Cape Province

British  

noun

1. Official name: Cape of Good Hope Province.  Former name (1652–1910): Cape Colony.  a former province of S South Africa; replaced in 1994 by the new provinces of Northern Cape, Western Cape, Eastern Cape and part of North-West. Capital: Cape Town

---

Example Sentences

Helen Zille, the premier of Western Cape Province, which includes Cape Town, wrote in The Daily Maverick last week that she considers a shut-off inevitable.

From New York Times • Jan. 30, 2018

Steyn was born in Cradock, Eastern Cape Province, and won the Under-20 World Cup with South Africa in 2012 before moving to Italy that same year.

From Washington Times • Nov. 23, 2017

DDT Jabavu would later return to Africa, where he set up the South African Native College at Fort Hare in the Cape Province.

From BBC • Oct. 30, 2017

We caught one doctor from Japan who specialized in dwarf aloes, poaching them in the Western Cape Province, and another doctor from Germany who was a world expert in orchids.

From National Geographic • Nov. 11, 2015

All the junior players I talked to, from as far away as Natal, the Orange Free State and Cape Province, echoed the same problems: poor facilities, lack of tennis equipment, sponsorship or qualified coaches.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane