At the #SaveNMB Rally on Vuyisile Mini Square in #portelizabeth #nelsonmamdelabay #da #democraticalliance #mayor - Taken by the Editor whilst wandering aimlessly about pretending to be in the know. Click here - https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10160304385740512.1073741831.275394110511&type=1&l=7ce5d9be9b - to see the Photo Album … [Read more...] about Images from the #SaveNMB Rally
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Commemorating the life of Vuyisile Mini
6 November 2017, the man after whom Port Elizabeth’s former Market Square is now named after Vuyisile Mine who was hanged by the South African apartheid government on this day 53 years ago. Vuyisile Mini was born in 1920 in Tsomo in rural Transkei. Mini's father who was born in Tsomo and later moved to Port Elizabeth as a young man was a Port Elizabeth dockworker active in labour and community struggles, which inspired Mini, at 17, to take part in bus fare and rent increase protests. He was … [Read more...] about Commemorating the life of Vuyisile Mini
Vuyisile Mini Square Panorama
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
Main Street Port Elizabeth in the Old Days
Scratching in my Mother's attic I found an old photo album with images from when her Mother was a child and towards the end of the album a series of 12 images of Old Port Elizabeth - so here they go - one a day and a round up on day 12. Enjoy this image looking down Port Elizabeth's Main Street (now Govan Mbeki Ave.) from the Market Square (now Vuyisile Mini Square): Share your historical images with MyPE by submitting them HERE. … [Read more...] about Main Street Port Elizabeth in the Old Days
