There are some Gedenktuin features in this otherwise ordinary cemetery, such as brick walls marking an entrance, internal divisions with some walls likely to hold the actual remains of the dead, and formal memorials placed together and dedicated at various key dates for nationalism. The original graves have been remade and restored to have a formal regularity; no untidy stones preventing animals from digging but instead uniform surrounds and gravel fillings. Headstones given prominence bear names that are politically resonant, such as Kruger and Steyn, but which are of people not related to ‘the’ Krugers and Steyns. There are many smaller and larger memorials with a variety of dates, including 1926, 1938, 1958 and 1972.
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