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Chantelle is a suburb of Akasia in Gauteng, South Africa.It is situated to the north west of Pretoria and in the south western corner of Akasia.. It used to be a predominantly Afrikaans speaking suburb for many young white residents, but the demography has changed since the end of apartheid in 1994.
South Africa switched to a closed numbering system effective 16 January 2007. At that time, it became mandatory to dial the full 10-digit telephone number, including the zero in the three-digit area code, for local calls (e.g., 011 must be dialed from within Johannesburg). Area codes within the system are generally organized geographically.
South Africa's white population increased to over 3,408,000 by 1965, reached 4,050,000 in 1973, and peaked at 5,244,000 in 1994-95. [18] Density of White South Africans by district in 1922. The number of white South Africans resident in their home country began gradually declining between 1990 and the mid-2000s as a result of increased ...
Houghton Estate, often simply called Houghton, is an affluent suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa, north-east of the city centre.. The area was designated for white residents as part of the Group Areas Act during the apartheid era and became known as one of the city's upper-class neighbourhoods.
Yeoville is an inner city neighbourhood of Johannesburg, in the province of Gauteng, South Africa.It is located in Region F (previously Region 8).Originally intended as a "well-to-do" neighbourhood, it instead developed into a white working class and lower middle class area as the city expanded northwards and public rail access improved. [2]
The area is in decline, mainly due to crime, unemployment and drugs. [citation needed] An economically deprived [4] area of Laudium (described in an academic paper as a "ghetto"), [5] informally called White Blocks (named after their paint colour), with single and multi-family government-built dwelling units is situated in the western part of ...
The township was the site of the infamous Boipatong massacre on 17 June 1992, when 46 township residents were massacred by local hostel-dwellers. The massacre took place while the Convention for a Democratic South Africa negotiations towards the end of apartheid in South Africa were in progress; the killings were one of the factors that led to suspension of the talks.
Kleinfontein is a culturally segregated, Afrikaner-only settlement near Pretoria, South Africa that was founded in 1992. Members of the African National Congress and Democratic Alliance youth have denounced the settlement and the continued existence of Afrikaner-only settlements in post-Apartheid South Africa.