Portuguese navigator Bartholomew Dias erects the first stone cross on the South African coast
… stone cross, at Kwaaihoek near the mouth of the Bushman's River on the Eastern Cape coast. It is South Africa's oldest … believe, the mouth of what is today the Great Fish River. On the return journey, Dias placed three stone … Dias erected at Kwaaihoek, near the mouth of the Bushman's River on the eastern Cape coast, is seen as South Africa's …