Newtown, Johannesburg
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Coordinates: 26°12′14″S 28°02′02″E / 26.204°S 28.034°ECoordinates: 26°12′14″S 28°02′02″E / 26.204°S 28.034°E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Gauteng |
Municipality | City of Johannesburg |
Main Place | Johannesburg |
Government | |
• Councillor | Nokuthula Albertina Xaba (African National Congress) |
Area | |
• Total | 0.85 km2 (0.33 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | 2,505 |
• Density | 2,900/km2 (7,600/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 90.0% |
• Coloured | 1.9% |
• Indian/Asian | 6.4% |
• White | 1.2% |
• Other | 0.6% |
Language (2011) | |
• Zulu | 20.9% |
• English | 12.5% |
• Tswana | 10.0% |
• Northern Sotho | 8.1% |
• Other | 48.6% |
Website | www |
Newtown is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region F of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, and has the coordinates of 26.204°S and 28.034°E. The town originated as a manufacturing district for brick production and contained a "racially mixed working class".[3]
Historical background[]
At the beginning of the twentieth century, the Newtown Precinct was named "the Brickfields". By 1896, approximately 7,000 people[4] lived in the town.
Brickfields' from Ed Charlton's opinion attracted a number of industries, such as trade firms, banks, brick factories, a brewery, and fisheries, as well as immigrants from other nations.[5]
In April 1904, Mahatma Gandi declared an outbreak of the bubonic plague in Brickfield. The plague caused 82 fatalities and 112 people were reportedly diagnosed with it.[6] The local government initiated the fire brigade to start fires within the town aiming to cease the plague.
Cleanup[]
The Greater Newtown Construction, was initiated by City of Johannesburg Municipality Council, which rehabilitated old suburb structures, "enhanced public open spaces," and introduced closed-circuit television.[7]
Within the development of Newtown, it's street lighting was designed by the French engineer Patrick Rimoux.[8]
Regeneration[]
Johannesburg City Council, partnered with Gauteng Agency Blue IQ, in a project to develop the community of Newtown.[9] The project includes building five housing developments in which Council states"[it will] cater for different levels of income".[10]
The plan details that over 2,000 housing units will be built, within the next few years. The Nelson Mandela Bridge was inaugurated on 20 July 2003,[11] and is the northern entrance to Newtown.
Location[]
Newtown is situated in the western section of the Johannesburg city centre.[12]
References[]
- ^ "LGE 2016 List of Councillors". Electoral Commission of South Africa. August 2016.
- ^ a b c Newport, Statistics South Africa, 2011, retrieved 4 June 2019
- ^ "Newtown Improvement District - History". www.newtown.co.za. Retrieved 2021-04-09.
- ^ "Region F Suburbs". www.joburg.org.za. Retrieved 2021-04-09.
- ^ Herbst, Michael (22/1998). "Second Johannesburg Biennale: Alternating Currents". African Arts. 31 (3): 74. doi:10.2307/3337580. JSTOR 3337580.
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(help) - ^ Mitchell, J. Alexander (1921). "Plague in South Africa: Perpetuation and Spread of Infection by Wild Rodents". The Journal of Hygiene. 20 (4): 377–382. doi:10.1017/s0022172400034112. ISSN 0022-1724. JSTOR 3859059. PMC 2207056. PMID 20474748.
- ^ "Newtown Improvement District - History". www.newtown.co.za. Retrieved 2021-04-04.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Dirsuweit, Teresa (1999-06-01). "From fortress city to creative city". Urban Forum. 10 (2): 183–213. doi:10.1007/BF03036618. ISSN 1874-6330. S2CID 154503763.
- ^ "Development Planning". www.joburg.org.za. Retrieved 2021-04-04.
- ^ ROGERSON, Christian M.; ROGERSON, Jayne M. (2016). "Intra-urban spatial differentiation of tourism:: Evidence from Johannesburg, South Africa". Urbani Izziv. 27 (2): 125–137. ISSN 0353-6483. JSTOR 24921001.
- ^ "Steel offers numerous advantages in bridge construction, says SAISC". Leading Architecture & Design. 2019-05-27. Retrieved 2021-04-04.
- ^ Rogerson, Jayne (1996). "The geography of property in inner-city Johannesburg". GeoJournal. 39 (1): 73–79. doi:10.1007/BF00174931. ISSN 0343-2521. JSTOR 41146917.
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