In his response to a recent reference in Stoep Talk [a column in The Star] to the "slight error" in the placing of the aperture through which a beam of light is designed to strike the sarcophagus at noon on 16 December, ...
The exact time when a beam of sunlight will shine onto the sarcophagus, the highlight of the Voortrekker Monument Celebrations, will be true noon, 1¾ minutes after noon, South African time.
At the handing over ceremony of the Voortrekker Monument, the Prime Minister, Dr. Malan, said that the Voortrekker Monument, carried an important message for future generations.
The president of the Transvaal Teachers' Association has issued an appeal to all English-medium schools in the Transvaal to contribute to the Voortrekker Memorial Fund.