KwaThema
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| Coordinates: 26°17′51″S 28°24′9″E / 26.2975°S 28.4025°ECoordinates: 26°17′51″S 28°24′9″E / 26.2975°S 28.4025°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Gauteng |
| Municipality | Ekurhuleni |
| Area[1] | |
| • Total | 13.93 km2 (5.38 sq mi) |
| Population (2001)[1] | |
| • Total | 99,517 |
| • Density | 7,144/km2 (18,500/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2001)[1] | |
| • Black African | 99.7% |
| • Coloured | 0.2% |
| First languages (2001)[1] | |
| • Zulu | 56.8% |
| • Sotho | 8.7% |
| • Northern Sotho | 8.6% |
| • Xhosa | 8.6% |
| • Other | 17.3% |
| Time zone | SAST (UTC+2) |
KwaThema is a township south-west of Springs on the East Rand, Gauteng, South Africa. It was established in 1951 when Africans were resettled from Payneville because it was considered by the apartheid government to be too close to a white town. The new township's layout was designed along modernist principles and became a model for many subsequent townships, although the envisaged social facilities were not implemented. The typical South African township house, the 51/9, was one of the plans developed for KwaThema. A black local authority with municipal status was established in 1984. In 1985 KwaThema experienced violent unrest and right-wing vigilante activity.
[edit] Famous KwaThemans
- Hilda Tloubatla (b. 1942), South African mbaqanga singer
- Eudy Simelane (1977–2008), South African footballer and LGBT-rights activist, raped and murdered in the town[2]
- Lucas Sithole (1931–1994), South African sculptor
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d "Main Place KwaThema". Census 2001. http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/77318.
- ^ Kelly, Annie (12 March 2009). "Raped and killed for being a lesbian: South Africa ignores 'corrective' attacks". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/mar/12/eudy-simelane-corrective-rape-south-africa. Retrieved 2009-03-14.
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