- Eastern Cape
- Flagstaff
Flagstaff, Eastern Cape
The trading centre of Flagstaff in the high hill country of Pondoland is a picturesque sight on Fridays and Saturdays when the streets are crowded with tribespeople in their traditional costumes, trading skins for maize meal, sugar and other goods.
The town was originally the site of a store whose owner believed in Sunday observance. Tribespeople in the area could not understand the custom and persisted in turning up when the store was shut.
The owner eventually set up a tall pole from which he flew a flag to let everyone for miles around know when he was open for business.
Near the town is the Holy Cross Mission, with a large hospital founded in 1911.
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