Eastern Cape
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| Premier | Noxolo Kiviet |
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| Population | 6. 562 million (2011) |
| Colleges and universities | Nelson Mandela University |
| Points of interest | Addo Elephant National Park |
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| ID | 1182727 |
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
... 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
... 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'
... 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
... 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'
... 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
... 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
... 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
... He has been moved from a prison in the capital, Pretoria to one in the port city of, in the Eastern Cape...
At least 17 found dead in South Africa nightclub
At least 17 people have been found dead in a nightclub in South Africa 's East London city, local media report.
Bodies were found at the Enyobeni Tavern early on Sunday and several others are said to have been injured.
" The circumstances surrounding The Incident are under investigation as we speak, " a police spokesman told the Newzroom Africa television channel.
" We do not want to make any speculations at this stage, " Brigadier Tembinkosi Kinana said.
Relatives of The Victims have been unable to see their bodies, reports say, and locals have called for The Venue to be closed.
A large number of emergency service personnel are on The Scene in the Eastern Cape province.
Eastern Cape Police Commissioner Nomthetheleli Lilian Mene is at The Scene , and she told SABC News that " there was an alleged stamped inside the tavern".
The Bbc has been unable to verify this and details are still emerging.
Source of news: bbc.com
