Gauteng
Phutaditjaba: Alexandra
Wings of Life: Diepsloot
The Afrika Tikkun Wings of Life Centre is located in
Diepsloot – one of the largest informal settlements in the
country with more than 800 000 residents. Not far from the
plush northern Johannesburg suburbs of Dainfern and
Chartwell, Diepsloot is a sea of informal settlement shacks.
The Afrika Tikkun Phutaditjaba Centre can be found in
Alexandra – one of the oldest townships in Gauteng.
According to the Gauteng Economic Development Agency,
there are some 500 000 people in 5 210 formal houses, an
estimated 34 000 shacks, three hostel complexes and
around 2 500 ?ats.
Arekopaneng:
Afrika Tikkun Uthando
Orange Farm
The Afrika Tikkun Arekopaneng Centre is located about
45km south of Johannesburg. Orange Farm is the largest
informal settlement in South Africa, with an estimated
population of more than one million people. It is also one of
the youngest, with the original inhabitants, laid-off farm
workers, taking up residency in 1988.
Centre: Braamfontein
The centre in Hilbrow relocated to the Afrika Tikkun Uthando
Centre in Braamfontein during the month of July 2012. The
inner city is a vibrant, multicultural melting pot of decaying
high-rise blocks of ?ats that are home to more than one
million people, including, among others, South Africans,
Zambians, Nigerians, Zimbabweans, Angolans,
Mozambicans and Congolese.
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