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22-471: The township was established by ordinance 58 of 1903 of the Krugersdorp municipality and called "the native location". From the early 1930s to the 1940s, Mr. James Munsie, the white chief sanitary inspector (medical officer) of Krugersdorp, moved the location from a low drainage area to its current location, improving conditions. The story of Munsieville began on 15 December 1905, when it was gazetted that

44-731: A councillor. Kagiso was established in 1920 by ex-miners and squatters from nearby Luipaardsvlei. By 1950, there were about 3 436 people in the Luipaardsvlei Township, an area of only 47 morgen , until another new township - Lewisham - was laid out to the south-east of Krugersdorp. Setswana is the most spoken language in Kagiso. There is considerable migration into the area from the rural areas, with people seeking work in nearby Krugersdorp and Chamdor . Some people who live in Kagiso travel to Johannesburg for work. Kagiso has produced many notable men and women, one of them being

66-502: A morgen was usually in "Quadratruten" square rods . The Polish terms for the unit were morga, mórg, jutrzyna , the latter being a near-literal translation into old Polish . The term "morgen" was used in the Austrian Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria where 1 morgen was equal to 2 ⁄ 3 acre (2,700 m ). Until the advent of metrication in the 1970s, the morgen was the legal unit of measure of land in three of

88-480: A recently built Kagiso Police Station located alongside the Kagiso Magistrate Court, also recently built. The two facilities cater to Kagiso Central and various Extensions' residents, including other sprawling areas around the township which include Tshepisong, Reitvalley, and Extensions 2 & 3. Potable water is provided by the local municipality by utilizing reservoir facilities located within

110-565: A recently built modern library, is located. The facility is meant to harbor important heritage and historical records as well as information. There are several formal creches including three big ones, and about 50 informal ones. The township also has schools for both the physically and mentally handicapped. Morgen A morgen was a unit of measurement of land area in Germany , the Netherlands , Poland , Lithuania and parts of

132-473: A room to build, and an 18-room compound. By 1923, about 220 males, 262 females and 325 children were living in 119 houses on the location. In 1934, standpipes (taps at the corners of the street from which residents could draw their water) and central wash houses were in use in the area. One year later it was necessary to extend the New Location. The Old Location, which was near the present-day Burgershoop,

154-476: A vibrant social culture and was on the forefront of political activism during the struggle against apartheid. Today, residents enjoy better facilities and modern services. [According to the Krugersdorp Herald and residents the modern facilities consist of one mobile toilet for two households and six water taps.] One of the traditions which remain is the culture of children playing in the streets. This

176-715: The Dutch Overseas Empire, such as South Africa . The size of a morgen varies from 1 ⁄ 2 to 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 acres (2,000 to 10,100  m ). It was also used in Old Prussia , in the Balkans, Norway and Denmark , where it was equal to about two-thirds acre (2,700 m ). The word is identical with the German and Dutch word for "morning" because, similarly to the Imperial acre, it denoted

198-569: The Mukondeleli Craft Suppliers. Their bead-work, clay pots and quilting are on display here. Vibey taverns and sophisticated shebeens abound. Munsieville is the childhood home of Archbishop Desmond Tutu . Archbishop Emeritus and Nobel Peace Prize recipient Desmond Mpilo Tutu lived in Munsieville from an early age. His father was headmaster of St Paul's Anglican Mission School where young Mpilo began his education. Tutu

220-657: The Reverend Dr Frank Chikane , the former secretary general of the South African Council of Churches and a former director-general in the President's Office. Kagiso is the hometown of former Gauteng premier Nomvula Mokonyane . Notable celebrities that have been strongly associated with Kagiso at some point include the musicians Mafikizolo and former Orlando Pirates soccer player Meshack Wonder Mjanqeka. Recreational facilities in

242-530: The acreage that could be furrowed in a morning's time by a man behind an ox or horse dragging a single-bladed plough. The morgen was commonly set at about 60–70% of the tagwerk (German for "day work") that referred to a full day of ploughing. In 1869, the North German Confederation fixed the morgen at a one-quarter hectare (2,500 m ), but in modern times most farmland work is measured in full hectares. The next lower measurement unit

