Thokoza
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| Coordinates | 26 ° 21 '19 " S , 28 ° 7' 57" E | ||
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| Country | South Africa | ||
| Gauteng | |||
| metropolis | Ekurhuleni | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | ZA-GP | ||
| height | 1562 m | ||
| surface | 9.4 km² | ||
| Residents | 105,827 (2011) | ||
| density | 11,222.4 Ew. / km² | ||
| founding | 1973 | ||
Thokoza ( isiZulu ; occasionally Tokoza; German for "gratitude") is an administrative part of the metropolitan municipality of Ekurhuleni in the South African province of Gauteng .
geography
In 2011 Thokoza had 105,827 inhabitants. The district is south of Alberton . The township of Katlehong is located immediately to the east and Vosloorus to the east of Katlehong.
population
In 2011, 40% of residents stated isiZulu, 22% Sesotho and 18% isiXhosa as their first language. 46% of the population are under 18 years of age. Almost half of the young people are unemployed. According to a study published in 2009 by the Center for Sociological Research at the University of Johannesburg , Thokoza, along with three other cities, is one of the South African places with the worst public services. Many residents live in dormitories, known as hostels , as they did during apartheid .
history
A part of the land belonged to the former airport Palmietfontein Airport, which was operated until the early 1950s before it by Jan Smuts Airport was replaced. On May 3, 1952, a jet aircraft landed there for the first time in the world and was used on scheduled services. In 1959 blacks from the Alberton district of Elandsfontein were settled in what would later become Thokoza. Around 24,000 people lived there in the 1960s. Elandsfontein became a district of Verwoerdburg in 1971, which was only allowed to be inhabited by whites.
In 1991 the local politician Sam Ntuli ( African National Congress , ANC) was shot. At his funeral, supporters of the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) killed numerous mourners. The police has been accused of supporting the IFP supporters. This temporarily jeopardized the peace process between the South African government and opposition groups.
From May 1993 to January 1994 there were 1,800 dead here in Katlehong and Vosloorus in renewed civil war-like unrest between supporters of the ANC and IFP. On April 18, 1994, the chief photographer of The Star newspaper and member of the Bang-Bang Club , Ken Oosterbroek , was shot dead in Thokoza, and his colleague Greg Marinovich was seriously injured. The unrest in Thokoza in the early 1990s claimed a total of around 3,000 deaths. Thokoza has been part of the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality since 2000.
traffic
The National Route 59 leads west to Thokoza over. The Gauteng Metrorail serves the Mpilisweni and Angus stations on the Germiston - Vereeniging route , which are on the western edge of Thokozas.
Web links
- For many in Thokoza 'it's still a shitty life'. Mail & Guardian of June 28, 2011 (English)
- Thokoza; empty shells linger on boulevard of broken dreams. Mail & Guardian of March 20, 2014 (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b 2011 census , accessed October 31, 2014
- ↑ a b Thokoza; empty shells linger on boulevard of broken dreams. Mail & Guardian of March 20, 2014 (English), accessed November 1, 2014
- ↑ a b For many in Thokoza 'it's still a shitty life'. Mail & Guardian, June 28, 2011, accessed November 1, 2014
- ^ Alberton's history (PDF), accessed November 1, 2014
- ↑ Report from the 1991 funeral at sahistory.org.za , accessed on February 18, 2016
- ^ Township where the war has no end. After dusk in Katlehong, only madmen, murderers and self-appointed vigilantes are out in the streets. The Independent, January 23, 1994, accessed October 30, 2014