Chapter 6

As we drove through the city of my birth, I was amazed to see the changes that could happen over a few years.  Oxford Street is the main artery that runs through the center of East London, feeding hundreds of smaller streets and roads that have formed and shaped the suburbs around it over the decades.  With a total population of around 410000 people, it is nestled mainly between two rivers, the Buffalo River that is also the country’s only river port, and the Nahoon River.  The Eastern Cape town was founded in 1836 by a Lieutenant of the Royal Navy and was originally known as Port Rex.  Settlement started on the West Bank of the Buffalo River, and quickly spread until the town was declared a city in 1914.  In the early 19th Century, during...

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