Peddie, Eastern Cape
Peddie '' is a town in the Ngqushwa Local Municipality within the Amathole District Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.
The town is situated 55km south-west of King William's Town and 67km east of Grahamstown. It developed from a frontier post established in 1835 and named Fort Peddie, and became a municipality in 1905. Named after Lieutenant-Colonel John Peddie, who led the 72nd Highlanders against the Xhosa in the Sixth Frontier War.
A large provincial hospital on the outskirts of Peddie is named Nompumelelo Hospital.
