Tshepisong
Tshepisong | |
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| Coordinates: 26°11′24″S 27°48′12″E / 26.19011°S 27.80339°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Gauteng |
| Municipality | City of Johannesburg |
| Established | 1998 |
| Government | |
| • Councillor | Sylvia Monakale (ANC) |
| Area | |
• Total | 6.56 km2 (2.53 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 53,260 |
| • Density | 8,100/km2 (21,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Postal code (street) | 1754 |
Tshepisong is both an informal settlement and township, located in Region D and established in 1998. This area falls under Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality. To the south, the housing overlooks the old Durban Roodepoort Deep Mine and to the immediate west is the Mogale City Municipality border and to the east is Soweto.
Tshepisong is approximately 10 km west of Roodepoort and approximately 30 km from Johannesburg in the Gauteng Province of South Africa.
The settlement's 6.56 square km area has a total of 6,142 individual property stands. Residents in this densely populated, low cost and informal development are served by a public library a multipurpose centre, three well subscribed primary schools (Harry Gwala, Onkgopotse Tiro and Tshepisong), two high schools (Raymond Mhlaba and Wiseman Cele). There is no local police station and law and order is currently served by the Kagiso police station which falls under the Mogale City Municipality, about 5 km from the settlement.
According to a parliamentary question posed to the then minister of police (Bheki Cele) in 2019, plans have been put in place to construct a police station in Tshepisong in the 2028/2029 financial year.