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  EASTERN CAPE IN A NUTSHELL:
 


POPULATION:
6, 4 million

LANGUAGES:
Predominantly Xhosa, and, English and Afrikaans

SIZE:
Second largest of South Africa’s nine provinces

LANDSCAPE:
Richly diverse with rugged mountains, lush forests, semi-arid Karoo vast lands, golden beaches, skiing slopes in winter and true African bushveld.

CLIMATE:
Moderate

MUNICIPALITIES:
Amathole, Cacadu, Chris Hani, Ukhahlamba, OR Tambo and Alfred Nzo. Independent of these is the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality which administers Port Elizabeth, Uitenhage and Despatch.

MAJOR CENTRES:
Nelson Mandela Bay (the province’s largest city) and Buffalo City (South Africa’s only river port). Buffalo City falls into Amathole district.

TOURIST ROUTES:
Tsitsikamma Adventures, Kouga, Karoo Heartland, Frontier Country, Sundays River Valley, Sunshine Coast, Amathole Mountain Escape, Friendly N6 and Wild Coast.

ECONOMY:
Mainly manufacturing, followed by agriculture and government services. Five growth areas identified by the province as the core of its economic game plan include: manufacturing, agriculture and agro-processing, tourism, investment in infrastructure and investment in people.

MAJOR NATIONAL GOVERNMENT INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENTS:
The Coega and East London Industrial Development Zones (IDZs). The Eastern Cape is the only province in South Africa to boast two IDZs.
 
Economic development, environment, investment opportunities, tourism and lifestyle.
 

Tourism: Environment

  
 
 
 Green for go 
 Great green initiatives are helping to make the province and planet a healthier place.  More>> 
 Putting the bee in bio-diesel 
 Honey mead and bio-diesel maker Dr Garth Cambray says the whole world economy starts with a bee.  More>> 
 Accommodating Addo 
 Addo’s contractual partners and privately-owned concessions expand its exhilarating Big Seven experience.  More>> 
 Nature, nurture, future 
 The healing power of wild habitats and skills training is changing the fortunes of desperate Aids orphans and vulnerable Eastern Cape youth.  More>> 
 The beautiful game 
 The Eastern Cape Parks Board is getting its game reserves ready for the influx of tourists ahead of 2010. More>> 
 Buzzword Biodiversity  
 A biodiversity hotspot, the Eastern Cape will be the first African host of the global conservation community’s most important annual gathering - the 2007 Society for Conservation Biology Meeting of 2007.  More>> 
 Wonderful Wildcoast 
 Cutweni is in Pondoland in the hinterland of the unspoilt holiday coastal area east of East London, in the Eastern Cape. The Mbotyi area in OR Tambo district – home of stunning waterfalls such as Fraser Falls and Magwa Falls – is one of my favourite places and should not be missed on your visit to this area. More>> 
 Dung Beetle Project  
 Africa’s rare flightless dung beetle is the focus of an eco-tourism venture on a working citrus farm in the Sundays River Valley. Addo Dung Beetle Guest Farm, on the property Miskruier, has a 50m x 50m breeding station designed to protect its rare consignment of Circellium bacchus beetles while providing ideal breeding conditions. More>> 
 Cats vs Dogs 
 The African wild cat’s history can be traced back 5 000 years to Egypt. It is the ancestor of our domestic cats (Felis catus). The African wild dog is Africa’s most endangered carnivore. The African wild dog is not closely related to the domestic dog. It belongs to a distinct family of wolf-like canids. The patterns on a wild dog’s coat are unique, like fingerprints.  More>> 

 

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