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These photos were taken in March last year. Sadly, I doubt that there has been an improvement since then.

Thanks for posting that Terry. I am compiling a list of extant medals to raiders and was just thinking about this this morning.

I guess the memorial no longer has anyone in the government that cares.

Cheers
Ryan

There is a schizophrenic approach to the monuments and memorials commemorating Colonial history. On the one hand, they are ignored, evidently in the hope they will go away and so change history, while on the other, people (especially foreigners) are encouraged to visit them, evidently in the hope they will spend a lot of money while doing so. It has yet to occur to people who could change the situation that vandalised monuments and tourism are incompatible.

Brett

The Boer War monument at Vereeniging taken on the same day as those of the Jameson Raid Memorial. Less excuse for the state of this one since it is located at the city center!