Louisvale

Louisvale is a town in ZF Mgcawu District Municipality in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. It has been described as a "small, impoverished town" by the Mail & Guardian,[2] and it briefly became notorious for the baby Tshepang case, regarding the rape of a nine-month-old baby in 2001.[3]

Louisvale
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Coordinates: 28.572°S 21.197°E / -28.572; 21.197
Country	South Africa
Province	Northern Cape
District	ZF Mgcawu
Municipality	Dawid Kruiper
Government
• Type	Ward 12
• Councillor	Monica Kock
Area [1]
• Total	0.80 km^2 (0.31 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	1,585
• Density	2,000/km^2 (5,100/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	7.6%
• Coloured	85.2%
• Indian/Asian	1.4%
• White	0.9%
• Other	4.9%
First languages (2011) [1]
• Afrikaans	92.9%
• Tswana	2.7%
• Other	4.4%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	8809
PO box	8809
Area code	054

The Louisvale Pirates football team hails from this town.[4]

References

1. "Main Place Louisvale". Census 2011.
2. "M&G receives top journalism award". Mail & Guardian. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
3. "Life for South Africa's baby rapist". BBC News. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
4. "A derby of many goals". Mail & Guardian. Retrieved 8 January 2014.