Lusikisiki, a trading, transport and labour-recruiting centre, about 40 km north of Port St Johns, derives its name from the Xhosa word for the sound of the…
The town of Matatiele was founded on the edges of a marsh in the southern reaches of the Drakensberg Mountain Range. The marsh was given the Sotho name of…
Mazeppa Bay, a small resort, 50 km north-east of Kentani, on the edge of the Manubi Forest, has some of the Wild Coast’s most idyllic beaches. The three…
Mount Ayliff lies about 140 km north of Umtata and was probably named after the Rev John Ayliff who ran a missionary station nearby. However, two other men…
This small village, 100 km north of Umtata on the N2, known by the locals as KwaBhaca – ”The Place of the Bhaca”, was established in 1876 and named after…
Port Grosvenor is situated on Lwambasi Bay where two rival traders attempted to establish a port for Pondoland in 1885. The undertaking was doomed to…
This beautiful coastal town is situated on the banks of the Umzimvubu River among spectacular, densely forested cliffs. It is commonly believed that the…
Umtata, set on the banks of the Umtata River, was the capital of the former homeland of Transkei. The town was established in the 1860s as a so-called…
