| Population nearly 100,000 People | ||||
| Elevation | 1,627 m | |||
| Area | 13.93 km2 | |||
| Makeup | Black | 99.7% | ||
| Coloured | 0.2% | |||
| Indian/Asian | 0.0% | |||
| White | 0.0% | |||
| Other | 0.0% | |||
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. The new township’s layout was designed along modernist principles and became a model for many subsequent townships, although the envisaged social facilities were not implemented. The typical South African township house, the 51/9, was one of the plans developed for KwaThema. A black local authority with municipal status was established in 1984. In 1985 KwaThema experienced violent unrest and right-wing vigilante activity.
Kwa-Thema aka Spiyo is a multiracial township were you find most of South African languages, but it’s mostly or rather the most spoken languages are Sotho and Zulu. Kwa-Thema has given birth to many successful individuals who have helped in the development of Thema in a huge way.
