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The Eastern Cape is the poorest province in terms of average on monthly expenditure, followed by Free State and the Northern Province according to the Statistics SA report: Measuring Poverty in South Africa.
The Eastern Cape is located on the south eastern seaboard of South Africa and is the second largest province with an area of 170 600 km² and represents 14% of South Africa's land mass.
The population of the Eastern Cape was approximately 6,7 million in 1993 representing 16,4% of the total South African population.
www.informationgenius.com /encyclopedia/e/ea/eastern_cape_province.html   (1276 words)

  
 Eastern Cape Province - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Eastern Cape is a province of South Africa.
The Eastern Cape offers a wide array of attractions, including 800 km of untouched and pristine coastline along with some of the world's best beaches, and "big-five" viewing in a malaria-free environment.
The Eastern Cape remains one of the poorest provinces in South Africa.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Eastern_Cape_Province   (608 words)

  
 Eastern Cape - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Eastern Cape offers a wide array of attractions, including 800km of untouched and pristine coastline along with some of the world's best beaches, and "big-five" viewing in a malaria-free environment.
The province is the location of South Africa's only ski resort, Tiffindell, which is situated in the Southern Drakensberg on the slopes of the highest mountain peak in the Eastern Cape (3001m).
Sir Benjamin D'Urban's administration of the eastern frontier of the Cape of Good Hope during the period 1834-1838;: A bibliography (University of Cape...
encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /eastern_cape.htm   (692 words)

  
 Eastern Cape at a Glance   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
he Eastern Cape is a land of rolling hills, endless sweeps of rocky coves and sandy beaches, towering mountain ranges and verdant forests, and is physically the second largest of the nine provinces.
The Eastern Cape boasts a remarkable natural diversity, ranging from the dry desolate Great Karoo to the lush forests of the Wild Coast and the Keiskamma Valley, the fertile Langkloof renowned for its rich apple harvests, and the mountainous southern Drakensberg region at Elliot.
The capital of the Eastern Cape is Bisho.
www.touringsa.com /about_eastern_cape.htm   (530 words)

  
 Eastern Cape Technikon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Eastern Cape Province is a region of immense natural beauty with the spectacular Wild Coast as one of its main attractions.
Eastern Cape Technikon reflects the region and its people and is a young, vibrant and fast-developing institution which achieved autonomy in 1994.
In a competitive and challenging environment, the Eastern Cape Technikon is clearly a higher education institution that is set to add increasing value to students’ lives, local industry, the Eastern Cape region and the transformation of higher education in South Africa.
www.studysa.co.za /tech/eastc_t.html   (686 words)

  
 Welcome to South Africa
The second largest of South Africa’s nine provinces, the diverse Eastern Cape landscape ranges from the dry desolate Great Karoo to the steamy forests of the Wild Coast and the Keiskamma Valley.
Despite its colonial past, the Eastern Cape remains the home of the Xhosa-speaking people of South Africa.With its almost seven million people, the Eastern Cape has the third-largest provincial population, living on about 169 600 km2 of land.
Situated in the Southern Drakensberg on the slopes of the highest mountain peak in the Eastern Cape (3001m).
www.southafrica.net /index.cfm?SitePageID=257&ProvinceID=3   (1188 words)

  
 Armoria patriæ - Eastern Cape   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Cape eland is also important in folklore, and often appears in the religious rock art of the Bushmen who were the province’s earliest human inhabitants.
The Eastern Cape Province – one of four new provinces split from the Cape Province – formally came into being on 27 April 1994, when all-race elections were held for the first time in South Africa.
The languages chiefly spoken in the Eastern Cape are isiXhosa (see Ciskei for a discussion of this), English and Afrikaans, which is why the province’s name is given in these three languages.
uk.geocities.com /landswapen/9prov/ECape.html   (1451 words)

  
 IOL: Eastern Cape
Eastern Cape department of health staff have reported a medical aid and insurance scam whereby unauthorised amounts are being deducted from their salaries.
An Eastern Cape woman is facing a charge of culpable homicide after the death of her eight-month-old baby, who apparently suffocated while strapped to her back.
Eastern Cape police have taken DNA samples from a human head found in Mthatha this week to see if it matches a decapitated body that was discovered in the same area in July.
www.int.iol.co.za /index.php?set_id=1&click_id=2936   (1579 words)

  
 Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Port Elizabeth is a city in South Africa, situated in the Eastern Cape Province, at 33°58′ S 25°36′ E.
The city is located on Algoa Bay, and is one of the major seaports in South Africa.
Port Elizabeth, often shortened to "PE", and nicknamed "The Friendly City" or "The Windy City", was founded in 1820 by Sir Rufane Donkin, the Acting Governor of the Cape Colony, and populated with 4,000 British settlers arriving by sea.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Port_Elizabeth   (1182 words)

