Caught in the press
In this engaging feature from Inyathi (July 2025), journalist Stephen Kennedy joins Alan Weyer on one of his signature Eastern Cape history tours. With a sharp eye for detail and a deep respect for place, Kennedy captures the unique blend of storytelling, landscape, and lived experience that makes these journeys so memorable. From crumbling forts to mountain passes rich with memory, this article offers a vivid glimpse into a tour that brings South Africa’s complex frontier history to life. Read the full piece and walk the path of the past.
A Journey Through the Eastern Cape’s Frontier Past
Spirits of the Past Talk
Talking point: Personality tour guide – Alan Weyer
Writes Makana Tourism “Ask anyone – go on, ask them – which event in South African history was the most significant. They might give many answers, but no-one will mention Grahamstown. Very few people know, actually, that South Africa as we know it today hinged on a single, short battle just outside this little city.”
Alan answered in this great write-up about his infamous talks on the hillsides of history.
Walking with my Ancestors
Truth is stranger than fiction here
An Alan Story captured in press, this time by Jim Freeman for the Citizen Sunday.
As life would have it Rob Caskie happened to be heading in my direction again and joined us for a couple of days en route to Graaff-Reinet. Of course, we couldn’t pass up the opportunity to have a chat which went from proud Xhosa leader and war tactician Chief Maqoma to Winston Churchill in the Sudan. It’s always a great experience spending time bringing our world in history alive together. Enjoy!
1878 What will the New Year bring
A battle won that the British should have lost
Queen Victoria’s Jubilee Industrial Arts Exhibition of 1898
