Eastern Cape

Set in a twist of the Sundays River, the Great Karoo town of Graaff-Reinet is one of the oldest towns in South Africa, d...

Uitenhage, officially renamed Kariega, is an industrial town in South Africa's Eastern Cape province, situated within th...

The village of Riebeek Kasteel was established in about 1861, and was located at the foot of the Mountain of the same na...

Mountain at which Kariega River arises. The name is derived from Khoikhoi: 'aga' -full of reeds, and 'koe'-mountain. Rie...

Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality includes Port Elizabeth now Gqeberha; Uitenhage; Despatch and Colchester.

The town of Plettenberg Bay lies almost on the border of the Western and Eastern Cape. Built on the hillside, most of th...

The Town is named after Captain Jeffreys who sailed his cargo ship on the East Coast of South Africa on trading expediti...

Port Elizabeth is now known as Gqeberha. The name change was approved by the South African government in 2021 and is an ...

It was founded in 1875 as a church town, like many other Karoo villages. The village of Nieu Bethesda was established on...

Inlet on the Coast of the Indian Ocean, South-West of Mossel Bay. Old name for Vleesbaai. It was given its name in Dutch...

The Tsitsikamma National Park is situated at the heart of the picturesque tourist region known as the Garden Route, foun...

The Village of Rabula was named after the Xhosa "ukurabula"-'a term given to a child when it becomes irritable'. Rabu...

It was laid out in 1853 and attained Municipal Status in 1855. Named after Queen Victoria of England. In the late 19th C...

The Cape government established the settlement of Kamastone in the Queenstown area, in 1854. In 1874 the government rece...

From a Transkei Beach with Cattle & Shipwreck to The Wild Coast's unspoiled beaches offer a feeling of complete esca...

Chintsa is a village in the Wild Coast region of the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. It is situated 38 km north-e...

The oldest town in the Eastern Cape, the fourth oldest in South Africa and certainly one of the most atmospheric, Graaff...

East London, Afrikaans Oos-Londen, port city, Eastern Cape province, South Africa. It lies at the mouth of the Buffalo R...

The village of Cofimvaba was probably established in about 1877 when the magisterial seat for Tembuland, which had origi...

The name, Dimbaza, an African Town in the former Ciskei, about 11km North-West of King William’s Town (on the road to Al...

Allemansfontein is a farm in Blue Crane Route Local Municipality, Sarah Baartman District Municipality, Eastern Cape

The frontier war of 1850-53 was precipitated when the amaNgqika, faced with the increased pressure of European settlemen...

Tylden in the region of Eastern Cape is a town in South Africa. Serving as landing site and home of settlers in the 1820...

In 1865 a number of Mfengu clans were resettled in the area around Nqamakwe. As refugees from the Mfacane wars further n...

Established in 1880, Bethal is a small farming town. Farming in potatoes, maize, sunflower seeds, sorghum and rye. There...

Sixteen kilometers East of Avontuur and 29 kilometers from Uniondale, a village was established by the Berlin Mission So...

East London is nicknamed "Buffalo City" due to its location at the mouth of the Buffalo River. The River flows through t...

At 27,5 km it is one of the longer passes in South Africa and traverses all four tiers of the dominant Zuurberg Mountain...

Today the road is more usually travelled in a comfortable 4×4 vehicle, but it still presents a challenge, particularly i...

Some politically active alumni like: Oliver Tambo; Nelson Mandela; Govan Mbeki; Robert Sobukwe and Mangosuthu Buthelezi ...

Cradock, which will be renamed Nxuba, is in the Chris Hani District Municipality. The other name that was proposed for C...

This group of double-storey semi-detached houses with prominent Victorian and Georgian features was erected shortly afte...

Located as it is, a short distance from the N10 main highway between Port Elizabeth and South Africa's interior as well ...

Gariep Dam is located in South Africa, near the Town of Norvalspont, bordering the Free State and Eastern Cape Provinces...

GRAHAMSTOWN HAS BEEN RENAMED MAKHANDA Within a few decades Grahamstown was the most important city in the Cape Colony af...

The Port Elizabeth City Hall, which is located in Market Square, was built between 1858 and 1862. The attractive clock t...

The little seaside village of Pringle Bay is one of the towns set within the natural beauty of the Kogelberg Biosphere, ...

A Post Office was opened at Palmiet River on 1 January 1846, and was probably located at a ford where a small bridge, kn...

Before 1993, the Eastern Cape was part of the Cape Province. Today it includes the old homelands of Ciskei and Transkei....

The temple was designed by Orlando Middleton and erected by Jacob Kohler and Sons. The Port Elizabeth, Orthodox Hebrew C...