eastern cape

Photo library: Infrastructure 9

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Photo library: Infrastructure 8

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Photo library: South Africa at work 9

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The adventure starts here

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Phindi Kema, stud farmer

At just 36 years of age, the Eastern Cape's inimitable Phindi Kema is the first and only black person to breed thoroughbred horses commercially in South Africa. To top it off, she also grows lucerne and runs a citrus farm, a small dairy and a popular adventure camp.

The Big Seven and more at Addo

Whether you want to experience the sights and sounds of the bush from an upmarket lodge, safari tent or a host of other affordable accommodation facilities, the world-renowned Addo Elephant National Park - home to five biomes and the Big Seven - has it all.

SA’s R97bn power programme

State-owned electricity company Eskom has made "significant progress" in a R97-billion programme to revamp South Africa's electricity infrastructure, says Public Enterprises Minister Alec Erwin.

Biomass export plant for Coega

The Coega Industrial Development Zone outside Port Elizabeth has secured a R70-million investment into a biomass fuel project which will supply 10 000 tons of the product a month to European markets.

E London pulls in car part makers

Seven companies have committed themselves to the East London Industrial Development Zone's new Automobile Supplier Park, bringing total investment into the zone to R755-million.

Exporting Mandela’s proteas

When a breeze blows down the Elandsberg in the Eastern Cape, it stirs the blooms of thousands of proteas and strelizias on Longmore Flower Estates - including three very special hybrids in short supply on world markets.