Jane Furse
| Jane Furse | |||
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| Coordinates | 24 ° 45 ′ S , 29 ° 52 ′ E | ||
| Basic data | |||
| Country | South Africa | ||
| Limpopo | |||
| District | Sekhukhune | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | ZA-LP | ||
| local community | Makhuduthamaga | ||
| height | 1403 m | ||
| Residents | 6533 (2011) | ||
| founding | 1921 | ||
Jane Furse is a city in the Limpopo province of South Africa . It is the administrative seat of the Local Municipality Makhuduthamaga in the Sekhukhune district .
geography
In 2011, Jane Furse had 6,533 inhabitants (2011 census). There are several places around Jane Furse such as Vergere, Ga-Moripane, Ga-Moretsele, Mokwete, Maleetse and Sekhutlong. Groblersdal is 60 kilometers southwest , Lydenburg 80 kilometers southeast . After Polokwane in the north is about 100 kilometers.
Most of the residents speak Sepedi as their first language .
history
The Jane Furse Memorial Hospital was inaugurated in 1921 by Michael Furse, the then Anglican Bishop of Pretoria , and named after his 14-year-old daughter Jane. The place developed rapidly around the hospital. The Jane Furse School, a small secondary school, was built next to the hospital . It was closed when the apartheid government changed education to the detriment of blacks with the Bantu Education Act . Until 1994, Jane Furse was in the largest part of the Lebowa homeland , which took over the management of the hospital in 1976. The school reopened and renamed St. Mark's College . In 1999 the hospital had a catchment area of 400,000 people in 105 villages. In 2008 the hospital building was abandoned and replaced by a new building on the outskirts, the Jane Furse Hospital . The former hospital building was badly damaged when it moved out and before it was returned to the church, so that the Anglican diocese was able to seek compensation. The buildings have since operated as the Jane Furse Memorial Village .
Economy and Transport
The area around Jane Furse is considered to be one of the poorest areas in South Africa. It is 99 percent administered by traditional rulers . Jane Furse is the seat of the Jane Furse Hospital and the Jane Furse Counseling and Care Center, which is primarily concerned with AIDS prevention and care for AIDS sufferers. Jane Furse is an important trading center and has two business centers. The place is not on the trunk road network ; the next trunk road is around 30 kilometers away.
religion
In addition to the Anglican Church, there is a Lutheran congregation that was founded before the Anglican congregation.
Personalities
- Aaron Motsoaledi (* 1958), South African Minister of Health, was born here. Before becoming ministerial in 2009, he ran a surgical practice in Jane Furse.
Individual evidence
- ↑ 2011 census , accessed October 13, 2014
- ↑ History of the school at stmarkscollege.co.za ( Memento from July 11, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
- ↑ Jane Furse: A hospital in crisis. at health-e.org.za (English), accessed on October 13, 2014
- ↑ Website of the Diocese of St. Mark (English), accessed on October 13, 2014
- ↑ Portrait at isibindi.de , accessed on October 13, 2014
- ↑ Makhuduthamaga Local Municipality Budget Review 2012–2015, as of 2012, PDF page 35 ( Memento from October 20, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (English; PDF, 6.5 MB)
- ^ Annual report of the mission 1926 (PDF), accessed on October 13, 2014