LOOKING BACK 200 YEARS
Press freedom, democratic principles and a firm belief in the value of education were ideas the 1820 British Settlers brought with them when they stepped ashore at Algoa Bay as part of an immigration scheme to beef up what was then the Cape Colony’s eastern frontier. They had no idea they would be caught in the crossfire between British forces and the mighty Xhosa nation battling for supremacy. The promise of land and a chance to better themselves lured some 3 800 to risk the unknown as unemployment bit deep during the UK’s industrial revolution.
Nearly 200 years after the arrival of the first ships in Algoa Bay, I took a leisurely road trip along their route from Port Elizabeth to