  
 Wydah Tours Eastern Cape Garden Route South Africa Accommodation Gorah Elephant Camp   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Park was proclaimed in 1931 to preserve the last survivors of once numerous herds of elephants in the eastern cape that were hunted almost to extinction.
Port Elizabeth is located on the South Eastern coast of South Africa linking the very popular Garden Route to the Eastern Cape.
Deep within the shadows of the dense valley bushveld of the Sundays River region of the Eastern Cape is the Addo Elephant National Park.
www.wydahtours.com /accommodation/eastcape/eastern_cape_accommodation_south_africa_gorah_elephant_camp.asp   (1099 words)

  
 The Herald : News for the Eastern Cape
BISHO — The Eastern Cape government owed almost R71-million to “cash-strapped” district municipalities throughout the province, the legislature heard yesterday....
CAPE TOWN — Democratic Alliance leader Tony Leon and deputy Marthinus van Schalkwyk are to meet — possibly today — to try to hammer out a resolution to the massive infighting that has plagued the DA over the past two weeks....
CAPE TOWN — The Democratic Alliance in the Eastern Cape was “as strong as ever” even after the differences in the Western Cape over Peter Marais, East Cape leader Eddie Trent said yesterday....
www.theherald.co.za /herald/2001/10/23   (352 words)

  
 Eastern Cape - Wikitravel
Eastern Cape is in South Africa and stretches along the Indian Ocean between Western Cape and KwaZulu-Natal
Port Elizabeth - the largest city in the province is connected to the rest of the country by flights, motorways and rail.
It runs along the coast from Cape Town via the Garden Route to Port Elizabeth and further on to East London, the Transkei and Durban.
wikitravel.org /en/Eastern_Cape   (716 words)

  
 Welcome to Eastern Bank - About Eastern
Eastern Bank is the largest independent, mutually owned bank in New England whose distinguished history, dedication to superior service and commitment to providing customers with financial expertise have left an indelible mark on Greater Boston.
Founded in 1818 and headquartered in Boston, Eastern has combined prudent management with well-timed acquisitions to evolve from a modest savings bank to the fourth-largest commercial bank in Greater Boston.
Eastern’s 1,400 employees, many of whom are leaders in their fields, create a culture of service and accountability.
www.easternbank.com /a_about_eastern.html   (319 words)

  
 Cape Province - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Under the Union of South Africa and after that under the Republic of South Africa, the old Cape Colony became the Cape of Good Hope Province (though it was commonly known as the Cape Province).
Since 1994, it has been broken up into three smaller administrative units: the Western Cape, Eastern Cape and Northern Cape.
Parts of the Cape Province were also absorbed into the North West Province.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cape_Province   (102 words)

  
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The Eastern Cape's biodiversity is unmatched in Southern-Africa.
There are 5 biogeographic regions in the Eastern Cape, spanning from the semi-desert Karoo in the interior to the lush green forests of the Garden Route.
The Eastern Cape also has South Africa's only ski resort, Tiffindell, which is situated in the Drakensberg on the slopes of Ben McDhui, the highest mountain peak in the Cape.
www.eastern-cape.com   (345 words)

  
 Eastern Cape Treasures
The lighthouse is located within the eastern sector of the Cape floristic region, a floral kingdom internationally recognised for its spectacular diversity.
Ben MacDui is the tallest mountain in the South Africa's Cape Province.
It is situated in the Eastern Cape's Northern Interior and you can (believe it or not) ski here in the winter.
www.eastern-cape.com /treasures   (2052 words)

  
 Virtual tour of Eastern Cape Environs
Another consequence of overgrazing is the spread of "eastern thorn bushveld" (also called "false thornveld").
Less than 0.25% of the land area of South Africa is closed canopy forest, and half of this is in the Eastern Cape Province.
This is the "Eastern Cape Monarch" a large outeniqua, or false, yellowwood, Podocarpus falcatus.
www.cof.orst.edu /project/usaidalo/eastcape.htm   (342 words)

  
 IFP Election Speeches - 30 May 1999 -  Eastern Cape Election Campaign Closing Rally
I have come to the Eastern Cape to close the election campaign of the Inkatha Freedom Party because of the long-held ties I have had with this community.
The people of the Eastern Cape are putting their trust in the IFP because they realise that now is the time to trust only those whom they know well.
The people of the Eastern Cape are the best qualified to provide the best feeding schemes, pension services, good quality education, effective policing and good health-care to the people of the Eastern Cape.
www.ifp.org.za /Archive/Speeches/990530asp.htm   (4413 words)

