The multiple award-winning Red Location Museum will be opening its doors again following a negotiated settlement with the community after the iconic facility was closed for three years due to unhappiness with aspects of the government’s housing rectification programme. The municipality will now send a team of surveyors and engineers to visit the museum situated in Olof Palme Street for a thorough assessment of the extent of damage that occurred while the facility was forcefully closed. Based … [Read more...] about Red Location Museum to open again
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PE Image – Red Location Musuem
This Red Location Museum image is courtesy of Flickr. Click on the Flickr account holder below the photograph to see more. Red Location Musuem Image by max_thinks_sees Opening around Feb/March 2006....can't wait. A new local Museum dedicated to the rememberence of apartheid situated right on the edge of the oldest "location" in my city - Port Elizabeth - also referred to as Madiba Bay This image is automatically selected as it was published with this keyword/s relevant to Port … [Read more...] about PE Image – Red Location Musuem
NPA misses Linda Mti deadline
Dear MyPE It is now fourteen days since I wrote to NPA head, Shaun Abrahams, requesting reasons within fourteen days as to why Danny Jordaan’s criminal pal Linda Mti wasn’t prosecuted in 2009 for corruption and fraud. Fourteen days later Shaun Abrahams and the NPA have missed this reasonable deadline and have failed to explain why Mti has evaded prosecution. The case against Mti includes conclusive findings by the SIU, that he allegedly benefited personally from multi-billion rand … [Read more...] about NPA misses Linda Mti deadline
Abrahams must explain why Mti wasn’t prosecuted in 2009
Dear MyPE I have this past Friday written to National Director of Public Prosecutions, Shaun Abrahams, requesting the disclosure of reasons as to why Danny Jordaan's criminal pal Linda Mti has not yet been prosecuted for the SIU's findings against him of corruption and accepting bribes. I have also requested a prosecution timeline on the NPA's open docket on Mti, with specific reference to proposed court dates and investigation findings. The DA has fought Mti's appointment to NMB's … [Read more...] about Abrahams must explain why Mti wasn’t prosecuted in 2009
PE Image – Olaf Palme Street New Brighton
This New Brighton Port Elizabeth image is courtesy of Flickr. Click on the Flickr account holder below the photograph to see more. Olaf Palme Street New Brighton Image by max_thinks_sees opposite Red Location Museum This image is automatically selected as it was published with this keyword/s relevant to Port Elizabeth: New Brighton Port Elizabeth. Please - CLICK HERE to report any 'offensive' images. Don't forget to support and thank the photographer. Submit your Port Elizabeth … [Read more...] about PE Image – Olaf Palme Street New Brighton
Bucket Toilets Scandal – Don’t make unkeepable promises
Dear MyPE “All Missionvale township residents will be able to flush a working toilet by April.” said Infrastructure and Engineering Head, ANC Councillor Andile Mfunda, on 11 February 2016. Today, on 03 May 2016, Missionvale residents still live with the indignity of bucket toilets, showing up yet another broken promise from the Jordaan ANC government. A litany of broken promises from Jordaan continues to grow. Missionvale residents are still forced to use bucket toilets, but now with … [Read more...] about Bucket Toilets Scandal – Don’t make unkeepable promises
The Edward Hotel
On the perimter of the Donkin Reserve and ideally placed to experience Route 67 is the Edward Hotel - Originally called the King Edward Mansions, this hotel was built in 1903 by Rochelle & Smith and owned by Palace Buildings, Ltd. and the architects being Jones and McWilliams. There were 120 bedrooms & sitting rooms and ground- floor suites for doctors and dentists, also a restaurant. Furnished or not. The style was described as "Old English" at the time but it is probably more correct to … [Read more...] about The Edward Hotel
Route 67 – Windward
