This is from local historian extraordinaire, Margaret Harradine's talk at the Zwartkops Conservancy AGM. Even today, when the name of the river is officially spelt with an "S", there must be many people who still think of it with a "Z"; somehow the old spelling is just more interesting! It is certainly a very old name. In 1752 the Governor of the Cape, Rijk Tulbagh, ordered the first expedition to this far-flung area, under Ensign Beutler. On cartographer Wentzel's resulting map the river is … [Read more...] about The land at the mouth of the Swartkops River: Fishwater Flats, Amsterdam Hoek and the Outspan
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Free Port Elizabeth Public Art Tours
The Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Art Museum is offering free public tours of Mandela Bay's public art, monuments, memorials and heritage sites. Two tours will take place on Saturday 30 April and Saturday 14 May 2011. The tours will be accompanied by highly respected historians, academics and senior citizens who know the city and its public art well including Margaret Harradine, Dorelle Sapere, Mr Amrit Daya, David Jones, Mary Duker, Nonceba Shoba, Lulama Mngazi, Chris du Preez, Emma Taggart … [Read more...] about Free Port Elizabeth Public Art Tours
