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Gustav Preller was a well-known journalist and historian who championed the cause of the Afrikaans language. He occupied...

The first annexation of the Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek by Sir Theophilus Shepstone in 1877 led to the establishment of ...

It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 27 January 1938.   This English fort or earthwor...

The Nederduits Gereformeerde congregation of Zoutpansberg was established at Renosterpoort, by S Hofmeyr, in September 1...

The building dates from the late Victorian period and has impressive neo-Classical elements. Its two sections were opene...

This imposing dwelling with its notable Cape Dutch features was erected in 1815 as a single storey structure. A second s...

It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 12 May 1989.

 It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 29 November 1974.   The Port Elizabeth Cit...

It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 23 December 1983.  Donkin Street is a famous touri...

 This beautiful Georgian home was built in the 1850’s to house soldiers guarding the port of Port Elizabeth. ...

On the outskirts of Uitenhage is Cuyler Manor; a Historical giant in Nelson Mandela Bay gently tucked away between the S...

The Drostdy was erected during General Jacob Glen Cuyler’s tenure of office as Landdrost of Uitenhage in 1809 and ...

The Dutch Reformed congregation of Uitenhage, the 10th oldest Dutch Reformed congregation in South Africa and the second...

The building was designed by architect Carl Otto Hager, whose plans were later revised by AH Reid of Port Elizabeth. The...

The Erica School for Girls in Port Elizabeth was begun in 1884 by Miss Mary Anne van Wyk, who initially gave lessons in ...

During the 1850s Sir George Grey, Governor of the Cape from 1854-61, played a leading role in the establishment of educa...

The memorial, designed by Joseph Whitehead and cast in bronze by the Thames Dillon Works, in Surrey, was unveiled on 11 ...

This dwelling was erected in 1894 for RH Hammersley-Heenen, resident engineer and general manager of the South African R...

The Market Square in the heart of the Port Elizabeth town centre is a historical icon that reveals much about this old c...

Port Elizabeth owes its origin and development to the arrival of British settlers in 1820. Sir Rufane Donkin was the Act...

The Lookout stands on a high promontory overlooking a Valley noted for its Indigenous Vegetation. Although it is a spot ...

Fort Frederick, Port Elizabeth, which is located along Belmont Terrace, is a stone fort built in 1799 by the British For...

Emirates Airline Park, also popularly known by its old name Ellis Park Stadium, was constructed in 1928 and was first na...

George Harrison and the history of Johannesburg are closely bound together: it was he who first found gold in 1886, a di...

In 1886 Hans Sauer, who combined a medical practice with prospecting on Cecil Rhodes’s behalf, was guided from Ferreira’...

Located in the heart of Soweto, the Credo Mutwa Cultural Village is a museum-cum-outdoor exhibition of astounding sculpt...

The story the Kliptown Open Air Museum tells of the thousands of people who contributed to the drafting of the Freedom C...

A famous vantage point on the Drakensberg escarpment God's Window stands at an altitude of 1,829m/6,000ft extending nort...

This is a double-storey manor House designed by Architect P Piekes. Erected in 1904-05, it is an excellent example of th...

Kwa-Zulu Natal has a diverse literary heritage, from the legacy of prominent Indian writers and political figures in Gre...