Windward: By Anthony Coke. The shapes of these sculptural benches hint a Port Elizabeth's nautical history while the title refers to the city's popular name, the "windy City" GRAFFITI by specific entity. CLICK HERE to order an original copy. The following artworks are represented on Route 67: 1. Way Finding Markers: The Wayfinding Makers start at the Campanile the city and the Donkin Reserve to the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Museum 2. Campanile Frieze: By Mkhonto Gwazela. A … [Read more...] about Route 67 – Windward
Route 67 – Nelson Mandela
This figure of is probably one of the most photographed on the Voting Line: By Anthony Harris/ Konrad Geel. The life-size laser-cut steel figures form a symbolic voting line that evokes a memory of voters as they were seen in the country's first democratic elections in 1994. CLICK HERE to order an original copy. The following artworks are represented on Route 67: 1. Way Finding Markers: The Wayfinding Makers start at the Campanile the city and the Donkin Reserve to the Nelson … [Read more...] about Route 67 – Nelson Mandela
Route 67 – Piazza Mosaic
Piazza Mosaic: By the NMMU ceramic collective. This 470 square meter mosaic, situated between the Pyramid and the Great Flag celebrates the multi-cultural, the heritage, the diverse histories and abundant fauna and flora that characterises the city and the province. CLICK HERE to order an original copy. The following artworks are represented on Route 67: 1. Way Finding Markers: The Wayfinding Makers start at the Campanile the city and the Donkin Reserve to the Nelson Mandela … [Read more...] about Route 67 – Piazza Mosaic
Route 67 – Unititled
Untitled: By Anton Momberg. The piece has been left untitled with the features and clothing on the female figure deliberately neutral, as the work is meant as a conversation piece rather than a conceptually specific entity. CLICK HERE to order an original copy. The following artworks are represented on Route 67: 1. Way Finding Markers: The Wayfinding Makers start at the Campanile the city and the Donkin Reserve to the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Museum 2. Campanile Frieze: By … [Read more...] about Route 67 – Unititled
Route 67 – The Donkin Reserve
The Donkin Reserve: This is a portion of land given in perpetuity to the residents of city for their use by Sir Rufane Donkin, who was the acting governor of the Cape. He supervised the landing of the British settlers when they arrived in 1820. He also named the city Port Elizabeth after his beloved wife, Elizabeth, who had died in 1818 at Meerut in India. The pyramid on the Donkin Reserve was built by Donkin as a memorial to Elizabeth, and the brass plaque on the pyramid bears the words "To … [Read more...] about Route 67 – The Donkin Reserve
Route 67 – Whites Road Wall
Whites Road Wall: By Mark Wilby in collaboration with Bongani Njalo, Bamanye Ngxale, Jason Olivier, Gabriel Chaponda, Siya Mboniswa - A collection of taxis climb forever up Whites Road. History is often shaped by momentous events, while cities with their alleys, streets and venues are formed by the layered rhythms of daily necessity. This rhythm of place, shaped by the everyday, becomes the song of the city. CLICK HERE to order an original copy. The following artworks are represented … [Read more...] about Route 67 – Whites Road Wall
Route 67 – Korsten, Gelvan, Cleary Park
CLICK HERE to order an original copy. The following artworks are represented on Route 67: 1. Way Finding Markers: The Wayfinding Makers start at the Campanile the city and the Donkin Reserve to the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Museum 2. Campanile Frieze: By Mkhonto Gwazela. A celebration of the indigenous heritage of the Nelson Mandela Bay and Eastern Cape area is sculpted through visual images set into a cast concrete curved beam. 3. Wall of texts: By Mkonto Gwazela. A written … [Read more...] about Route 67 – Korsten, Gelvan, Cleary Park
The Hill Presbyterian Church
Just off of the Donkin Reserve in Port Elizabeth is The Hill Presbyterian Church: This is one of the numerous fine stone churches in the Hill area of Port Elizabeth. The architect was Frederick Molesworth Pfeil and the church was consecrated in 1865. The hall dates from 1896 and was designed by George William Smith, who was also responsible for the 1892 porch to the west. CLICK HERE to order an original copy. The following artworks are represented on Route 67: 1. Way Finding … [Read more...] about The Hill Presbyterian Church
