Kliptown

Kliptown is a suburb of the formerly black township of Soweto in Gauteng, South Africa, located about 17 km south-west of Johannesburg.

Kliptown is the oldest residential district of Soweto, and was first laid out in 1891 on land which formed part of Klipspruit farm.

This Congress saw the declaration and adoption of the Freedom Charter, which set out the aims and aspirations of the opponents of apartheid.

[2] In that same year Johannesburg City Council announced plans for renewal of the Kliptown area, including a large-scale housing project.

Inspired by his experience working with the Kliptown Youth Program alongside the late rapper Riky Rick, the track heavily incorporates samples created with local residents.

A shop in Kliptown in 1979
A group Emotional Fitness Class, using "Shape of Emotion", with unemployed youth from Kliptown