Talk:Khayelitsha

message: The article needs to be put into better chronological perspective..
Gregorydavid 22:21, 4 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Comment

message: When did the first families start settling in Khayelitsha?
Gregorydavid 07:40, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: The first residents

message: A huge amount have people will dispute the fact that the ANC has improved the livelihood of Khayelitsha residents.  Sure, some homes has been build and there have been the creation of a Khayelitsha CBD.  However, many people including Khayelitsha residents will say that nothing substantial has actually happened since the end of Apartheid.  This article need to be changed to make it more neutral or at least give alternative sides.
Hmmm - allow me to be frank.  As an Aussie who has spent three recent years over and back to Cape Town I have developed an almost cynical sensitivity to white folk wanting to downplay the pain and damage of South Africa's history, to suggest that the ANC are poor, doing little and that black folk were better off before.  So I read these comments and this dispute in these terms.  The folk I have met who live in Khayelitsha seem to suggest very different views than these.  I guess that most people may be more interested to hear what Khayelitsha residents have to say about the changes.  I know some with some kinda internet access and shall invite their contribution.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.237.155.55 (talk) 05:32, 11 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree, neither the ANC nor the DA (nor COPE or ID for that matter) do anything for the people of Khayelitsha.  Most of it is done by the residents themselves.  The only place you really see the effect of the ANC is when they build shopping malls and sell the land to developers for a few rand or when they upgrade the wealthier parts of Khayelitsha like Ilitha Park.Frombelow (talk) 06:41, 4 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: The effect of the ANC in Khayelitsha

message: Who in South Africa can rank the size of townships?
I doubt very much that Sharpeville is second on the list.
Soweto is a collection of townships.
What about diepsloot? Johannesburg has 290 000 shanties.
Gregorydavid 07:40, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Khayelitsha is one very large demarcated area where Soweto is a collection of mature townships. One needs to compare Khayelitsha with townships of similar character like Diepsloot. Gregorydavid 15:34, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The 2001 census is not only inaccurate but Khayelitsha has grown drastically in size.  I know it is inaccurate because people would go around and look at someones shack and estimate how many people lived there rather than asking them.  This would mean that the census person would estimate 4 persons living in a shack when there are in fact 12 or 14.  I know this to be true because some community organisations i know of did their own estimates and found their settlement to have a completely different population than government estimates.  I would say based on what I know of Khayelitsha that there is in fact about 300,000-500,000 shackdwellers alone in the area.  That would make Khayelitsha have probably about 1 million residents.  But thats really just a guess based on empirical evidence.Frombelow (talk) 06:40, 4 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: The size of Khayelitsha

message: I marked this NPOV but it should be easily rectified. Mentioning things like "Smart Technology from Canada have donated an interactive whiteboard." seems out of proportion in an informal settlement of half a million souls. – Kaihsu 12:12, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The content you refer to looks more like enthusiastic news from somebody who has the connectivity to contribute to Wikipedia. The article needs to be structured better and some content could be moved to the discussion page.Gregorydavid 19:55, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  This also seems rather emotional: "Apartheid is over, but its legacy - and the shacks, remain."  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.245.163.13 (talk) 10:40, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  The white board story seems wrong. Apparently schools in the area are being equipped with these smart boards. I am unsure whether it's been sponsored by one company or whether each company only contributes one interactive white board. 41.245.129.34 (talk) 23:52, 2 July 2010 (UTC)

text: I agree that there are a number of, in the broader context, relatively insignificant initiatives which are mentioned in this article, which could lead to a misrepresentation of the real state of affairs. Cnrwilste004 (talk) 20:30, 12 September 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: NPOV

message: Hi, 
I would very much like to add a lot of information to this page. I think that it could be expanded on greatly. Khayelitsha has a population greater than some European capital cities, and there is a wealth of information out there.
Unfortunately, I don't have much time to do this. I only spotted the page while doing some research for work (I live in Cape Town) and noticed it was lacking. Therefore, I will update it as I find time! 
Datura Greenleaf 14:17, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Major edits 

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message: The following names with descriptions were removed from this section as they don't have pages in this WP project: 
* Wandisile Nqeketho (social entrepreneur)
* Siyabulela Daweti (tourist guide & entrepreneur)
The editor who added these names will be notified. -- Deborahjay (talk) 19:46, 26 March 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Notable people 

message: The section Demographics begins with this sentence:
"Khayelitsha has a population of 391,749 (as of 2011) and runs for a number of kilometres along the N2."
Does whoever wrote this really not recognize that virtually nobody outside of the area knows what "the N2" means?  Virtually nobody even knows that this refers to a road!
Do Wikipedia writers really think that providing links to words their readers will not understand is a substitute for adequate writing?
It most certainly is not. If you're going to write for Wikipedia, please explain unfamiliar terms to readers.50.205.142.50 (talk) 19:42, 13 June 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: I removed it because it was in the first sentence of the Demographics section while having nothing to do with the place's demographics. But there's nothing unusual about indicating a major road a place may be along just as one might mention rivers, coasts, mountains, and so forth, whether or not a given reader might have heard of them before. Lots of articles discuss their topics in terms of other things that a given reader might also be unfamiliar with, but which are distinct topics that don't merit their own explanation within the article that mentions them. For those readers, that's the point of wikilinks. Largoplazo (talk) 19:47, 13 June 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Along the N2"??? 

message: The following coordinate fixes are needed for
—197.229.1.153 (talk) 07:06, 7 May 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: You haven't said what you think is wrong with the coordinates in the article, and they appear to be correct. If you still think that there is an error, you'll need to supply a clear explanation of what it is. Deor (talk) 14:36, 7 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Coordinate error