Eastern Cape History
- More InfoUpdated: July 2019Hankey SundialThe biggest sundial in Africa and the Southern Hemisphere is located just outside of Hankey. It was completed 1989, has a diameter of 34.6m and the gnomon is 18m high, and weighs one ton.
- Baviaanskloof
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- More InfoUpdated: April 2015The Story of WithondGraaff-Reinet grapes have a high sugar content and are thus ideal for the making of brandy. During the Great Depression and illicit trade in illegal distillation grew up in the town. Withond is still made at Reinet House for...
- Graaff-Reinet
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- More InfoUpdated: July 2019The Old Gamtoos River BridgeThe old Gamtoos River bridge was opened in 1895 and replaced the pont that was used to cross the Gamtoos River since the mid 1800's.
- Gamtoos Valley
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- More InfoUpdated: March 2015GraaffrikaansVisitors to our little dorp always ask me what the predominant language is, but here in Graaff-Reinet we have an efficient way of mixing our languages to give expression to emotion and sommer just because it sounds lekker.
- Graaff-Reinet
- History
- More InfoUpdated: December 2020Walter Battiss Art Museum, Somerset EastAt present, the Walter Battiss Art Museum is open from 9.00 until 13.00 on weekdays. Appointments can be made to visit the Museum at other times, by phoning or emailing us before the time.
- Somerset East
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- More InfoUpdated: July 2019Phillips TunnelThe Phillips Tunnel is the oldest irrigation tunnel in South Africa. Construction on the tunnel started in 1843 by William Phillip with the help of Khoi labourers and in just more than a year they completed the 228 meter tunnel...
- Baviaanskloof
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- More InfoUpdated: July 2019Cape St Francis LighthouseSeal Point lighthouse continues to watch over the coast and has done for almost 123 years resulting in fewer shipwrecks. Enjoy a guided tour through this sentinel of the sea.
- Cape St Francis
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- More InfoUpdated: April 2015Royal Block MasizahkeThe Royal Block was constructed during the early 20th century, quite possibly as housing for the labour force during the construction of the Van Ryneveld’s Pass Irrigation Dam in the 1920’s.
- Graaff-Reinet
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- More InfoUpdated: October 2020Sarah BaartmanVery little is known about the early years of this Khoekhoe girl. She was born around 1789 in the Eastern Cape, somewhere in the vicinity of the Gamtoos river. By 1806 she had moved to the Western Cape and stayed in rural...
- Baviaanskloof
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- More InfoUpdated: April 2015The Aberdeen Bed GraveNear the roadside between Aberdeen and Graaff-Reinet, in the middle of the veld, lies an old cast iron bedstead. This according to legend is the grave of a woman who took ill and died while the family were trekking by ox-wagon...
- Karoo Heartland
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- More InfoUpdated: June 2022Robert Sobukwe 1924 - 1978M R Sobukwe, founder of the Pan African Congress was one of the towering pillars of black nationalism in South Africa. A gentle, humble, deeply religious man with a brilliant intellect, he could be described as one of the main...
- Graaff-Reinet
- History
- More InfoUpdated: March 2015Die stook van WithondOor die stook van withond (brandewyn) op Graaff-Reinet in vervloë dae word wyd bespiegel en geromantiseer. Oor min plaaslike aktiwiteite van weleer word soveel aannames gemaak. Dat dit ‘n betekenisvolle tydperk in die bestaan...
- Graaff-Reinet
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- More InfoUpdated: November 2022Aberdeen CemeteryAberdeen's cemetery is a true resting place. Well kept and shaded by Cypress trees, the area is a veritable walk through the history of the town. Looking at the many gravestones and memorials, one can see the periods of illness...
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