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Tsakane is a township south of Brakpan close to two other townships KwaThema and Duduza on the east Rand, Gauteng, South Africa. In South Africa, the term township usually refers to the (often underdeveloped) urban residential areas that, under Apartheid, were reserved for non-whites (Africans, Coloureds and Indians) who lived near or worked in areas that were designated white-only. Soweto (actually a group of townships) and Alexandra are two of... Brakpan is a gold and uranium mining town in Gauteng, South Africa. ... KwaThema is a township south-west of Springs on the east Rand, Gauteng, South Africa. ... Duduza is a township west of Nigel on the east Rand, Gauteng, South Africa. ... The RAND Corporation is an American think tank first formed to offer research and analysis to the U.S. military. ... Categories: South Africa stubs | Provinces of South Africa | Gauteng Province ...


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In February 2004, the Fund invited a number of key stakeholders from the area to take part in a consultative process to jointly prioritise interventions which would be sustainable into the future.
These two areas are the largest sources of labour for the operation and are likely to be hardest hit by the withdrawal of a major source of revenue and employment from the area.
In common with many urban townships in Gauteng, Kwa-Thema and Tsakane face a number of social problems particularly unemployment, crime, HIV/AIDS, a growing number of orphans and vulnerable children, and poverty.
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