Pretoria, the capital city of South Africa, is discussed in terms of the detrimental effect of monuments and the
monumentalising of structures of ideological significance built on its surrounding ridges, which more than any other
natural assets, define its sense of place and influenced the original urban conceptualisation. The discussion of existing
monuments and other structures which are indifferent to its sense of place will be followed by a brief discussion of
Freedom Park, the most recent addition, which is a government project sponsored by the ruling African National
Congress party, which has recently been completed on Salvokop at the main southern entrance to the city. The survey
of the monuments, military and other structures lead to the conclusion that their creation was mainly inspired by
ideologies on which the ruling political powers wished to bestow visibility by erecting them on elevated sites.
'n KRITIESE BESKOUING OOR DIE SKADE AAN DIE RANTJIES IN DIE HOOFSTAD VAN SUID-AFRIKA:
Pretoria, die hoofstad van Suid-Afrika, word bespreek in terme van die nadelige effek van die oprigting van
monumente en die monumentalisering van strukture van ideologiese belang op die omringende rantjies wat, meer as
enige ander natuurlike bates, die pleksin daarvan bepaal en ook die oorspronklike stedelike konseptualisering
beïnvloed het. Die bespreking van bestaande monumente en ander strukture wat sonder inagneming van pleksin
opgerig is, word gevolg deur =n kort bespreking van Freedom Park, die mees onlangse byvoeging, =n regeringsprojek
wat deur die heersende African National Congress-party op Salvokop by die suidelike hoofingang van die stad
opgerig is. Die opname van monumente, militêre en ander strukture lei tot die gevolgtrekking dat hulle ontstaan
hoofsaaklik geïnspireer is deur ideologieë waaraan die heersende politieke bewindhebbers sigbaarheid wou verleen
deur hulle op hoë plekke op te rig.
