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Eastern Cape

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Premier Noxolo Kiviet
Population6. 562 million (2011)
Colleges and universities Nelson Mandela University
Points of interest Addo Elephant National Park
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About Eastern Cape


The Eastern Cape is a province of South Africa. Its capital is Bhisho, but its two largest cities are Port Elizabeth and East London. It was formed in 1994 out of the Xhosa homelands or bantustans of Transkei and Ciskei, together with the eastern portion of the Cape Province.

Andrew Harding: A fond farewell to an uneasy South Africa

Andrew Harding: A fond farewell to an uneasy South Africa
Aug 26,2023 9:20 pm

... Last week a woman and her three children were reportedly found dead in their tiny shack close to the Indian Ocean in the Eastern Cape...

South African taps run dry after power shortages

South African taps run dry after power shortages
Jun 18,2023 9:20 pm

... In the Eastern Cape s quaint arts town of Makhanda, formerly known as Grahamstown, residents have for years been forced to contend with unsafe drinking water, with recurring bouts of E...

South Africa period poverty: 'I don't want anyone else to use rags for sanitary pads'

South Africa period poverty: 'I don't want anyone else to use rags for sanitary pads'
May 27,2023 8:21 pm

... Now 27, she grew up in a poor township in South Africa s Eastern Cape province and watched her single mother use old rags during menstruation...

South Africa's long wait for justice over apartheid crimes

South Africa's long wait for justice over apartheid crimes
Mar 13,2023 10:20 pm

... It was the winter of 1985, in the small South African town of Cradock in the Eastern Cape...

South Africa pit bull attacks: 'We can't live in a world where dogs eat children'

South Africa pit bull attacks: 'We can't live in a world where dogs eat children'
Nov 26,2022 9:50 pm

... Three days after Kekesto s death a 15-month-old toddler died in hospital after being attacked by a pit bull in the Eastern Cape province...

At least 17 found dead in South Africa nightclub

At least 17 found dead in South Africa nightclub
Jun 26,2022 11:15 am

... A large number of emergency service personnel are on the scene in the Eastern Cape province...

Black Coffee - the South African DJ who made history at the Grammys

Black Coffee - the South African DJ who made history at the Grammys
Apr 7,2022 4:50 am

... The 46-year-old was born in the port city of Durban, but at the age of eight, he moved to a house in the town of Mthatha in the Eastern Cape, where there was no running water or outside toilets and he had to carry out daily chores such as milking his grandmother s cows...

Oscar Pistorius set to meet victim Reeva Steenkamp's parents

Oscar Pistorius set to meet victim Reeva Steenkamp's parents
Nov 29,2021 2:20 pm

... He has been moved from a prison in the capital, Pretoria to one in the port city of, in the Eastern Cape...

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