Khayelitsha Township in the Cape Flats Khayelitsha (IPA: [ˌkaɪ.əˈlit̚.ʃə]) is a partially informal township in South Africa, on the outskirts of Cape Town in the Cape Flats. The name is Xhosa for Our New Home. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1920x1440, 401 KB) Summary Hurkummer, Khayelitsha, South Africa, October 2005. ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1920x1440, 401 KB) Summary Hurkummer, Khayelitsha, South Africa, October 2005. ...
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City motto: Spes Bona (Latin: Good Hope) Location of the City of Cape Town in Western Cape Province Province Western Cape Mayor Helen Zille Area - % water 2,499 km² N/A Population - Total (2004) - Density Not ranked 2,893,251 1,158/km² Established 1652 Time zone SAST (UTC+2...
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Xhosa (IPA: ) is one of the official languages of South Africa. ...
The Group Areas Act, passed in the 1950s, prohibited Blacks from living in the cities. The discrimination and black population control by the apartheid regime did not prevent blacks from settling in the outskirts of Cape Town. After the scrapping of pass laws in 1987 many blacks, mainly Xhosas moved into areas around Cape Town in search of work. By this time many blacks were already illegally settled in townships (black neighbourhood) like Nyanga and Crossroads. As the black population grew, the apartheid regime sought to solve the problem by establishing new black neighbourhoods. Khayelitsha was established in 1985.
The Western Cape was a preference area for the local coloured population and a system called influx control was in place preventing Xhosas from traveling from the Transkei without the required permit. After the historic 1994 elections hundreds of thousands moved to urban areas in search of work, putting up shacks made of tin, wood and cardboard - this is one of them. Capital Cape Town Largest city Cape Town Premier Ebrahim Rasool Area - Total Ranked 4th 129,370 km² Population - Total (2001) - Density Ranked 5th 4,524,335 35/km² Elevation Highest point: Seweweekspoort Peak at 2325 meters (7628 feet) Lowest point: sea level Languages Afrikaans (55. ...
Flag of Transkei bantustan Political Map of South Africa prior to 1994 Transkei, as of 1978 The Transkei — which means the area beyond the Kei River — is a region situated in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. ...
1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ...
Apartheid is over, but its legacy - and the shacks, remain. Today Khayelitsha is home to between 500,000 and 1 million people, and runs for a number of kilometres along the N2. The ethnic makeup of Khayelitsha is approximately 90% Black African and 10% Coloured, with Xhosa being the predominant language of the residents. The Xhosa (IPA ) people are peoples of Bantu origins living in south-east South Africa, and in the last two centuries throughout the southern and central-southern parts of the country. ...
Khayelitsha is today the third largest[citation needed] township in South Africa, after the townships of Soweto and Sharpeville, both near Johannesburg. Since the ANC came to power in the country in 1994, living conditions in the township have improved markedly, with new brick housing being built for residents, new schools being built, clean water taps on every street and electricity being provided to every shack. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
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Johannesburg, including Soweto, from the International Space Station Soweto is an urban area in the City of Johannesburg, in Gauteng, South Africa. ...
Sharpeville is black township set up by the then apartheid government in southern Gauteng, South Africa between two large industrial cities of Vanderbijlpark and Vereeniging. ...
City motto: Unity in Development Province Gauteng Mayor Amos Masondo Area - % water 1,644 km² 0. ...
For political parties with similar names in other countries, see Northern Rhodesian African National Congress and Zambian African National Congress. ...
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International Funding and Partnerships
As Cape Town's largest township, Khayelitsha attracts funding from international aid agencies. A number of partnerships with international companies, governments and NGOs have been set up:
1. UK partnerships have been brokered through the work of the Specialists Schools Trust SSAT
2. A successful initiative at Ikhwezi Lesizwe Primary School has brought company support for Technology. UK based Ramesys have donated software and kit to allow good web communications. Smart Technology from Canada have donated an interactive whiteboard
3. Another such group based in Zion, Illinois, USA is Partners Across the Ocean which has brought Khayelitsha high school learners to the USA and built a computer lab in Khayelitsha [1]. 4.On June 14th The Global Glasgow Youth Project (GGYP), which consists of 11 teenage boys from Glasgow, working along with Communatast and Glasgoow The Caring City, will be travelling to Khayelitsha as part of a youth exchange with Matthew Goniwe High School.[[2]]
Tourism Recently a tourist centre opened in the township on Look Out Point, or Lookout Hill [3] one of the highest hills in the area on the corner of Mew Way & Spine Road.
Health There are three Provicinal Government clinics in Khayelitsha. Khayelitsha (Site B) CHC (Community Health Clinic) is the principal clinic, and is the only 24 hour trauma and emergency unit in the township. Michael Maphongwana (Harare) CHC and Nolungile (Site C) CHC are the other Provicinal Government clinics.
There are also numerous small municipal clinics throughout the township, including Empilisweni Clinic (Harare), Khayelisha Site B Youth Centre (Site B), Khayelitsha (Site B) Clinic, Luvuyo Clinic (Makaza), Matthew Goniwe Clinic (Makaza), Mayenzeke Clinic (Harry Gwala), Nolungile Clinic (Site C)and Zakhele Clinic (Sections A-J). Services offered at these municipal clincs include Child Health, Family planning, TB treatment, HIV testing, Pap Smears and treatment and diagnosis of Sexually Transmitted Infections.
Films set in Khayelitsha - U-Carmen eKhayelitsha, a 2005 Xhosa film adaptation of Bizet's Carmen, set in Khayelitsha
- The Wooden Camera
there is also a bike which people can hire to ride to the town well. U-Carmen eKhayelitsha is a 2005 South African operatic movie directed and produced by Mark Donford-May. ...
2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Wooden Camera is a 2003 South African film directed by Ntshavheni wa Luruli. ...
See also District Six is the name of a former neighborhood of Cape Town, South Africa, best known for the forced removal of its inhabitants during the 1970s. ...
Beginning in the year 2000 a collection of Zion-Benton Township High School teachers, students, Rotarians, school administrators and community members have come together to do their part in improving the education of township students in South Africa. ...
Mitchells Plain is a coloured township 20kms from the city of Cape Town. ...
Chris Hani Secondary School is an English-medium school located in Khayelitsha, a township on the outskirts of Cape Town, South Africa. ...
External links - BBC Photo Story - Khayelitsha
Coordinates: 34°02′25″S, 18°40′40″E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...
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