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264-520: The area include a multipurpose sports center, which has a cricket pitch, soccer fields, tennis courts and a swimming pool. The public health needs of people in the area are catered for by the Leratong Hospital . There are two clinics in the area and a mobile clinic operates in the township as well. Private healthcare needs are provided by private doctors with private surgeries equipped with medical facilities. Policing services are provided by

286-431: The area. Mosupatsela and Kagiso secondary schools, are the oldest high schools in the township, with the former being the oldest of the two schools. There is also an adult center, which aids adults wanting to improve their education. Kagiso has an Old library, which has a reference section and embodies a children's library. The township is also home to the recently launched, Kagiso (Gauteng) Archives Center, next to which

308-690: The four pre-1995 South African provinces – the Cape Province , the Orange Free State and the Transvaal . In November 2007 the South African Law Society published a conversion factor of 1 morgen = 0.856 532 hectares to be used "for the conversion of areas from imperial units to metric, particularly when preparing consolidated diagrams by compilation". [REDACTED]   This article incorporates text from

330-448: The interest of the town's health. Years later, the current township of Munsieville was demarcated and formal township housing was erected. In the 1980s Munsieville was threatened with destruction and the removal of its residents to Kagiso because of its proximity to the white suburbs of Krugersdorp. Munisiville was one of only two black townships that resisted relocation in the Transvaal during that period. Munsieville has always had

352-912: The intervention of Leon Wessels , the Nationalist MP for Krugersdorp, who later apologised handsomely for apartheid. He was to become Deputy Chair of the Constituent Assembly that gave us our wonderful Constitution." Tutu's childhood home can be visited, as can other 'exile' houses. Kagiso Kagiso is a township situated at the southern end of the Mogale City Local Municipality , just south of Krugersdorp in Gauteng Province , South Africa . The word kagiso means peace in Tswana . Kagiso's administration comprises five wards, each headed by

374-669: The piece of land to the north-west of Krugersdorp near District Township was to be used as a 'native location'. It was, however, only in 1911 that the New Donation (as it was then called) was officially established by the Municipal Council, and all blacks not living on their employers' premises had to be resident there. In 1913, a housing plan was formulated, based on one already in existence in Benoni. It made provision for two and three bed-roomed houses costing about 20 pounds

396-577: The township. Sewage treatment facilities are located on the outskirts of the township. The township shopping needs are provided by various shopping malls around the township, including Kagiso Shopping Mall, Chamdor Shopping Center as well as supermarkets and convenient spaza shops located in convenient areas within the township. There are 15 primary schools and seven secondary schools (Mosupatsela Secondary School, Madiba Comprehensive School, Mandisa Shiceka High School, Boipelo Secondary School, S.G Mafaesa, Kagiso Secondary School, and Thuto-Pele High School.) in

418-404: Was a result of the lack of sporting or recreational facilities. Apart from the ever-popular soccer games, one can also view children's traditional African games. The townspeople of Munsieville are friendly and eager to please. Hospitality and bright smiles greet visitors. Most of the residents work in the commercial sector and are also employed as public servants. Talented local women have formed

440-403: Was disestablished in 1937. After that, a new sub-economic housing scheme including: sewage, guttering, curbing and 3 and 4 roomed houses was begun to accommodate overcrowding. At a monthly council meeting in 1941, it was unanimously agreed to change the township's name to Munsieville, after the chief sanitary inspector at the time, James Munsie. He is remembered for the tremendous amount he did in

462-407: Was later a schoolteacher at Munsieville School before he joined the priesthood. Tutu and his wife Leah married in a Roman Catholic Church in Munsieville. He recalls: "That church was razed to the ground along with many residential buildings because Munsieville was doomed to be demolished. It was an aberration; a black spot in what should have been a lily-white area. Munsieville was reprieved only by

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484-554: Was the German "rute" or Imperial rod , but the metric rod length of 5 metres (16 ft) never became popular. The following table shows an excerpt of morgen sizes as used in Germany — some morgen were used in a wider area and thus had proper names. The actual area of a morgen was considerably larger in fertile areas of Germany, or in regions where flat terrain prevails, presumably facilitating tilling. The next lower measurement unit to

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