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

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Example Sentences

“It’s a nonsense report,” Zamani Saul, the premier of Northern Cape Province and a Ramaphosa supporter, said in an interview.

From New York Times • Dec. 5, 2022

Each coffin has a photo of one of the victims in a 3,000-seater marquee in East London, a city in Eastern Cape Province.

From BBC • Jul. 6, 2022

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

In total, they had 2,248 plants, which they’d collected throughout the Northern Cape Province, southern Namibia, and the northern parts of the Western Cape Province, estimated to be worth $100,000.

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