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National Heritage Monument

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The National Heritage Monument is a group of copper statues representing anti-apartheid activists, Zulu chiefs and missionaries in Groenkloof Nature Reserve, South Africa.[1] The monument is meant to reflect the struggle for liberation going back into the 1600s.[2] The project was started in 2010, but as of 2015, only has 55 statues.[1] A total of 400[3] to 500 statues are planned.[1] When complete, the monument will be called "The Long March to Freedom".[4]

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History

The idea for the project came from Dali Tambo in 2010, who is also the CEO of the National Heritage Project Company.[4] The first of the statues was unveiled in September 2015 by Nathi Mthethwa, the South African Minister of Arts and Culture.[2]

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