Buffalo City TourismOct 21, 2020Magical, mystical Gompo RockGompo Rock, situated 11km west of East London between Hickman's River and Winterstrand, is a magical corner of the Metro occupying a...
Buffalo City TourismJul 31, 2020Safe passage: The story of East London's two lighthousesEast London's picturesque Hood Point lighthouse is an iconic city landmark which has been signalling safe passage to seafarers for more...
Buffalo City TourismJul 26, 2020SS Waratah: The mystery of the 'Titanic of the South' lives onIn the pre-dawn hours of 27 July 1909, the brand-new triple deck passenger and cargo steamship, the SS Waratah, drew level with the SS...
Buffalo City TourismJul 17, 2020Discover: The Bhisho Contact CentreThe Bhisho Contact Centre is a Living heritage site that tells the story of what happened during the Bhisho Massacre on 7 September 1992,...
Buffalo City TourismJul 17, 2020The curious case of the headless statue and a 40-year monument mysteryIn 1939, a beautiful but badly mutilated marble statue was discovered in King William's Town. The figure of a tall woman in a flowing...
Buffalo City TourismJul 15, 2020SS Mendi: Remembering Buffalo City's fallenIn the early hours of 21 February 1917, South Africa suffered its greatest - and most inexplicable - disasters of the Great War. The SS...
Buffalo City TourismJul 13, 2020Meet Lucy, the dapper little dredger who could!The Lucy was East London's first suction dredger, named after Lucy Schermbrucker, wife of Colonel Schermbrucker, who was the Member of...
Buffalo City TourismJul 7, 2020Our People: Thenjiwe MtintsoMeet Thenjiwe Mtintso, the tenacious former Daily Dispatch journalist who survived brutal police torture to become an admired military...
Buffalo City TourismJul 1, 2020Buffalo City home to 2nd largest mammal specimen collection in southern hemisphereAmathole Museum in King William's Town is recognised as housing the second largest mammal specimen collection in the southern...
Buffalo City TourismJun 30, 2020HERITAGE SITES: Last Grave at DimbazaIn 1967, 70 families from as far afield as Middelburg and the Karoo, were relocated to an area subsequently named Dimbaza. Due to the...
Buffalo City TourismMay 25, 2020Shipwrecks of Buffalo City: The QuanzaThe Quanza was a four-masted steamship of 942 tons which went ashore at East London on Sunday, 26 May 1872 at 05h00. She struck the rocks...
Buffalo City TourismFeb 20, 2020OUR PEOPLE: Walter Benson RubusanaA life-size memorial statue honouring Dr Walter Benson Rubusana, one of South Africa's leading intellectuals and humanitarians, enjoys...
Buffalo City TourismFeb 11, 2020Nelson Mandela Museum celebrates 20th anniversaryThe Nelson Mandela Museum, situated just two hours' drive from Buffalo City, celebrates its 20th anniversary on 11 February 2020. The...
Buffalo City TourismJan 7, 2020Our People: John Tengo JabavuJohn Tengo Jabavu (11 January 1859 – 10 September 1921) was a political activist and the editor of South Africa's first newspaper to be...
Buffalo City TourismJan 7, 2020Explore: Amathole Museum LibraryThe Amathole Museum Library has a valuable collection of books, pamphlets, journals, videos, abstracts and government publications. It...
Buffalo City TourismDec 27, 2019The day East London soared into South African aviation historyIt was the summer of 1909. Orville Wright had taken to the skies just four years earlier and around the world, interest in mechanical...
Buffalo City TourismDec 21, 2019The 'pale, mauvy blue' catch that put East London on the international mapOn 22 December 1938, 32-year-old East London Museum curator Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer made one of the greatest zoological discoveries of...
Buffalo City TourismNov 27, 2019A Brief History of the East London MuseumOn July 19th 1921 a group of interested people met with the Mayor, Captain J. Neale, and Deputy Mayor, Dr James Bruce-Bays, to suggest...
Buffalo City TourismNov 4, 2019The curious case of the Keiskamma river monsterFolklore and legend play an important part in Xhosa history and tradition, and, consequently, in the cultural landscape of Buffalo City...
Buffalo City TourismNov 2, 2019History of the German Settlers in and around Buffalo CityIt is well known that large numbers of German settlers travelled to Buffalo City during the mid-1800s. What is perhaps less well known is...