The selection of the capital city of the Eastern Cape province & The fall of a former capital city : Umtata

The selection of the capital city of the Eastern Cape province & The fall of a former capital city : Umtata

[SHS:GEO] Humanities and Social Sciences/Geography

post-apartheid political geography

South Africa

capital

This paper examines the selection of the capital city of the Eastern Cape Province in 1994, an important concern in post-apartheid political geography. Initially there were four contenders, Bisho- King William's Town, Umtata, Grahamstown and Port Elizabeth. Grahamstown withdrew from the competition in the early stages of negotiations preferring to remain the judicial capital of the Province. Bisho-King William's Town won the competition.

Siyongwana, Pakima

Territorial restructurings, comparisons and innovations Proceedings of the French‐South African meeting on territorial innovation. Recompositions territoriales : confronter et innover. Actes des rencontres scientifiques franco‐sud-africaines de l'innovation territoriale

Rencontres scientifiques franco-Sud-Africaines de l'innovation territoriale

2003

ENG

conference proceeding

http://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-00766816

http://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/docs/00/76/68/16/PDF/Siyongwana_22.pdf

Grenoble - Avignon

France