VICTIMS OF THE CONCENTRATION CAMP DURING THE WAR OF 1899 TO 1902 LOST THEIR LIVES AND ALSO FOR WHOM A MEMORIAL STONE WAS ERECTED ON THE MARKET SQUARE UNVEILED; 15 DEC. 1942