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Encyclopedia > Langa, South Africa

Langa is a township found in Cape Town, South Africa. Similar to Khayelitsha, Langa is one of the areas that were designated for black Africans during the apartheid era. City motto: Spes Bona (Latin: Good Hope) Province Western Cape Mayor Nomaindia Mfeketo Area  - % water 1,644 km² 0. ... Khayelitsha a township in South Africa, on the outskirts of Cape Town. ... A segregated beach in South Africa, 1982. ...


External links

History of Langa township at capetown.at


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Hope slowly rises under African skies | csmonitor.com (637 words)
Langa, one of the country's oldest townships, was built for 50,000 people, but 250,000 now call it home.
LANGA TOWNSHIP, SOUTH AFRICA – In the Xhosa language, Langa literally means "the sun" – an optimistic label for a township originally built on top of a garbage dump.
But for more than two-thirds of South Africa's population – its fl and mixed-race citizens – townships like this one are a daily reminder of the segregation and poverty that is the legacy of 46 years of apartheid.
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