Eastern Cape

William Bala

Sipho Arthur Badela

Sipho Arthur Badela

Lekkersing, Namaqualand

Lekkersing, Namaqualand

The small settlement of Lekkersing, established in 1926 by Ryk Jasper Cloete, lies 60km east of Port Nolloth. It is said...

19 December 2019

Wellington Maushe April

18 December 2019

stanley Ngubeni April

18 December 2019

Pearson Conservatorium and Prince Alfred’s Guard Memorial, St Georges Park, Port Elizabeth

Pearson Conservatorium and Prince Alfred’s Guard Memorial, St Georges Park, Port Elizabeth

28 November 2019

The Conservatory was designed and erected by Boyd & Son, of Paisley, in Scotland, who dismantled the original buildi...

Parsonage House Museum, Port Elizabeth

Parsonage House Museum, Port Elizabeth

27 November 2019

This is probably the oldest surviving house in Port Elizabeth and was built by Rev Francis McClelland of the Church of E...

27 November 2019

Framesby, Port Elizabeth

Framesby, Port Elizabeth

14 November 2019

Port Elizabeth suburb with many attractions.

Victoria Tower, Uitenhage

Victoria Tower, Uitenhage

Uitenhage developed from 1804 to 1910 from a settlement with a typical Dutch Layout popular in the Cape Colony at the ti...

Shipwreck Trail, Eastern Cape

Shipwreck Trail, Eastern Cape

ABOUT SHIPWRECK HIKING TRAIL Start: Port Alfred Finish: Fish River Mouth near East London Duration: 69 km over five da...

Buntingville, Eastern Cape

Buntingville, Eastern Cape

The South African mission stations of Buntingville and Old Bunting, founded in the Eastern Cape in the nineteenth centur...

Our Lady of Montserrat Catholic Church, Betty's Bay

Our Lady of Montserrat Catholic Church, Betty's Bay

Our Lady Of Montserrat in Betty's Bay, Western Cape is a Christian Congregation serving the Betty's Bay Community and en...

Hawston

Close to Hermanus, the town of Hawston with its long, white unspoilt beach lies cosily between the sea and the mountain....

Xuxuwa, Eastern Cape

Xuxuwa, Eastern Cape

Xuxuwa the Railroad Siding, Eastern Cape, is 9 km West of Fort Beaufort and 7 km East-Northeast of Brakfontein. It takes...

South End Museum, Port Elizabeth

South End Museum, Port Elizabeth

Click on image to enlarge The South End Museum Trust was started in 1999 when a group of people from the disadvantaged ...

Athenaeum building, Belmont Terrace, Port Elizabeth

Athenaeum building, Belmont Terrace, Port Elizabeth

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

City Hall, Port Elizabeth

City Hall, Port Elizabeth

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

Dutch Reformed Church Hall, Uitenhage

Dutch Reformed Church Hall, Uitenhage

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

Dutch Reformed Church, 23 Main Street, Jansenville

Dutch Reformed Church, 23 Main Street, Jansenville

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

Erica Girl’s School Building, Richmond Hill, Port Elizabeth

Erica Girl’s School Building, Richmond Hill, Port Elizabeth

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

Hillside House, 14 Bird Street, Port Elizabeth

Hillside House, 14 Bird Street, Port Elizabeth

The property was originally granted to George Daniel Diesel in 1824. The building was presumably erected after that date...

Horse Memorial, junction of Cape and Russell Roads, Port Elizabeth

Horse Memorial, junction of Cape and Russell Roads, Port Elizabeth

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

Philip Irrigation Tunnel and Missionary Station, Hankey

Philip Irrigation Tunnel and Missionary Station, Hankey

Three years after his arrival at the Cape, Superintendent of the London Missionary Society, Dr John Philip, paid a visit...

Lanherne Building, Humewood Road, Port Elizabeth

Lanherne Building, Humewood Road, Port Elizabeth

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

Market Square, Port Elizabeth

Market Square, Port Elizabeth

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

Newington Road Victorian Houses, Port Elizabeth

Newington Road Victorian Houses, Port Elizabeth

This row of late Victorian double-storey, semi-detached dwellings forms a unique terrace erected in the late 19th centur...

Old Post Office, Fleming Street, Port Elizabeth

Old Post Office, Fleming Street, Port Elizabeth

This building is today commonly referred to as the ‘(old) Post Office Complex’ but contains 4 conjoined buildings. The c...

Opera House, Port Elizabeth

Opera House, Port Elizabeth

This building, designed in a late Renaissance style based broadly upon the Doric order, was erected in 1891 under the di...

Public Library, Port Elizabeth

Public Library, Port Elizabeth

The building was designed Henry Cheers, an Architect from Twickenham. The Library was officially opened on 29 July 1902....

Old Railway Station Museum, Uitenhage

Old Railway Station Museum, Uitenhage

This is an engaging structure, with a high pitch roof, dormer windows and ornate fretted timber details. Built on Market...

Residence, 21 Cuyler Street, Uitenhage

Residence, 21 Cuyler Street, Uitenhage

The construction of the original structure with its Cape Dutch and Georgian features, dates from approximately 1840. It ...

Settler Houses, 10-12 Castle Hill, Port Elizabeth

Settler Houses, 10-12 Castle Hill, Port Elizabeth

The two buildings, originally owned by Police Constable Sterley, date from about 1840, and together with the adjacent ho...

Windyridge House, 24 Newington Road, Port Elizabeth

Windyridge House, 24 Newington Road, Port Elizabeth

This is one of the best examples of Victorian Architecture in Port Elizabeth, and is typical of its Town and Houses Buil...

Lookout, Uitenhage

Lookout, Uitenhage

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

Fort Frederick, Port Elizabeth

Fort Frederick, Port Elizabeth

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

Drostdy Museum, Uitenhage

Drostdy Museum, Uitenhage

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

Homestead on Totteridge Park Farm, District of Uitenhage

Homestead on Totteridge Park Farm, District of Uitenhage

The Historic Homestead of the Farm Totteridge Park, situate on Portion 55, a portion of Portion 10 of the Farm Zwartkops...

Pioneer's Memorial Synagogue, Raleigh Street, Port Elizabeth

Pioneer's Memorial Synagogue, Raleigh Street, Port Elizabeth

Museum in a former synagogue featuring exhibits on Jewish life & History in Port Elizabeth. The Jewish Pioneers’ Mem...