Marthinus Wessel Pretorius statue defaced

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Names: Pretorius, Marthinus Wessel

Born: 17 September 1819, near Graaff-Reinet, Cape Colony [now South Africa]

Died: 19 May 1901, Potchefstroom, South African Republic [now South Africa]

In summary: foer [Boer] statesman and soldier

Marthinus Wessel Pretorius was born in September 17, 1819, near Graaff-Reinet in the then Cape Colony. He was a boer statesman, soldier, eldest son of the Great Trek leader Andries Pretorius, and the first president of the South African Republic and founder of Pretoria. He died on the 19th of May , 1901, in Potchefstroom.

http://www.sahistory.org.za/people/marthinus-wessel-pretorius
 
The defacing of statues are telling more about the defacers than the intended justice they are trying to achieve.

If I were an alien, visiting this planet, my regard for these pieces of **** would have gone done dramatically.
 
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