Eastern Cape

The Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Art Museum, formerly the King George VI Art Gallery. It was opened on 22 June 1956 and r...

Port Elizabeth's Feather Market Centre is located on the corner of Baakens Street and Military Road, Central and, as its...

It developed from a Mission Station at Gatberg, established in 1863 by William Murray. This area comes under the Eastern...

Dwarsvlei Farm came into prominence when, in 1900, it was bought by Henry Nourse, who was one of the few survivors of th...

Bathurst in the Eastern Cape, is one of the smallest but most interesting Municipalities in South Africa. Founded i...

“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to Change the World.” A quote from Nelson Mandela. Nelson Mand...

Mount Fletcher is named after Reverend John Fletcher, founder of the first mission established by the British Methodists...

This spectacular Kloof (which is part of the R332 route) links the Western section of the Baavianskloof with the higher ...

The Cacadu District is the largest (58 243 km²) of the six districts in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. Cover...

Steenbras Nature Reserve includes the well known Steenbras River Gorge and Crystal Pools hiking trail which is a popular...

Originally named after the wife of Sir Henry Bartle Frere, the then Governor of the Cape, Lady Frere serves is the centr...

The first Teachers’ Training College in South Africa was built there in 1838. Genadendal also opened the first Guest Hou...

Wuppertal is a most attractive oasis in a very rugged wilderness, 72 km southeast of Clanwilliam and about 250 km from C...

The Quanza was a four-masted steamship of 942 tons which went ashore at East London on Sunday, 26 May 1872 at 05h00. She...

There is a Gorge that lies in the Valley, stretching for over 100 kilometres, between the Baviaanskloof Mountains to the...

This bronze artifice, cast by the Bocarro family, also known as the Miracle Cannon, was salvaged in May 1977 from the Sh...

The Village of Slang Rivier was founded early in 1885, and in April 1894 its name was changed to Elliot, after Sir Henry...

Commissioned on 11 May 1950 The Cape Seal lighthouse lies within the Robberg Nature and Marine Reserve on the seaward ti...

Old name for Algoa Bay was Angra da Roca named in 1488, by Bartolomeu Dias when he was the first European to land there....

Considered one of the most interesting towns to visit in the region, along with Grahamstown, King Williams Town began it...

Contrary to the practice which obtains in the United Kingdom and some other countries, no light dues are levied on shipp...

Just South of Mthatha (Umtata) in the Eastern Cape on the rolling green Hills, of a cluster of Villages; their isone kno...

Grootfontein was established in 1911 and, as one of the oldest Agricultural Colleges in South Africa, it has a proud tra...

Set in amongst other Villages with similarly lyrical names, like: Musgund, Louterwater and Kareedouw, on Route 62, Joube...

The Outeniqua Pass is a relatively modern Pass, connecting the Coastal Town of George with Oudtshoorn and the Little Kar...

Zithulele Hospital is a 147 bed government-funded Hospital near Mqanduli, Eastern Cape. The Hospital serves a population...

The Gamtoos river probably derived its name from a Khoikhoi clan whose name was given by early Dutch settlers as "Gamtou...

This huge Dam was created to supply Citrus Farmers further down, in the Sundays River Valley with Irrigation Water for t...

The new University was named in honour of an icon of the South African liberation struggle and close comrade of Nelson M...

Their ancestors were settled in these villages after the war of 1850 by the colonial authorities. The starvation and ha...

Stopping place for the Transnet busses on the Route from Bedford to Spring Valley. The name is derived from Achaskloof. ...

An early history of the Transkei area Originally the Transkei included the territories of Idutywa Reserve, Fingoland ...

The Inxuba Yethemba Local Municipality is a Category B Municipality situated in the Chris Hani District in the Eastern C...

Andrew Geddes Bains was a  fervent letter writer of satirical sketches of contemporary life, transport entrepreneur, mil...

Morgan Bay boasts over 280 species of Bird with Habitats ranging from back gardens to the banks the Lagoon, municipal Da...

Elsie Francina, born in 1806, married Casper Jan Hendrik Kruger on 3 September 1820. They are the parents of old preside...

The Ciskei Bantustan in the Eastern Cape was created as an enclave for the South Africa's Xhosa-speaking people as part ...

Antoniesberg Pass on the Northern side of the Baviaanskloof Mountains via a River crossing just below a weir, without a ...

Sidwadweni is a little village in the Eastern Cape which has produced a Celebrity!