Sishen

Dingleton

Dingleton

Place in Northern Cape, South Africa

Dingleton is a town in Northern Cape, South Africa.

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The nearby Sishen mine is an iron ore mining activity, connected to the port of Saldanha Bay by the Sishen-Saldanha Railway Line. The line is electrified at 50 kV AC and the trains using this line are amongst the heaviest trains in the world.

The state-owned mining company Iscor started developing the township, originally named Sishen, in 1953 to accommodate the local miners.[2] The houses were sold to individuals in the early 1980s.[3] On 23 June 1990 the town's name was changed from Sishen to Dingleton.[2]

The proximity of the mining activities led to complaints from the residents of Dingleton, and expectations that the residents would be relocated. The town's infrastructure is old and in disrepair.[3] To allow for Sishen's expansion, Kumba, an Anglo American subsidiary, intends to relocate the Dingleton community.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    "Main Place Dingleton". Census 2011.
  2. [2]
    "Kathu". Gamagara Local Municipality. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
  3. [3]
    "Kumba Iron Ore Limited Responsibility Report 2010 - Dingleton relocation". Kumba Iron Ore Limited. Archived from the original on 3 January 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
  4. [4]
    "Court rules in favour of Sishen over rights". IOL Business. Retrieved 3 January 2014.


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