Mdantsane is an urban township in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa, situated approximately 15 km from East London and 37 km from Qonce (formerly King William’s Town) in the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality.
Mdantsane township is the second largest township in the Eastern Cape Province and the 17th largest in the Top 20 largest townships in South Africa.
The name Mdantsane was derived from a stream that ran from the Nahoon River down to the Buffalo River. Some believe the stream was called Dontsane. Soon after the stream was named, a “white farm” which was at the entrance of Mdantsane (now known as Zone 1) was also named after the stream Dontsane or Umdanzani.
The Mdantsane township is the second-largest township in the Eastern Cape Province by population.
