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Northern areas principal comes from Scottish stock
Category: Heritage Day
HIS mother’s renowned mince balls, mealies and beans, his aunt’s famous roast potatoes and getting spoilt in New Brighton just because you were coloured.
Post a Comment (0) Comments Read the rest of this entrySaluting our Sotho heritage
Category: Heritage Day
A SPONTANEOUS trip by a young couple from Bloemfontein in search of greener pastures in Port Elizabeth almost 80 years ago paved the way for the descending of a Sesotho family, who has since formed part of the Friendly City’s landscape.
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Posted : 28 October 2011
Honouring the dead is our culture
Category: Heritage Day
FOUR car accidents in a month: not many people live to tell the tale. It took something this drastic for businessman Stephen Dondolo to go on a search for his ancestry – a life changing journey for one of Uitenhage’s most influential families.
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Posted : 28 October 2011
A Vantyi family affair for funeral parlour
Category: Heritage Day
THE Vantyi family is one of the well-known families in Port Elizabeth's townships.
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Posted : 28 October 2011
Four generations of entrepreneurs
Category: Heritage Day
IT was in the mid-1800s when Charles Forlee made his first trip from Meixian, China, to Port Elizabeth aboard either The Ruys or Bosevan – an expedition which has given the city four generations of entrepreneurs.
Post a Comment (0) Comments Read the rest of this entryPE Imam descendent of Malaysian Sultan banished to SA in 1600s
Category: Heritage Day
THERE once was an elderly woman named Ragma Davids who told the story of a Malaysian king, banished to South Africa.
Post a Comment (0) Comments Read the rest of this entryPower players inspired by their love of the Bay
Category: Heritage Day
WHEN a London pub owner arrived in Port Elizabeth in 1820 on the Sir George Osborn, one of the earliest settler ships, he could never have dreamed of the force his family would become.
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Posted : 28 October 2011
Hong Kong chicken, sarmies toasted on the coals and relish add to our flavour
Category: Heritage Day
A TOASTED sandwich on a braai, the savoury aroma of “Bisto” and the sweet fragrance of Hong Kong chicken may transport you to a place and time in Nelson Mandela Bay.
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Posted : 28 October 2011
Culture, science: we’ve given a lot to the world
Category: Heritage Day
NELSON Mandela Bay’s heritage stretches across sporting and cultural spheres and into national and international firsts in the fields of science and technology.
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Posted : 28 October 2011
Broadway hears cheers for us
Category: Heritage Day
“BROADWAY is catching the echo of the applause in New Brighton,” Nelson Mandela Bay raised theatre icon John Kani said in an interview in the city a couple of years back.
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Posted : 28 October 2011
The building blocks of a fine tradition
Category: Heritage Day
NELSON Mandela Bay has many heritage buildings. Some are humble buildings which have earned their place in our history because of their age, others because of their physical beauty and others because of events which occurred there.
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Posted : 28 October 2011
Diversity in heritage is a strength to be celebrated at all times
Category: Heritage Day
THE heritage of a nation is its beacon for the future.
Post a Comment (0) Comments Read the rest of this entryStill no end to the winding road of the Eastern Cape’s motoring industry
Category: Heritage Day
LEGEND has it that the birth of the nation’s motor industry – and mainstay of the Eastern Cape economy for close to 90 years – took place in the world’s automotive powerhouse of the time, the US city of Detroit.
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Posted : 28 October 2011
A legacy of champions
Category: Heritage Day
PORT Elizabeth hosted the first cricket and rugby Tests ever to be played by South Africa.
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dokhotelo 17 May 2012 8:31 pm.....and for the interested.........another goddess went up there.....great Donna Summer !!!!!!!...........maybe for a duet with Whitney!!!!!..................
dokhotelo 17 May 2012 8:28 pm....perhaps....just perhaps..a slim chance to the youngsters to have some quality in the somnolent village.other than drinking until crawling on the floor or worse, before going to better places.........
thirsty 17 May 2012 12:17 pmwhat the hell next time Cosatu has a strike lets all go and throw rocks at them as well that might teach them some tolerance...
TheRef 16 May 2012 6:21 pmWell,well! COSATU knew what was coming and spoilt the DA party,it appears democratic rights only apply to the ruling party and it`s allies.The resulting judgement will be interesting seeing who pays t...
dokhotelo 15 May 2012 8:56 pmhe he he he......800 million bucks!!......After all, it seems there are ANC Mafia syndicates running the EC at all levels....ain't it Editrix dear ???....................
Bokkie 15 May 2012 2:01 pmRegarding the "new health fraud shock" I wonder why? let's see... O yes all the people in top positions are without any qualifications, any previous experience, they are incompetant to do their job, ...
thirsty 14 May 2012 12:56 pmThis sounds absolutely STUPID, just think what development could be done for people of Port Elizabeth with that money, LET ALONE GET THE METRO's FINANCES FIXED UP by not doing this....
thirsty 14 May 2012 12:44 pmR800 Million stolen in one department in one year, AND THEY STILL VOTE FOR THE ANC, HOW STUPID. Western Cape gets a clean audit, and puts out more tenders and contracts BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOT STOLEN T...
mastermindPE 14 May 2012 10:28 amIS THIS ACCEPTABLE YOU THIEVES FROM THE USELESS ANC-pf ?????...
mastermindPE 14 May 2012 10:22 amYou get the corrupt evil government you deserve when you vote for these clowns in the ANC-pf. All about cadre deployment, pillage, plunder, steal and feel feathers for the voting fodder they USE to st...
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