Gqeberha’s third deadly blow: Deindustrialisation knocking on the door again?
Daily Maverick | 27.07.2026 06:26
I was still in primary school in 1985 when Gqeberha (then Port Elizabeth) suffered what felt like the first slow, mortal wound to its soul. Ford Motor Company locked the gates of Ford House for the last time, the assembly lines at Struandale fell silent, and the rhythm that had given the city its heartbeat simply stopped.
