Thokoza
Menoldin Tokoza | |
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 Aerial view of Thokoza | |
  Thokoza  Thokoza | |
| Coordinates: 26°20′12″S 28°08′48″E / 26.33667°S 28.14667°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Gauteng |
| Municipality | Ekurhuleni |
| Area | |
• Total | 9.43 km2 (3.64 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 105,827 |
| • Density | 11,000/km2 (29,000/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 99.1% |
| • Coloured | 0.4% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.1% |
| • White | 0.1% |
| • Other | 0.2% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Zulu | 40.2% |
| • Sotho | 21.5% |
| • Xhosa | 18.4% |
| • Northern Sotho | 5.4% |
| • Other | 14.5% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Postal code (street) | 1426 |
| PO box | 1421 |
Thokoza, alternatively rendered Tokoza, is a township in Ekurhuleni, Gauteng. Thokoza is at the location of the now-defunct Palmietfontein Airport. It is situated south east of Alberton, adjacent to Katlehong. Thokoza was the first black township which was established in the South. During the early 1990s Thokoza was the middle of unrest between the supporters of the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) and the African National Congress (ANC).[2]
- ^ a b c d "Main Place Thokoza". Census 2011.
- ^ "Thokoza looks back at its 'bang bang' days".