Everything about Cape Province totally explained
The
Cape of Good Hope Province (commonly referred to simply as the
Cape Province) was a province in the
Union of South Africa and subsequently the
Republic of South Africa. It encompassed the old
Cape Colony, and had
Cape Town as its capital.
It was created in 1910 when the Union of South Africa was formed, and included the original Cape Colony and other regions such as
British Bechuanaland (not to be confused with the
Bechuanaland Protectorate, now
Botswana),
Griqualand East (the area around
Kokstad) and
Griqualand West (area around
Kimberley).
At the time of the formation of the
Union of South Africa the entire region now called
South Africa was only four provinces:
Transvaal (
South African Republic),
Natal (
Natalia Republic),
Orange Free State and the Cape Province.
During the
Apartheid era the country was chopped up into a number of additional pieces which were known as the four
TBVC States and the six
Non-Independent Homelands.
After the first fully democratic elections in 1994 all the pieces were put together again and divided into what are now the current nine
provinces of South Africa.
Walvis Bay was handed to
Namibia.
Griqualand East was transferred to
Natal Province after the
Transkei was declared independent, since it was cut off from the rest of the province. The Transkei (1976) and
Ciskei (1981) regions were declared independent of South Africa, after they were formerly part of the Cape Province. (They were re-incorporated into South Africa in 1994, both part of the new
Eastern Cape province)
It was the only province where
coloureds (mixed-race people) could vote, although this right was removed by the
apartheid government in the 1960s or 1970s . The government had to incorporate many extra senators in parliament to force through this change.
Since 1994, it has been broken up into three smaller administrative units: the
Western Cape,
Eastern Cape and
Northern Cape. Parts of the Cape Province were also absorbed into the
North West Province.
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