Bizana

This article is about the town. For the municipality formerly known as the Bizana Local Municipality, see Winnie Madikizela-Mandela Local Municipality.

Mbizana
Bizana
Mbizana is located in Eastern Cape
Mbizana
Mbizana
Location within Eastern Cape
Mbizana is located in South Africa
Mbizana
Mbizana
Location within South Africa
Coordinates: 30°51′04″S 29°50′17″E / 30.851°S 29.838°E / -30.851; 29.838
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceEastern Cape
DistrictAlfred Nzo
MunicipalityWinnie Madikizela-Mandela Local Municipality
Area
[1]
 • Total
24.13 km2 (9.32 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total
7,974
 • Density330.5/km2 (855.9/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[1]
 • Black African98.5%
 • Coloured0.6%
 • Indian/Asian0.3%
 • White0.2%
 • Other0.4%
First languages (2011)
[1]
 • Xhosa90.3%
 • Zulu3.2%
 • English2.8%
 • Other3.8%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
PO box
4800
Area code039

Mbizana, also known as Bizana (before 2013), is a town in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It is the seat of the Winnie Madikizela-Mandela Local Municipality.

Winnie Mandela, ex-wife of Nelson Mandela, was born here in 1936. Oliver Reginald Tambo (popularly known as OR Tambo which the international airport in Johannesburg is named after) was also born and grew up in this town. The town has many surrounding villages.

Entertainment and nature

Mbizana rurals

The Wild Coast Sun casino and hotel by Sun international group is in the Alfred Nzo District, situated 56,6 kilometres from the town. The Wild Coast Sun hosted Idols SA theatre week in 2016 and 2017.[2] Mbizana is in the Wild coast area and has beautiful beaches. One of them is Silver Beach, a beautiful and peaceful beach in the Xholobeni area, where a hotel complex is located.[3] The controversial Xolobeni mine has been proposed to mine the area's titanium reserves.[4][5]

Mbizana is on the border between KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape. The population is predominantly Xhosa.

Hospitals

Mbizana has a provincial hospital, the Oliver and Adelaide Tambo Regional Hospital. The Greenville hospital, in the eTyeni area of Imizizi Administrative area, was originally developed by the Roman Catholic church in 1900. Greenville has been the subject of community protests after years of neglect.[6]

1986 bombing

On 18 April 1986, two people were killed and several others injured when a bomb, set by Phumzile Mayaphi, exploded at the Wild Coast Casino near Bizana. Mayaphi, an MK operative, was charged and convicted of murder and sabotage, and was sentenced to death (some sources say to 18 years) on 12 May 1989.[7] Mayaphi was released as a political prisoner in 1990.[8][9]

Culture

  • Mbizana Cultural Village

Transport

The R61 is the major route running through Mbizana, bypassing the town to the south. It runs roughly SE to S from Port Edward in KwaZulu-Natal to Flagstaff.

Notable people

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Main Place Bizana". Census 2011.
  2. ^ "Meet the Idols hopefuls at Wild Coast Sun this week". 1 March 2017.
  3. ^ "Xolobeni: the value of sand and dreams of tourism". Getaway Magazine. 6 January 2017.
  4. ^ "Xolobeni activist defies death threats to protect her ancestral land". www.iol.co.za.
  5. ^ "Mantashe announces survey in Xolobeni to decide on mining". www.iol.co.za.
  6. ^ Damba-Hendrik, Nombulelo (6 February 2025). "125-year-old Eastern Cape hospital in desperate need of renovations". GroundUp News. Retrieved 9 February 2025.
  7. ^ "Truth Commission - Special Report - TRC Final Report - Volume 2, Section 1, Chapter". sabctrc.saha.org.za. Retrieved 9 February 2025.
  8. ^ "Pumzile Mayapi". www.sahistory.org.za. Retrieved 9 February 2025.
  9. ^ https://www.dailydispatch.co.za/politics/2018-09-26-former-umkhonto-wesizwe-operative-left-his-mark-on-sa/}
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