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Alexandria, Eastern Cape
Alexandria is a small farming town in the Eastern Cape of South Africa and is situated 100 km north-east of Gqeberha on the R72 road to Bushman's River Mouth, Kenton-on-Sea and Port Alfred. Alexandria is part of the Ndlambe Local Municipality in the Sarah Baartman District Municipality of the Eastern Cape. It might have been established by the Dutch colonial government in the late 18th century, but was named Alexandria in 1856 after Reverend Alexander Smith. It has a warm temperate climate and is unusual in southern Africa in having no distinct dry or wet season, with rain received throughout the year. Alexandria is one of the most important chicory producing areas in South Africa and is also known for pineapple production and dairy farming. The Alexandria area also includes the Alexandria State Forest, known as Langebos to the locals, which is a narrow stretch of pristine indigenous forest bordering the Alexandria dune field, one of the largest active dune fields in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dutch Reformed Church, Alexandria
The Dutch Reformed Church is a place of worship of the Dutch Reformed Church in Alexandria, South Africa. It was declared a Provincial Heritage Site in 1987. List of ministers * Johannes Roos, 1869–1892 * Hendrik Christoffel de Wet, 1893–1903 * Schalk Willem van Niekerk, 1904 to 1911, when he left for Turffontein Reformed Church as their second pastor * Hendrik Andries Hanekom, 1912–1921 * Petrus Jacobus Retief, 1921–1928 * Philippus Albertus Myburgh de Vos, 1929–1938 (emeritus) * Christopher Hermanus Latsky, 1938–1943 * Gabriel Petrus le Roux, 1943–1947 * Hendrik Adrian de Wet, 1947–1953 (emeritus; died on 5 July 1970) * Willem Adriaan Marais, 1953–? * Vidius Nel, 1961–1965 * Floris Nicolaas Marais, 5 February 1966–1969 * Erick Severis Breytenbach, 18 July 1970–1973 * Gabriel Gideon le Roux, 1974–1980 * Jacob Francois van Wyk, 1981 to 1998 (emeritus) * Nikolaas Jakobus du Toit, 2006 – (pastoral help) – 2012 * Willem Dawid (Dawie) Schoeman, 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Post-office Box
A post office box (commonly abbreviated as P.O. box, or also known as a postal box) is a uniquely addressable lockable box located on the premises of a post office. In some regions, particularly in Africa, there is no door-to-door delivery of mail; for example, in Kenya. Consequently, renting a PO box has traditionally been the only way to receive mail in such countries. Generally, post office boxes are rented from the post office either by individuals or by businesses on a basis ranging from monthly to annual, and the cost of rent varies depending on the box size. Central business district (CBD) PO boxes are usually more expensive than rural PO boxes. In the United States, the rental rate used to be uniform across the country. Now, however, a postal facility can be in any of seven fee groups by location; in addition, certain customers qualify for free box rental, usually because the Postal Service does not offer carrier-route delivery to their physical addresses. In the U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sundays River
The !Khukaǁgamma or Sundays River () is a river in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. It is said to be the fastest flowing river in the country. The Inqua Khoi people, who historically were the wealthiest group in Southern Africa, originally named this river because the river's banks are always green and grassy despite the arid terrain that it runs through. Presently this river is part of the Fish to Tsitsikamma Water Management Area. Course The source of the long Sundays River is in the Sneeuberge (the highest mountain range in the former Cape Province) near Nieu-Bethesda. The river then flows in a general South/Southeasterly direction, passing the town Graaff-Reinet in the Karoo before winding its way through the Zuurberg Mountains and then past Kirkwood, Eastern Cape, Kirkwood and Addo in the fertile Sundays River Valley. It empties into the Indian Ocean at Algoa Bay after flowing through the village of Colchester, Eastern Cape, Colchester, 40 km east of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woody Cape Nature Reserve
The Woody Cape Nature Reserve is a conservation area in Eastern Cape The Eastern Cape ( ; ) is one of the nine provinces of South Africa. Its capital is Bhisho, and its largest city is Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth). Due to its climate and nineteenth-century towns, it is a common location for tourists. It is also kno ..., South Africa. Mammals such as bushpig, Cape bushbuck, bushbuck, Cape Grysbok, steenbok, common duiker, Vervet monkey, and large grey mongoose, large and small grey mongoose are represented in the reserve. The most common trees are ''Ochna, Apodytes, Cassine (plant), Cassine'' and ''Sideroxylon''. References {{coord, -33.7190, 26.5140, type:landmark_globe:earth_region:ZA, display=title Protected areas of the Eastern Cape ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dune
A dune is a landform composed of wind- or water-driven sand. It typically takes the form of a mound, ridge, or hill. An area with dunes is called a dune system or a dune complex. A large dune complex is called a dune field, while broad, flat regions covered with wind-swept sand or dunes, with little or no vegetation, are called ''Erg (landform), ergs'' or ''sand seas''. Dunes occur in different shapes and sizes, but most kinds of dunes are longer on the wiktionary:stoss, stoss (upflow) side, where the sand is pushed up the dune, and have a shorter ''slip face'' in the lee side. The valley or trough between dunes is called a ''dune slack''. Dunes are most common in desert environments, where the lack of moisture hinders the growth of vegetation that would otherwise interfere with the development of dunes. However, sand deposits are not restricted to deserts, and dunes are also found along sea shores, along streams in semiarid climates, in areas of Outwash plain, glacial outwash ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chicory
Common chicory (''Cichorium intybus'') is a somewhat woody, perennial herbaceous plant of the family Asteraceae, usually with bright blue flowers, rarely white or pink. Native to Europe, it has been introduced to the Americas and Australia. Many varieties are cultivated for salad leaves, chicons ( blanched buds), or roots (var. ''sativum''), which are baked, ground, and used as a coffee substitute and food additive. In the 21st century, inulin, an extract from chicory root, has been used in food manufacturing as a sweetener and source of dietary fiber. Chicory is also grown as a forage crop for livestock. Description When flowering, chicory has a tough, grooved, and more or less hairy stem. It can grow to tall. The leaves are stalked, lanceolate and unlobed; they range from in length (smallest near the top) and wide. The flower heads are wide, and usually light blue or lavender; it has also rarely been described as white or pink. Of the two rows of involucral bracts, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Smith (minister)
