KwaThema, Gauteng

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Coordinates: 26°17′51″S, 28°24′9″E


KwaThema is a township south-west of Springs on the east Rand, Gauteng, South Africa. It was established in 1951 when Africans were resettled from Payneville because it was considered by the apartheid government to be too close to a white town. A black local authority with municipal status was established in 1984. In 1985 KwaThema experienced violent unrest and right-wing vigilante activity.