and metropolitan routes and has access to many roads. The R75 links to Despatch and Port Elizabeth in the south and Jansenville and Graaff-Reinet in the north. The M19 links to Despatch, Ibhayi and Swartkops in the east. The R334 links to Motherwell and Coega to the east and KwaNobuhle and the R102 (which also connects to the N2 to Humansdorp and Cape Town) in the south-west. The M10 links to Despatch, Bethelsdorp and Port Elizabeth in the south. Notable people Loyiso Bala, South African R&B singer; part of Bala Brothers ground and TKZee Mihlali Mosi, professional Rugby Player from Muir College Boys' High School Zikhona Bali, actress acts as Asanda on DiepCity Linky Boshoff, South African tennis player from Riebeek College Girls' High School Okkert Brits, Olympic pole vaulter Joseph Petrus Hendrik Crowe, British Army officer who was awarded the Victoria Cross Annatjie van Deventer, netball Deshun Deysel, international business coach and mountaineer Heloise Ferreira, Van Wyk - netball Carel Fourie, Springbok rugby wing; from Die Brandwag Hoërskool Marie Hayes, netball Nantie Hayward, South African cricketer who now plays in the Indian Cricket League Allan Hendrickse, preacher-teacher-politician from apartheid politics Mcebisi Jonas, former deputy Finance Minister, active member of ANC's Uitenhage branch Deon Kayser, rugby player Johann van der Merwe, Springbok rugby centre 1969/70 British tour; from Die Brandwag Hoërskool Bicks Ndoni, former mayor of Uitenhage and ANC politician Smuts Ngonyama, ANC National Spokesman during Thabo Mbeki's Era. Recently appointed South African Ambassador to Spain Anrich Nortje, South African cricketer Charles Robert Redcliffe, Labour Party politician, community leader and anti-apartheid activist Christo van Rensburg, South African tennis player, ATP-ranked Enoch Sontonga, composer of Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika which is now part of the national anthem James Wide, double leg amputee railway signalman and owner of Jack the signal-baboon Garth Wright, Springbok rugby scrum-half from Muir College Lee-Roy Wright, South African actor and television presenter Notable animals Jack – a chacma baboon trained to assist signalman James Wide, who had both legs amputated. Notable buildings Masjid al-Qudama (1849), is one of the oldest mosques in the country. Cuyler Manor, historic house museum Coats of arms Drostdy — In 1804, the Cape colonial government assigned the shield of Jacob Abraham Uitenhage de Mist's arms to the new Uitenhage drostdy. The arms were Sable, a cross moline Argent, i.e. a silver cross moline on a black shield. An anchor was placed behind the