Bizana

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Coordinates: 30°51′04″S 29°50′17″E / 30.851°S 29.838°E / -30.851; 29.838
Country	South Africa
Province	Eastern Cape
District	Alfred Nzo
Municipality	Winnie Madikizela-Mandela Local Municipality
Area [1]
• Total	24.13 km2 (9.32 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	7,974
• Density	330/km2 (860/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	98.5%
• Coloured	0.6%
• Indian/Asian	0.3%
• White	0.2%
• Other	0.4%
First languages (2011) [1]
• Xhosa	90.3%
• Zulu	3.2%
• English	2.8%
• Other	3.8%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
PO box	4800
Area code	039

Bizana (legally Mbizana since 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. Bizana has a provincial hospital, named Oliver and Adelaide Tambo Regional Hospital. There is also a hospital called Greenville hospital in the eTyeni area of Imizizi Administrative area.