Sport Match 18 of the
1910 British Lions tour to South Africa was played in Burgersdorp.
Museums, monuments and memorials Ten of the Eastern Cape's
provincial heritage sites can be found in Burgersdorp. They include the Christ Church, the Coetzee House, the De Bruin House, the Jubilee Fountain, the Old Goal, the Old Reformed Church Parsonage, the Old Reformed Church Theological Seminary as well as the three listed below in more detail.
Dutch Reformed Church This church was declared a
provincial heritage site in 1996.
Blockhouse A
Second Boer War blockhouse overlooking the town, commonly known as the Sentinel was declared a
provincial heritage site in 1939.
Dutch Language Monument A monument to
Dutch, built in 1893 is located in the town. The monument depicts a woman pointing her finger at a book in her hands. This monument was declared a
provincial heritage site in 1937. Although the main inscription on that monument refers to the
Hollandse taal (Dutch language), it can be understood to mean
Afrikaans, because the
Hollandse taal in South Africa was only split since 1925. But the monument is officially recognised as a monument to Dutch. The monument was damaged during the Anglo-Boer War, and Lord Milner had it removed. It was replaced with a replica in 1907. The original was later discovered in
King William's Town in 1939, and moved back to stand next to the replica in Burgersdorp. Some sources claim that Lord Milner had removed the original monument not because it was damaged, but because he was opposed to Dutch (and Afrikaans), and that the replica was built not by government but by a group of Afrikaners. Burgersdorp-Language Monument-002.JPG|The replica (
left) and original (
right) Dutch Language Monuments Burgersdorp-Sentinel-001.JPG|The Sentinel Blockhouse Burgersdorp-NGKerk-001.JPG|The Dutch Reformed Church ==Education==