District 11 Established 1988 Local time Sunday 5:40 AM | Postal code (street) 1805 Area code 1841 | |
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Weather 14°C, Wind NE at 13 km/h, 78% Humidity | ||
Orange Farm ("Farma") is a township located approximately 45 km from Johannesburg, Gauteng Province, South Africa. 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 great township of Soweto.
Contents
- Map of Orange Farm 1841 South Africa
- Infrastructure
- Parks
- High Schools
- Primary Schools
- Gauteng Digital Schools
- Actors
- Business People
- Climate
- References
Map of Orange Farm, 1841, South Africa
The 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.
Approximately 85% of the people work in Johannesburg. Most of the people use train to get to work. 35% of the residents are unemployed and the stats rise every year as the matriculates join them.
Infrastructure
Orange Farm is a rapidly growing township with great infrastructural developments each year. The township has a large main clinic (Stretford Clinic) 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 on 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 also now has more than two parks and a two floor mall (Eyethu Orange Farm mall ). However, nearly all areas still need improvement.
Parks
Mountain Road Park (opened 12 October 2014) is situated in Orange Farm Ext 2, 1 km away from Eyethu Orange Farm Mall. This park sits where there used to be a soccer/football pitch of Ext 2 (Liver Pool Grouds).
High Schools
Qoqa Secondary School Orange Farm Secondary School
Primary Schools
Gauteng Digital Schools
In 2015, the first stage in the Gauteng Digital Schools project was launched after midyear. The Gauteng Department of Education aims to transform all schools in the province to paperless-based schools. The project is headed by the MEC for Education, Mr Panyaza Lesufi. The project began with replacing traditional chalkboards with large, touch-operated electronic screens and every learner receiving a Huawei 10" tablet computer. For 2015, the changes were only made to grade 12 classes and students. Most government schools in the province (Orange Farm included) were equipt with "smart" grade 12 classes. If the project succeeds all schools and grades in Orange Farm will become completely paperless and truly digitalised.
Actors
Business People
Climate
Köppen-Geiger climate classification system classifies its climate as subtropical highland (Cwb).