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Situated at 60 Church Street, this was the home of President Paul Kruger. It was his personal property as the ZAR did no...

Holiday resort at Mossel Bay, named after two steel tanks- Afrikaans: 'bakke', installed to hold water piped fro...

Founded in 1946, this is the home of the South African National Botanical Institute. Thus it serves as a recreational sp...

Church square is in the historic centre of Pretoria! The founder of Pretoria, Marthinus Pretorius declared the square to...

Opened on 2 November 1900, the Irene Concentration Camp was built with the intention that it would be one of the camps t...

After the Jameson Raid in 1896, Pres Paul Kruger of the “Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek” decided to protect Pretoria by con...

This fort was built by the firm Schneider & Co, which was connected to the French firm, Le Creusot. Military enginee...

This was the third fort erected by the German firm Krupp and designed by von Dewitz and Werner. The German forts were of...

This museum depicts the history of the South African Air Force and houses a collection of old aircraft, missiles, unifor...

Klapperkop offers visitors panoramic views of Pretoria in all directions. Not only is it fast becoming a popular jogging...

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...