Talk:Eastern Cape

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The article mentions the small exclave within KZN, but doesn't mention why it exists. Could anyone explain why it is there?

Cheers.
 * I think it had something to do with East Griqualand (Kokstad) staying with Natal and not with the bantustan of Transkei. That left a small piece of land by the Umzimkulu River which became part of Transkei. When the former homeland was absorbed back into South Africa after apartheid it became part of the Eastern Cape including the small encave --Jcw69 12:58, 12 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Sub-provincial division
I have seen a couple of maps drawing a line that stretches from north to south, dividing the province into two (administrative?) zones. No other province had such a division. Perhaps this should be mentioned in the article.—Wikipeditor 20:20, 28 December 2005 (UTC)

Name changes in South Africa
These new names hide some of the history and existing articles they are related to.Gregorydavid 08:37, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

Coat of arms
The coat of arms must be replaced. The image is in the public domain. Gregorydavid (talk) 06:55, 24 May 2009 (UTC)
 * The coat of arms (as an abstract design) is not copyrighted; but the specific drawing of it that was on the Commons was copyrighted by vector-images.com. If someone else can themselves draw a free version of the coat of arms, then we would be able to use it. - htonl (talk) 14:04, 24 May 2009 (UTC)

Eastern Cape government institutions
I wish to propose the new section(s) to be included to improve Eastern Cape. When you are browsing through the page, It would close the gap before or after '7 Municipalities' to have the sections below. Consideration may also be made for other provinces to include theirs as this is a common structure of any province. If however, there is a page somewhere that has the provincial government institutions then it should be linked to this page in some way.

I have included my proposal as follows:

Provincial government institutions
Provincial government of the Eastern Cape is made up of Provincial Departments and Public Entities.

Provincial departments
Eastern Cape has 14 government departments.


 * 1) Office of the Premier
 * 2) Provincial Legislature
 * 3) Department of Health
 * 4) Department of Social Development and Special Programmes
 * 5) Department of Roads and Public Works
 * 6) Department of Education
 * 7) Department of Local Government and Traditional Affairs
 * 8) Department of Rural Development and Agrarian Reform
 * 9) Department of Economic Development, Environmental Affairs and Tourism
 * 10) Department of Transport
 * 11) Department of Human Settlements
 * 12) Provincial Planning and Treasury
 * 13) Department of Sport, Recreation, Arts and Culture
 * 14) Department of Safety and Liaison

Provincial Public Entities
Eastern Cape has a total of eleven public entities, consisting of Provincial Public Entities and Provincial Government Business Enterprises as follows: Provincial Public Entities


 * 1) Eastern Cape Socio Economic Consultative Council (ECSECC);
 * 2) Eastern Cape Rural Development Agency (ECRDA);
 * 3) Eastern Cape Appropriate Technology Unit (ECATU);
 * 4) Eastern Cape Parks and Tourism Agency (ECPTA);
 * 5) Eastern Cape Gambling and Betting Board (ECGBB);
 * 6) Eastern Cape Liquor Board (ECLB); and
 * 7) Eastern Cape Provincial Arts & Culture Council (ECPACC).

Provincial Government Business Enterprises
 * 1) Eastern Cape Development Corporation (ECDC);
 * 2) East London Industrial Development Zone (ELIDZ);
 * 3) Coega Development Corporation (CDC); and
 * 4) Mayibuye Transport Corporation (MTC).

TruBrother (talk) 05:29, 28 April 2013 (UTC)

Name changes
Hi, there. A lot of Eastern Cape villages/towns/airports/cities' names have been changed. For instance, Port Elizabeth is now Gqeberha, Uitenhage is now Kariega, King William's Town is now Qonce, etc. See here for the list. Please help with the updating/changing names of the relevant articles. I would do it all tonight, but I'm dead on my feet. Best, Lefcentreright  Discuss  20:41, 23 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Hi ! Thanks for the shoutout :) I see though you've had at least the Port Elizabeth changes reverted. I concur with the consensus there, it's not the commonly-used name yet, so is too soon, although the new official names should be mentioned in the articles concerned. Greenman (talk) 18:28, 24 February 2021 (UTC)