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Mendi Memorial
Location : Eastern Cape > Gqeberha > Ibhayi
Mendi Memorial commemorates the lives of the South African Native Labour contingent who died on the troopship "SS Mendi" after sinking off the Isle of Wight, near St. Catherine’s Point on 21st February 1917. The "Mendi" sank after colliding with SS "Darro" in heavy fog.
The SS Mendi was a...
Victoria House - Number 31 Constitution Hill
Location : Eastern Cape > Gqeberha > Central
This house is probably the oldest one in Port Elizabeth. It was built by the 1820 Settler, Jonathan Board, carpenter and builder on land transferred to him in 1824. Sir Rufane Donkin wanted to encourage settlement in the new town and offered plots to those who could buy them. Boards first child...
Sharley Cribb Nursing College
Location : Eastern Cape > Gqeberha > Central
The house “Sundridge” (Architect G W Smith) was built in 1897 for A E Allen Smith and his wife Emily (born Savage) in the Art Nouveau style. In 1929 Herman Sammel converted it into the very modem Park Hotel by adding a large bedroom wing and later, a ballroom. It has been the Nursing College...
Alan Tours
Location : Eastern Cape > Gqeberha > Seaview
ALAN TOURS, your Port Elizabeth and Eastern Cape tourism specialists. Addo Elephant National Park, Nature and Wildlife tourism as well Cultural and Historical tours that greatly enhance the significance of the Eastern Cape and illustrate the part played by this area in the broader context of ...
Amazing Africa
Location : Gauteng > Centurion > Doringkloof
Amazing Africa is an owner-managed destination management company specialising in tailor-made travel across Southern Africa, with select services in East Africa and the Indian Ocean Islands. We offer a seamless, end-to-end solution for all travel needs — from accommodation and transfers to...
Manville Open Air Theatre
Location : Eastern Cape > Gqeberha > Central
Experience the magic of one of Shakespeare's plays on a balmy Summer's evening, in lush and verdant surroundings, at the Mannville Open Air Theatre which is located on the South-Western side of St George's Park, Park Drive, Central.
Port Elizabeth Main Library
Location : Eastern Cape > Gqeberha > Central
The splendid old Port Elizabeth Main Library is situated in the North-Western corner of Market Square. The first building on the site was constructed in 1835 and was initially used as a courthouse from 1854.
The present library building was officially opened in 1902. The building is...
Old Railway Station Museum
Location : Eastern Cape > Kariega > Uitenhage
Built on Market Street in the year of the opening of the railway from Port Elizabeth, it is reputed to be one of the oldest railway stations in South Africa. At this quaint museum, two vintage locomotives, a variety of coaches, period furniture and equipment capture the atmosphere of the early...
Hillside House (NMMU Campus)
Location : Eastern Cape > Gqeberha > Central
Built in the early 1830’s for Harbour Master Edward Wallace, the house was extensively altered in about 1881 for the General Manager of the Bank of Africa.
Used for a time as a students residence, the house was restored by the University of Port Elizabeth in 1995 to provide offices.
Anglo-Boer War Memorial
Location : Eastern Cape > Kariega > Kariega
Located in front of the Town Hall in Uitenhage, the memorial was unveiled in 1904. The names of Uitenhage citizens who died in the Anglo-Boer War are inscribed hereon. The features of the life-size soldier were reportedly copied from that of an actual soldier in King William’s Town.
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