Sebokeng, Gauteng

Province

Sebokeng is a township in the district of Sedibeng in Gauteng province in South Africa. In 2011, the population was 218 515.

Geography

Sebokeng is located about 40 kilometers southwest of Johannesburg and is situated between Evaton in the north and the industrial area formed by the towns of Vereeniging, Vanderbijlpark and Sasolburg, the " Vaal Triangle" ( Vaal Triangle ) in the southeast. Meyerton in the east is approximately 15 kilometers away. The national road N1 is tangent to the place in the West. The River Vaal flows about 15 miles to the south.

History

Sebokeng, the " gathering place " mean in Sesothosprache, was founded in 1965 by the then apartheid government as the Township to black Africans who were employed in the nearby industrial area of the " Vaal Triangle" accommodate. In addition many simple houses were built. In 1984 there were violent clashes between security forces and residents who were demonstrating because of high rents and operating costs, a school boycott organized and went on strike. These protests 2300 protesters were arrested. The demonstrations continued, however, and were a total of 600 protesters by the end of September 1985 due to the sometimes brutal actions of the police killed. A detailed description of the situation at this time in the townships of Evaton and Sebokeng was written by the priest Patrick Noonan. In January 1991, lost 39 people during a funeral for a comrade and a member of the ANC by suddenly appearing, armed attackers their lives, as of this a hand grenade was thrown into the mourners. 1994, established a stable community in Sebokeng, which was divided into 21 zones. In the financial year 2004/2005 a program for the rehabilitation of the zones 11, 14 and 17 was started by the government.

Demographics

The determined in 2001 population of 222 045 people was made up as follows: 99.58 % Black African, White 0.04%, Coloured 0.37% and 0.01 % Asian. Main language at this time was Sesotho with 65.02 %, followed by isiZulu with 16.12%, with 11.77 % isiXhosa, Setswana with 2.82%, Sepedi 1.71 %, with 0.62% Afrikaans, English with 0.11% and other languages ​​with 2.03%.