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. ...
Langa, one of the country's oldest townships, was built for 50,000 people, but 250,000 now call it home.
LANGA TOWNSHIP, SOUTHAFRICA 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 SouthAfrica'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.