Tourist attraction
Jubilee Square & Jetty
Bronze standby diver statue honoring navy divers, gazing out over a working harbour from a historic jetty.
0:00≈ 2 min
Location
0:00≈ 2 min
About this audio guide
This guide to Jubilee Square in Cape Town follows Otto du Plessis, a former South African Navy diver who set out to honor his fellow divers with a monument the Navy itself refused to endorse. You'll hear how he and other veteran divers funded it themselves, donation by donation, and built it in secret on this jetty. It's a story about a brotherhood that raised its own tribute rather than wait for official permission, told at the very spot where the statue now stands.
This audio guide was created using AI.