Khutsong | |
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Coordinates: 26°20′1″S 27°19′39″E / 26.33361°S 27.32750°E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Gauteng |
District | West Rand |
Municipality | Merafong City |
Government | |
• Councillor | Ofentse Hamilton Kawe |
Area | |
• Total | 16.15 km2 (6.24 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 62,458 |
• Density | 3,900/km2 (10,000/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 99.4% |
• Coloured | 0.3% |
• Indian/Asian | 0.1% |
• White | 0.1% |
• Other | 0.1% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Tswana | 34.8% |
• Xhosa | 25.0% |
• Sotho | 19.3% |
• Zulu | 7.3% |
• Other | 13.6% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Postal code (street) | 2499 |
PO box | 2500 |
Khutsong is a township on the West Rand of South Africa, and scene of widespread unrest starting in February 2006.[2] It is situated north-west of the town of Carletonville,[3] in the Merafong City Local Municipality of the Gauteng province, just west of the Abe Bailey Nature Reserve. With a terrible history of violence and gangsterism,[4] the main factors causing crime rates to spike up from 2011 until late 2019 are mainly high poverty rates, municipality mismanagement and corruption and the lack of employment/job creating opportunities. In 2017/18 thousands of mine workers lost their jobs due to mines shutting down.[5]
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