Spelonken
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 Hlanganani
Hlanganani shown within Limpopo
Hlanganani
Hlanganani (South Africa)
Hlanganani
Hlanganani (Africa)
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| Coordinates: 23°11′42″S 30°14′10″E / 23.195°S 30.236°ECoordinates: 23°11′42″S 30°14′10″E / 23.195°S 30.236°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Limpopo |
| District | Vhembe |
| Municipality | Makhado |
| Area | |
| • Total | 9.07 km2 (3.50 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 7,816 |
| • Density | 860/km2 (2,200/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 99.8% |
| • Coloured | 0.1% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Tsonga | 81.4% |
| • Venda | 16.0% |
| • English | 1.1% |
| • Other | 1.5% |
| Time zone | SAST (UTC+2) |
| Postal code (street) | n/a |
| PO box | n/a |
Hlanganani, formerly Spelonken, is an amalgamation of various large villages which are situated in the north western portion of the former Tsonga homeland of Gazankulu, South Africa. Hlanganani is situated alongside the R578 road to Giyani and Elim.
The following places are named after Hlanganani: The Hlanganani Regional Court in Waterval township next to Elim Hospital, build in 1983 by the Gazankulu homeland. The Hlanganani Cost Centre at Bungeni and Nkuzana villages (the Hlanganani Cost Centre houses the Department of Water Affairs and the Department of Public Works, before 1994, it was known as Hlanganani Regional Office Department of Works), the Hlanganani Police Station at Tiyani (Magoro), The Elim-Hlanganani old age home in Waterval township next to Elim Hospital, Hlanganani District Pension Office at Bungeni Village, The Hlanganani Taxi Association and the Hlanganani Community Radio.
Hlanganani means Come together in Xitsonga and was meant to be a home to the Tsonga speakers during Apartheid South Africa. The idea behind Hlanganani was to unite both the Tsonga and Venda speakers who were separated by the apartheid ideology in 1948 and was used as a resistance against Apartheid rule.
Before the introduction of apartheid in 1948, both the Tsonga and the Venda people lived together peacefully, that peace was disturbed when apartheid was introduced by the Nationalist Party after 1948, apartheid ideology meant that both the Venda and Tsonga speakers had to be permanently separated from each other.
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