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Orange Farm ("Farma") is a township located approximately 45 km (28 mi) from Johannesburg in the Gauteng Province of South Africa. It is the southernmost township of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality. Its name, a misnomer given that oranges are grown in orchards instead of farms, has Dutch origins. It is one of the youngest townships in South Africa, with the original inhabitants, laid-off farm workers, taking up residency in 1988. Support for the population came slowly mostly from people who were tenants at the larger township of Soweto.[2]
Orange Farm
Farmton | |
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 Orange Farm Youth Protest | |
  Orange Farm  Orange Farm | |
| Coordinates: 26°27′54″S 27°51′25″E / 26.465°S 27.857°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Gauteng |
| Municipality | City of Johannesburg |
| Established | 1988 |
| Government | |
| • Councillor | Motha (ANC) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 12.16 km2 (4.70 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
| • Total | 76,767 |
| • Density | 6,300/km2 (16,000/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 99.3% |
| • Coloured | 0.3% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.1% |
| • White | 0.1% |
| • Other | 0.2% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Zulu | 44.5% |
| • Sotho | 29.1% |
| • Xhosa | 9.5% |
| • Tsonga | 4.1% |
| • Other | 12.8% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Postal code (street) | 1805 |
| PO box | 1805 |
| Area code | 1841 |
Demographics
editApproximately 85% of the people work in Johannesburg. Most of the people use trains to get to work. 35% of the residents are unemployed.[citation needed]
Infrastructure and Public Services Delivery
editPublic services delivery
editThe Orange Farm Water Crisis Committee, an offshoot of the South African Anti-Privatization Forum (AFP), has been very vocal and active against the privatization of water.
Infrastructure
editOrange Farm is a rapidly growing township with great infrastructural developments each year. The township has a large main clinic (Stretford Clinic[3]) and several minor clinics. The township's main roads are tarred and several minor streets may be tarred but in questionable condition. Orange farm has a small official library, permanent housing for many residents (mainly government housing) . Electricity is readily available to most places with only a few areas without electricity (including the Squatter camp in Drieziek 5). The town has a large multi-purpose community center.
However, these improvements come with financial costs, which most of the citizens living in Orange Farm cannot afford. The ongoing privatization of Orange Farm has also drawn much criticism from social justice and human rights groups as they have pointed out that local small businesses keep dying. This can also be linked to the rising number of foreign owned shops in the area. A lot has been done to improve Orange Farm; it now has more than two parks and a two floor mall (Eyethu Orange Farm Mall). However, nearly all areas still need improvement.[citation needed]
Parks
editMountain Road Park[4] (opened 12 October 2014) is situated in Orange Farm Ext 2, 1 km away from Eyethu Orange Farm Mall.[5] This park sits where there used to be a soccer/football pitch of Ext 2 (Liver Pool Grounds).
Climate
editKöppen-Geiger climate classification system classifies its climate as subtropical highland (Cwb).[6]
| Climate data for Orange Farm | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 26.4 (79.5) |
25.8 (78.4) |
24.7 (76.5) |
22.1 (71.8) |
19.6 (67.3) |
16.9 (62.4) |
17.3 (63.1) |
20.3 (68.5) |
23.4 (74.1) |
25 (77) |
25.3 (77.5) |
26.1 (79.0) |
22.7 (72.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 20.4 (68.7) |
19.8 (67.6) |
18.5 (65.3) |
15.5 (59.9) |
12.1 (53.8) |
9 (48) |
9.2 (48.6) |
12.1 (53.8) |
15.7 (60.3) |
18 (64) |
19 (66) |
19.9 (67.8) |
15.8 (60.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 14.4 (57.9) |
13.9 (57.0) |
12.3 (54.1) |
8.9 (48.0) |
4.6 (40.3) |
1.2 (34.2) |
1.2 (34.2) |
4 (39) |
8 (46) |
11 (52) |
12.7 (54.9) |
13.7 (56.7) |
8.8 (47.9) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 136 (5.4) |
101 (4.0) |
84 (3.3) |
63 (2.5) |
20 (0.8) |
8 (0.3) |
7 (0.3) |
7 (0.3) |
24 (0.9) |
73 (2.9) |
112 (4.4) |
115 (4.5) |
750 (29.6) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org, altitude: 1667m[6] | |||||||||||||
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Main Place Orange Farm". Census 2011.
- ^ "Orange Farm, South Africa". City of Johannesburg. Archived from the original on 5 January 2013. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
- ^ http://www.yellowpages.co.za/business/SA_8417970_BUS
- ^ "Mountain Road Park". Retrieved 2019-08-19.
- ^ "eyethu Orange Farm Mall". Retrieved 2019-08-19.
- ^ a b "Climate: Soweto - Climate graph, Temperature graph, Climate table". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 25 September 2013.