Kayser's Beach

Place in Eastern Cape, South Africa
33°12′26″S 27°36′37″E / 33.20722°S 27.61028°E / -33.20722; 27.61028CountrySouth AfricaProvinceEastern CapeMunicipalityBuffalo CityArea • Total2.36 km2 (0.91 sq mi)Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total697 • Density300/km2 (760/sq mi)Racial makeup (2011) • Black African45.3% • Coloured1.0% • White53.6% • Other0.1%First languages (2011) • English45.0% • Xhosa40.9% • Afrikaans12.2% • Sign language1.0% • Other0.9%Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)

Kayser's Beach is a small village on the shore of the Indian Ocean, 35 kilometres (22 mi) southwest of East London in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. According to the census of 2011 it had 697 inhabitants.

On 13 March 1967, the South African Airways Flight 406 crashed into the sea at Kayser's Beach, resulting in the loss of 25 lives.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Main Place Kayser's Beach". Census 2011.
  2. ^ "The SAA Rietbok crashes into the sea at Kayser's Beach near East London, with the loss of twenty-five lives". South African History Online. Archived from the original on 3 January 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2014.


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