Alexander Smith may refer to: Politics * Alexander Smith (American politician) (1818–1878), American businessman and congressman-elect * Alexander Kennedy Smith (1824–1881), Scottish/Australian engineer and politician * Alexander Mortimer Smith (1818–1895), Scottish/Canadian soldier, businessman, and political figure * Alexander Wilson Smith (1856–1913), farmer and political figure in Ontario, Canada * Alexander S. Smith (1868–1916), politician in Saskatchewan, Canada * Alexander Lockwood Smith (born 1948), New Zealand politician Religion * Alexander Smith (bishop, born 1684) (1684–1766), Scottish Roman Catholic bishop * Alexander Smith (bishop, born 1813) (1813–1861), Scottish Roman Catholic bishop * Alexander Hale Smith (1838–1909), American religious leader Literature * Alexander Smith (biographer) (fl. 1714–1726), British compiler of volumes of biographies * Alexander Smith (philosopher) (1796–1851), Scottish philosopher * Alexander Smith (poet) (182 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dutch Empire
The Dutch colonial empire () comprised overseas territories and trading posts under some form of Dutch control from the early 17th to late 20th centuries, including those initially administered by Dutch chartered companies—primarily the Dutch East India Company (1602–1799) and Dutch West India Company (1621–1792)—and subsequently governed by the Dutch Republic (1581–1795) and modern Kingdom of the Netherlands (1815–1975). Following the ''de facto'' independence of the Dutch Republic from the Spanish Empire in the late 16th century, various trading companies known as '' voorcompagnie'' led maritime expeditions overseas in search of commercial opportunities. By 1600, Dutch traders and mariners had penetrated the lucrative Asian spice trade but lacked the capital or manpower to secure or expand their ventures; this prompted the States General in 1602 to consolidate several trading enterprises into the semi-state-owned Dutch East India Company (, VOC), which was g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Port Alfred
Port Alfred is a small town with a population of just under 26,000 in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It is situated on the eastern seaboard of the country at the mouth of the Kowie River, almost exactly halfway between the larger cities of Port Elizabeth and East London and east of Cannon Rocks. History Port Alfred was established in the early 1820s by British settlers who were moved into the area by Lord Charles Somerset as there was conflict between the Cape Colony and the Xhosa people. Originally, it was two separate towns (settlers arriving on the west bank in 1820 named their settlement Port Kowie, and those arriving on the east bank named theirs Port Frances). In 1860, when Queen Victoria's son Prince Alfred visited, the name was changed in his honour. Port In 1839, William Cock and George Hodgkinson started to block the natural river mouth to the east and canalise the present opening to the sea. By 1841 South Africa's first man-made harbour was opened ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenton-on-Sea
Kenton-on-Sea, more commonly known as Kenton, is a small coastal town on the Sunshine Coast, in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. It is situated between the Bushmans and the Kariega Rivers, and lies approximately halfway between the industrial centres of East London () and Gqeberha (). Kenton is part of the Ndlambe Local Municipality in the Sarah Baartman District Municipality The Sarah Baartman District Municipality (; ), formerly the Cacadu District Municipality, is situated in the western part of the Eastern Cape province of South Africa, covering an area of 58,242 square kilometres. The area of the district municip ... of the Eastern Cape. The town has a population of just over 5000 people. The centre of Kenton is predominantly English-speaking, while the township of Ekuphumleni, which has a population of about 3600 people, is almost exclusively Xhosa-speaking. References External links Town website [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bushman's River Mouth
Bushman's River Mouth (Afrikaans ''Boesmansriviermond'', which is its official name) is a town in Ndlambe Local Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The village is 25 km from Port Alfred, on the west bank of the Bushman's River, just across the river from Kenton-on-Sea. Background A well-known holiday resort, it is the site of many shipwrecks, the best-known of them being the '' Volo'', a Norwegian barque wrecked near the river mouth in 1896. The town was established in 1897 by farmers from nearby towns (Paterson, Cookhouse, Somerset East and Cradock) when they were granted permission to camp along the banks of the Bushman's River during the Christmas holiday season. Land leases during the early 1900s led to private land ownership, and modern development, though electricity and running water only became available in the 1980s. The Dias Cross Memorial at nearby Kwaaihoek is a provincial heritage site erected to mark the location of the ''padrão'', or ston ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
R72 (South Africa)
The R72 is a provincial route in Eastern Cape, South Africa that connects the N2 north-east of Gqeberha with East London via Port Alfred. It provides an alternative to the N2 for travel between Gqeberha and East London. Route The R72 begins in the city of East London in the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality, at an off-ramp junction with the N2 highway. North of this junction, it is the N6 national route to Bloemfontein. The R72 begins by going southwards for 6 kilometres from the N2 interchange as the North East Expressway, immediately crossing the Nahoon River and becoming a partial highway with off-ramp junctions, up to the Fleet Street junction in the suburb of Quigney, where it becomes Fleet Street westwards. It goes westwards for 9 kilometres, through East London's Central Business District, crossing the Buffalo River, to become Settlers Way and reach the East London Airport entrance. From the East London Airport, the R72 follows the Eastern Cape Coast westwar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
