Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth) is also often called 'The Bay' (Die Baai), 'The Friendly City', 'The Windy City' or shortened to just PE. In 2021, it was renamed to Gqeberha. In 1799, Fort Frederick was built, named after the Duke of York. This monument now overlooks the city of PE, which was first founded as a town in 1820 to house British settlers. The city was one of the venues during the 2010 Soccer World Cup.

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“Port Elizabeth’s earliest water supply came from the Shark River at Happy Valley and the Donkin Stream next to the Donkin Reserve. As the city started to grow in its early days of development the demand for water far exceeded this meager supply. After a competition held by the Port Elizabeth city council in 1862 to find proposals to supply the city with water, a weir and small dam was built in the Van Stadens River. This was later followed by the Bulk River (1903) and the Sand River (1907) dams in the Elands River Valley, both which can be seen driving along the Elands River Road. Of cause these dams have since been replaced as the main supply dams by the Kouga, Churchill and Impofu dams. Both the Sand River and Bulk River are tributaries of the Elands River which in turn at its concourse with the Kwazunga River forms the Swartkops River.(Source: SA damme en riviere. (Geen Hengel))” - Chris Smit, 2024/11/12

“Afriforum het die voortgesette verandering van plekname intussen as 'n duur oefening in oëverblindery' bestempel waarmee swak-presterende owerhede die illusie probeer skep dat hulle met doeltreffende bestuur besig is. Afriforum has meanwhile labeled the ongoing change of place names as 'an expensive exercise in deception' with which poorly performing authorities try to create the illusion that they are engaged in efficient management.” - Chris Smit, 2024/08/17

“It beats me how anyone with even a modicum of intelligence can change a historic internationally accepted name to something that very few people can pronounce or even spell. Quo Vadis.” - Chris Smit, 2024/08/16

“Gqeberha, is a Xhosa word that refers to the Baakens river, that flows through the city.” - Chris Smit, 2024/07/15

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