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| | Creamer Media's Engineering News Online, South African Industry News :: News Today |
 | | As far as can be determined, building plans for the Strijdom Square dome were never submitted to the local authority and were, therefore, not approved, says City Development Control (Pretoria administrative unit) director Louis Bouwer. |
 | | The collapse of the structure is still being investigated by an engineer, but structural fatigue probably played a major role, he adds. |
 | | The Strijdom Square monument, in the city centre, was unveiled in 1972, and consisted of a dome covering a bust of former prime minister Johannes Gerhardus Strijdom, sculpted by artist Coert Steynberg, and also a group of charging horses on a marble column, created by Danie de Jager. |
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