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Place in Western Cape, South Africa Khayelitsha Khayelitsha looking east, from Lookout Hill over Ilitha Park Khayelitsha Show map of Western Cape Khayelitsha Show map of South Africa Khayelitsha Show map of Africa Coordinates: 34°02′25″S 18°40′40″E / 34.04028°S 18.67778°E / -34.04028; 18.67778 Country South Africa Province Western Cape Municipality City of Cape Town ...
QQ Section also known as Tambo Park, was founded in 1989 and is an Informal Settlement in the Site B sub-division of Khayelitsha in South Africa. Structure and location [ edit ]
There are also rural informal settlements. [1] ... Khayelitsha [3] Langa; Mfuleni; ... Map of Thembalethu showing zone of slum.
Large scale rural-urban migration has rapidly increased the population, putting strain on housing with major increases in informal shack settlement, including in areas that were originally created on a planned basis, for example, Khayelitsha. One of the major priorities of the RDP (Reconstruction & Development Programme) is to build houses. [7]
Children in a township near Cape Town in 1989 Children in a township near Cape Town. In South Africa, the terms township and location usually refers to an under-developed, racially segregated urban area, from the late 19th century until the end of apartheid, were reserved for non-whites, namely Black Africans, Coloureds and Indians.
The name is a contraction of igugu lethu, which is Xhosa for our pride/ our hope.Gugulethu, along with Nyanga, was established in the 1960s due to the overcrowding of Langa, which was the only black residential area for Cape Town at the time.
On May 2, 2011, a fire that started around 1 am engulfed and burned down an estimated 1500 informal and formal residences. The fire killed one and displaced an estimated 5000 people. High rates of violent crime and a lack of appropriate policing in the area resulted in serious protest action by the community in 2015.
Kuils River is a level two administrative region, and is close to Stellenbosch It is located near the intersection of the M12 and the R102. [5]Kuils River is home to the respective Alta du Toit and Jan Kriel Schools, the former, for mentally challenged children [6] and the latter for children with special educational needs. [7]