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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Hi Charles<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Please note that the word “township” means different things in different contexts<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Township from a cadastral point of view is a collective of properties surveyed, framed and registered as a general plan/s and the name of the township is often
that of the allotment township.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">The Land Survey Act 8 of 1997 defines a township as”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">'township' means a group of pieces of land, or of subdivisions of a piece of land, which are combined with public places and are used mainly for residential,
industrial, business or similar purposes, or are intended to be so used;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">The SG is obviously the first port of call http://www.csg.dla.gov.za/.. Whether it is Sandton or Soweto, these are all townships.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">To non-surveyors, township and location usually refer to the often underdeveloped segregated urban areas that, from the late 19th century until the end of apartheid,
were reserved for non-whites, namely Indians, Africans and Coloureds. I am not aware of a single source of this information. Areas previously reserved for non-whites typically consists of formally surveyed and registered areas and informal settlements.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">One starting point would be NGI “residential Land Use layer”, and bring in additional information from various mucipalities and perhaps Depart Human Settlements.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Africa [mailto:africa-bounces@lists.osgeo.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Charles Gayi<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, 11 January 2019 11:43 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Africa local chapter discussions<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [OSGeo Africa] GIS Township Data for SA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Good Day,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">I am looking for GIs Township data for the whole of SA.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Charles<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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