This Day in History: April 25, 1804
Additional Date: April 25, 1804
The town of Uitenhage in the Eastern Cape Province was founded when then Commissioner-General Jacob Uitenhage de Mist felt there was a need to improve the colonial administration of the Cape areas. The new district of Uitenhage was then founded and was named after de Mist.
Uitenhage is today a thriving industrial town. It boasts the Volkswagen factory which is the largest car factory on the African continent.