Heritage Sites

Nov 2, 2019

The ship that saved East London

In 1949, the city of East London found itself in the grip of a crippling drought. Such was the severity of the region's water shortage th...

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Buffalo City Tourism

Oct 29, 2019

The history of King William's Town

King William’s Town owes its establishment to 19th century warfare between the Cape Colony and the AmaRharhabe Xhosa and the tenacity of ...

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GALLERY: Views of King William's Town (1893) by GH Dersley

Buffalo City Tourism

Oct 29, 2019

GALLERY: Views of King William's Town (1893) by GH Dersley

In 1893, photographer GH Dersley published a book, Views of King William's Town, containing images he captured in and around the town. Th...

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A Mission of Women: Early History of the Dominican Sisters and Sacred Heart Convent

Buffalo City Tourism

Oct 29, 2019

A Mission of Women: Early History of the Dominican Sisters and Sacred Heart Convent

The idea to bring German nuns to South Africa to teach the children of German settlers here was first mooted by Sir George Grey, Governo...

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The East London Museum treasure rewriting human prehistory

Buffalo City Tourism

Oct 28, 2019

The East London Museum treasure rewriting human prehistory

The East London Museum is internationally known for its remarkable coelacanth and humanoid trace footprints specimens. A third, globally ...

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Birds of a (Different) Feather: The curious case of the Ciskei flag and its variants

Buffalo City Tourism

Oct 8, 2019

Birds of a (Different) Feather: The curious case of the Ciskei flag and its variants

Amathole Museum staff recently unpacked its Ciskei flags, which forms part of the museum's impressive collection of Ciskei objects, and w...

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Buffalo City Tourism

Sep 17, 2019

Fort Murray

After the Sixth Xhosa War (1834—1835), Sir Benjamin D’Urban annexed all the land between the Keiskamma and the Kei Rivers as part of the ...

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Buffalo City Tourism

Sep 17, 2019

The Cuthbert's Building

The imposing treble-storeyed building, with its Flemish Renaissance gables, was designed by the architects Parker and Forsyth of Cape Tow...

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Buffalo City Tourism

Sep 16, 2019

Discover: The Ann Bryant Art Gallery

This elegant old house was built by E.D.U. Bowen in 1905 for Mr. Arthur Savage, father of the well-known local artist, Elaine Savage. Th...

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Daily Dispatch: The Early Years
(1872-1899)

Buffalo City Tourism

Sep 10, 2019

Daily Dispatch: The Early Years (1872-1899)

The East London Dispatch and Shipping and Mercantile Gazette appeared on September 10 1872, as a subsidiary of a King William’s Town news...

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7 September 1992: A dark day in Buffalo City's history

Buffalo City Tourism

Sep 6, 2019

7 September 1992: A dark day in Buffalo City's history

On 7 September 1992 - when the country was still reeling and in mourning for those killed in the Boipatong Massacre of 17 June 1992 - a m...

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East London among first cities in Africa to have introduced electric tram system

Buffalo City Tourism

Aug 13, 2019

East London among first cities in Africa to have introduced electric tram system

The East London tramway was officially opened on 25 Jan 1900 - just four years after the first such system was introduced in Cape Town. A...

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Buffalo City Tourism

Jul 31, 2019

OUR PEOPLE: Victoria Nonyamezelo Mxenge

Victoria Nonyamezelo Mxenge was born on 1 January 1942 in Tamara Village in King William’s Town. After completing her primary education a...

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OUR PEOPLE: The father of Xhosa poetry, S.E.K. Mqhayi

Buffalo City Tourism

Jul 28, 2019

OUR PEOPLE: The father of Xhosa poetry, S.E.K. Mqhayi

‘Our Shakespeare! Our Laureate!’ eulogised former ANC President Alfred Xuma when he unveiled S.E.K. Mqhayi’s tombstone in 1951. And the ...

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The East London gift that symbolised a nation's love and gratitude

Buffalo City Tourism

Jul 21, 2019

The East London gift that symbolised a nation's love and gratitude

On 22 July 1990 - just five months after his release from prison - Nelson Mandela travelled to Mdantsane in Buffalo City to accept an ext...

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