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Ujiva Sculpture – Sherwood

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A 3D rendering of what the ujiva sculpture will look like once installed on the Walker Drive, Sherwood traffic Circle. The design, titled ujiva (Xhosa for dancing), was chosen out of a shortlist of 18 submissions from throughout the region, netting Eastern Cape artists Louwrens Westraad and Mxolisi "Dolla" Sapeta a R50,000 cash prize and the bragging rights of designing and developing one of the tallest public art sculptures in the metro. Constructed out of steel, ujiva will also feature … [Read more...] about Ujiva Sculpture – Sherwood

Vuyisile Mini Square Panorama

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Vuyisile Mini Square (Market Square) is steeped in history right up to the day when the square was changed from Market Square to Vuyisile Mini Square, on 6 November 2010. The naming of the Vuyisile Mini Square tied in with the 25th anniversary celebrations of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU). Mini, who was a trade unionist, was one of the first freedom activists to be hanged by the Apartheid government. The square is located near the Harbour. Vuyisile Mini Square (Market … [Read more...] about Vuyisile Mini Square Panorama

NMB Traffic (Scenic Port Elizabeth)

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Yes - they are still in existence - Motorbike of the long arm of the Nelson Mandela Bay law. It does seem that these motorbikes are only really used for ceremonial purposes though. Often to be seen at the head of long funeral cavalcades and on other occasions demanding the presence of brutish machines used to subdue the errant populace. What we need is our own two CHiPs heroes riding the streets of PE and dealing out justice. Date: October 08, 2015 10:58 Click here for more: MyPE Images … [Read more...] about NMB Traffic (Scenic Port Elizabeth)

Grey High School Clock Tower

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The Grey High School's Clock Tower at night. The Grey High School Clock Tower is an important part of the schools Grey Quad races. These were inspired by the film "Chariots of Fire" which deals with the rivalry between two famous Olympic athletes – Harold Abrahams and Eric Liddell - before the 1924 Olympic games. In the film, Abrahams becomes the first man to beat the chimes in the famous quad race at Caius College, Cambridge in 1919. As Grey had both the cloisters and the necessary clock … [Read more...] about Grey High School Clock Tower