  
 Eastern Cape Travel Guide, South Africa
Scenic diversity is one of the most striking characteristics of the region, ranging from the lush, evergreen Tsitsikamma Forest to the rugged Baviaanskloof Wilderness Area, the southern slopes of the Drakensberg and the arid Great Karoo.
Cape Dutch homes, ornate Victorian buildings and the lime-washed homesteads of the rural Xhosa provide tangible symbols of three vastly different cultures coming together in peaceful coexistence.
The Eastern Cape was fraught with frontier battles.
www.sa-venues.com /eastcape.htm   (1433 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Eastern Vicariate of the Cape of Good Hope
The Eastern Vicariate of the Cape of Good Hope was established in 1847, when the Vicariate of the Cape of Good Hope was divided into Eastern and Western.
He founded the "Cape Colonist", a paper which did a unique work in its day by its fearless advocacy of purity in public life and sane views on the native problems.
There are 74 churches, chapels, and stations in the Eastern Vicariate, served by 52 priests, of whom 18 belong to the Society of Jesus, and two are Trappists.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/06645a.htm   (522 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Cape Province (South African Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
Under the South African constitution of 1994 it was divided into Eastern Cape, Western Cape, Northern Cape, and part of a fourth province, North West.
The former capital and largest city was Cape Town (now the capital of Western Cape).
Other cities in the former province included Kimberley (now in Northern Cape) and East London, Port Elizabeth, and Uitenhage (all now in Eastern Cape).
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/C/CapeProv.html   (178 words)

  
 Cape Town - Garden Route - Eastern Cape - Winelands
Leave Cape Town and drive to the Winelands where your base for the next two nights will be Franschoek.
It is part of the Cape Whale Route and Dolphin sightings are also frequent in the early mornings and late afternoons.
It is a beautiful drive to a quiet seaside hideaway and spend two nights at Diaz 15 in one of their attractive sea view self catering apartments only seconds from miles and miles of sandy beach.
www.drumafrica.co.za /cape-tour.html   (905 words)

  
 BPD Eastern Cape Project
Programmes in two of the four provinces with Project Implementing Agencies (PIAs) Metsico in the Northern Province and Amanz’Abantu in Eastern Cape constitute one focus project of the BPD.
Stakeholder involvement is typically via the PSC (facilitated by Mvula in the Eastern Cape, and by private sector partners in the Northern Province) - this evolves into a Water Committee which runs the system.
An initial fund (10% of future annual OandM costs) is set up (in the Eastern Cape) and community labour used for construction.
www.bpd-waterandsanitation.org /english/projects/eastern.asp   (1133 words)

  
 Wydah Tours Eastern Cape Garden Route South Africa Accommodation Kwandwe Private Game Reserve   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
One of the continent's southernmost game reserves lies in the heart of South Africa's Eastern Cape; a district rich in history and blessed with abundant natural beauty.
They have left a legacy of rock paintings, artefacts and stone tools that are of great cultural importance.
Visit the first Homo sapiens site in the Cape in the Valley of the Ancient Voices.
www.wydahtours.com /accommodation/eastcape/eastern_cape_accommodation_south_africa_kwandwe_private_game_reserve.asp   (1153 words)

  
 Dispatch Online - Your premier Eastern Cape news site
EAST LONDON - Eastern Cape and Western Cape transport and safety MECs will this weekend personally and jointly contribute towards road safety at the border of both provinces in the face of the end of holidays rush.
By Lulamile Feni EAST LONDON - More than 100 prison warders in the Eastern Cape have been dismissed in the past two weeks for not working on the Christmas and New Year weekends.
Cape Wools said its market indicator gained a "hefty" 6,6 percent to close after trading on Wednesday at R25,66/kg for clean...
www.dispatch.co.za /2005/01/14/easterncape   (1165 words)

  
 Eastern Cape Provincial Government of the Republic of South Africa   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Eastern Cape Premier’s Acceptance Speech at the Charlotte Manye-Maxeke Special Award.
Today is indeed a special day to all women of South Africa and the Eastern Cape Province in particular, more especially the poor for whom Mama Charlotte Maxeke stood and fought for, for so many years under the banner of the African National Congress...
In particular, the Province of the Eastern Cape does not represent or warrant that the information provided on this Web Site is accurate, complete or current.
www.ecprov.gov.za   (483 words)

  
 Port Elizabeth Accommodation Hotels Eastern Cape South Africa
Port Elizabeth Accommodation / Port Elizabeth Hotels / Eastern Cape Hotels / Eastern Cape Accommodation in South Africa
St Francis Bay Accommodation: Escape to the picturesque village of St Francis Bay, situated along the Eastern Cape coast of southern Africa.
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www.eastcape-venues.co.za   (869 words)

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