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From: "sharon marshall" <>
Subject: Re: [ZA] The Campanile, icon of the 1820 Settlers
Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2004 09:50:06 +0200
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What a cruel one yours was - and not unlikely, especially in the Eastern
Cape - the day before yesterday a 6m bronze of Mandela was erected in
Sandton Square (which has been renamed NM Square), "taller than the highest
giraffe which is 5.9m" and doing the Madiba jive!
Cape Argus had the Cobra (a rollercoaster type thing from Ratanga Junction)
being transferred to Table Mountain, because the view form the mountain had
become "tired and boring and comprised 50% sky, which tourists can see
anywhere in the world".
Much more laughable!
Last year the ocean was set to submerge the whole of Cape Town in a
relatively short space of time...

Sharon
----- Original Message -----
From: "Becky Horne" <>
To: <>
Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2004 10:36 PM
Subject: [ZA] The Campanile, icon of the 1820 Settlers


> Hi Folks
>
> So what story did your local newspaper cover today on April's Fool Day?
> This article appeared in the Algoa Sun, a newspaper that is distributed
once a week for free in Port Elizabeth.
> A rather silly prank that will upset a lot of folk with 1820 British
Immigrant ancestors.
>
> >>Campanile to be demolished
> UK-made MANDELA bronze will take its place by Loof LIRPA
>
> A famous Port Elizabeth landmark, the Campanile, icon of the 1820
Settlers, will soon be replaced by a bronze statue of another South African
icon, Nelson Mandela. That is, if the Metro Council approves a request by
Mr. Ken LIVINGSTONE, Mayor of London, to have a statue honouring Nelson
MANDELA erected at the Jetty Street entrance to the Port Elizabeth harbour.
>
> The request from London's Lord Mayor follows a second decision by the
Westminster Public Art Committee not to have the bronze statue of Nelson
MANDELA erected on Trafalgar Square. The committee has stated that the
'statue's hands poses a problem; we don't like the shape and we don't like
the hands."
>
> Mr. LIVINGSTONE first came up with the idea to have a statue of Madiba
erected on Trafalgar Square in 2001 after he had attended a South African
Freedom Day concert in London, saying the concert was such a success that "I
want to mark the visit of Mr. MANDELA to the square with a magnificent
statue." His announcement was followed by numerous fundraising events to
secure enough money to have the statue designed and sculptured. Sculpture
Ian WALTERS did the design - one that, according to Mr. LIVINGSTONE, carried
Mr. MANDELA's approval.
>
> However, the Westminster Public Art Committee chaired by Ms. Angelo
HOOPER, refused an application to have the 2,7 metre high figure sit in
front of the National Gallery, offering a counter proposal that would see it
shifted 45 metres to the right. With no solution in sight, and the statue
gathering dust, the Greater London Borough approved a recommendation by Mr.
LIVINGSTONE to donate the statue to the Nelson Mandela Metro Municipality.
>
> "If Trafalgar Square does not want it, I believe it will be a fitting
tribute to this great statesman to have his statue on display in the metro
named for him," said Ms. Claudia WEBBE, Mr. LIVINGSTONE's cultural advisor.
She visited Port Elizabeth earlier this week to finalise plans for the
handing over the statue to the city and to identify a suitable site. She
told the Algoa Sun correspondent Loof LIRPA she had visited various sites
all over the city, including the Donkin Reserve. "However, I could find only
one site that would do justice to the statue: the Jetty Street entrance to
the harbour. Unfortunately the site is presently occupied by the Campanile."
She said this would mean that the Campanile, built more than 100 years ago,
would have to be demolished.
>
> "It really serves no purpose in modern-day South Africa. It is outdated,
dirty and an eyesore to hundreds of people visiting the harbour or driving
past." Ms. WEBBE said she had discussed the demolishing of the Campanile
with the Metro Council and was pleased with the results. She said the
greater London Borough would cover the demolition costs of the Campanile,
the costs of having Mr. MANDELA's statue brought to Port Elizabeth and the
costs of preparing the site and erecting the statue.
>
> She said tenders for the Campanile's demolition would be posted early next
week and the whole process should be completed by April 1 next year.>>
>
> FOOTNOTE:
>
> The National Monuments Act (Act No. 28 of 1969, as amended) states that:
> No person shall destroy, damage, excavate, alter, remove from its original
site or export from the Republic:
> (a) any meteorite or fossil
> (b) any drawing or painting on stone or a petroglyph known or commonly
believed to have been executed by Bushmen; or
> (c) any drawing or painting on stone or a petroglyph known or commonly
believed to have been executed by any other people who inhabited or visited
the Republic before the settlement of the Europeans at the Cape; or
> (d) any implement, ornament or structure known or commonly believed to
have been made, used or erected by people referred to in paragraphs (b) and
(c); or
> (e) the anthropological or archaeological contents of graves, caves, rock
shelters, middens, shell mounds or other sites used by such people; or
> (f) any other historical site, archaeological or palaeontological finds,
material or object,
> except under the authority of and in accordance with a permit issued under
this section.
> Anyone found guilty of an offence in terms of the Act is liable for a fine
of up to R10 000 or two years' imprisonment, or both.
> In cases where material is accidentally disturbed by mining, engineering
or agricultural activities, the finds must be reported to a cultural
institution such as a museum or university department, or the National
Monuments Council.
> Application forms for permits to collect or excavate may be obtained from:
> The Director
> National Monuments Council
> P O Box 4637
> Cape Town
> 8000
> Tel. (021) 462 4502, Fax (021) 462 4509
>
> Best wishes
> Becky
> Port Elizabeth, South Africa
>
> Researching: HENWICK; HILL; HORN(E); MEREDITH; MORGAN; WILLMORE; WILSON;
> LYNAR; MILLS; STERLEY; THECK; BEST; BRAUN, GREENER; GLANVILLE.
>
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