Old World Charm
Alice is a quaint little town situated in the Eastern Cape of South Africa, known for its old charm. The town grew around a military encampment known as Fort Hare and became well known as a mission centre, with Presbyterian missionaries founding a famous educational centre known as Lovedale.
The small town of Alice is the site of the University of Fort Hare, the alma mater of Nelson Mandela, Walter Sisulu, and many other leading political figures in the liberation movement and the government of South Africa. The University of Fort Hare was established as a place of higher education of black graduates from Lovedale and other schools. The archives of the African National Congress (ANC) are found there, as well as significant collections of African art from all over the continent.
The Eastern Cape Coastal Route covers the length of the Eastern Cape Province stretching across a number of districts. The route starts at T...
The area of Alice was originally named Lovedale by European missionaries, who settled there in 1824. Alice is now home to the esteemed Unive...
The University of Fort Hare is situated in the historic town of Alice, built on the site of a former military station. The land was donated ...