Cape-Eastern

The Cape-Eastern ( Mpuma Koloni in Xhosa, Oos-Kaap in Afrikaans, Eastern Wraps in English) is a province of the Republic of South Africa.

Its chief town is Bisho, the old capital of the Bantoustan of Ciskei in the neighborhoods of King William' S Town ( iQonce ).

The other important urban poles are East London ( iMonti ) and Port Elizabeth ( iBhayi ). Grahamstown is the seat of the one of the oldest universities in South Africa.

A Enclave of the province of Cape-Eastern is entirely surrounded by the province close to KwaZulu-Native. Its principal city is Umzimkulu.

TheEastern one historically formed part of the Colonie of the Cape whose capital was the Cape. The government Apartheid had created two Bantustans, the Ciskei and the Transkei, for the people xhosa which are majority in theEastern one. After 1994, one dismantled the Bantustans while cutting the Province of Cape into four. This installation reflects the demographic distinction between the province of the Cape-Westerner, mainly Afrikaans and of “color”, and theEastern one.

A former provincial Prime Minister, Makhenkesi Stofile, had committed himself making change the name of the province because of his connotation colonialist (foot-note the word koloni in the version xhosa) and owing to the fact that the province does not include obviously any more the Cape of Good Hope. But one tackled the costs planned for such a change, and following the fall of the capacity of Stofile thanks to a scandal, the project of name change seems to have been abandoned.

The two last Presidents of South Africa, Nelson Mandela and Thabo Mbeki, were born in the province from theEastern one.

Politically the province is largely dominated by the ANC. It counts 40 great municipalities. At the time of the municipal elections of 2006, only the municipality of Baviaans (Willowmore) was carried by the opposition of the democratic Alliance (DA) whereas the ANC carried 81,74% of the votes at the provincial level against 7,64% with the DA and 5,3% with the plain Democratic movement.

Municipal cutting and policy (local elections 2006)

  • District of Cacadu: ANC 71,25% of the votes in 2006.

    • Camdeboo (Graaff-Reinet): ANC 67,27%
    • Baviaans Municipality (Willowmore): DA 47,31%
    • Kouga (Humansdorp): ANC 52,49%
    • Makana (Grahamstown): ANC 80,9%
    • Blue Cranium Road: ANC 74,4 %
    • Ndlambe Municipality : ANC 77,7%
    • Sunday' S To rivet Valley Municipality (Kirkwood): ANC 87%
    • Kou-Kamma (Kareedouw): ANC 66,81%
    • Ikwezi (Jansenville) Municipality: ANC 69,24

  • District of Chris Hani: ANC 86,78%

  • District of GOLD Tambo: ANC 86,98%
  • Nelson Mandela Subway (Elizabeth Port): ANC 66,53%

  • Umzimvubu (Mount Ayliff): ANC 91,61 %
  • Matatiele : ANC 73,9 %
  • Mbhashe : ANC 83,94%
  • Mnquma (Butterworth): ANC 79,24%
  • Groot Kei (Komgha): ANC 85,6%
  • Amahlathi (Stutterheim): ANC 90,35%
  • Buffalo City (East London): ANC 81,28 %
  • Ngqushwa : ANC 91,7%
  • Nkonkobe (Alice): ANC 89,95%
  • Nxuba (Adelaide): ANC 47,17%
  • Inxuba Yethemba (Cradock): ANC 70,12%
  • Tsolwana (Tarkastad): ANC 88,19%
  • Inkwanca (Molteno): ANC 88,19%
  • Lukhanji (Queenstown): ANC 89,23%
  • Intsika Yethu (Cofimvaba): ANC 88,89%
  • Emalahleni (Lady Brother): ANC 90,18%
  • Engcobo : ANC 82,76%
  • Sakhisisizwe (Elliot): ANC 82,15%
  • Elundini: ANC 86,25%
  • Senqu Municipality (Barkly East): ANC 92,2%
  • Maletswai (Aliwal North): ANC 83,2%
  • Gariep Municipality: ANC 73,8%
  • Mbicana: ANC 92,08%
  • Ntabankulu: ANC 90%
  • Quakeni (Flagstaff): ANC 89,68%
  • Port St Johns: ANC 84,94%
  • Nyandeni: ANC 89,94%
  • Mhlontlo (Qumbu): ANC 86,05%
  • King Sabata Dalindyebo Municipality (Mthatha): ANC 72,41%

See too

  • Graaf Reinet

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