Dingleton

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Dingleton | pushpin_map = South Africa Northern Cape#South Africa | coordinates = {{coord|27|46|S|22|58|E|region:ZA|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = [[South Africa]] | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = [[Northern Cape]] | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = [[John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality|John Taolo Gaetsewe]] | subdivision_type3 = Municipality | subdivision_name3 = [[Gamagara Local Municipality|Gamagara]] | subdivision_type4 = Main Place | established_title = Established | leader_title = Councillor | area_footnotes = <ref name="census2011">{{cite web |url=http://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/362004 |title = Main Place Dingleton |work=Census 2011}}</ref> | area_total_km2 = 180.63 | population_footnotes = <ref name="census2011" /> | population_total = 11034 | population_as_of = 2011 | population_density_km2 = auto  | demographics_type1 = Racial makeup (2011) | demographics1_footnotes = <ref name="census2011" /> | demographics1_title1 = [[Bantu peoples of South Africa|Black African]] | demographics1_info1 = 78.5% | demographics1_title2 = [[Coloureds|Coloured]] | demographics1_info2 = 19.0% | demographics1_title3 = [[Indian South African|Indian]]/[[Asian South African|Asian]] | demographics1_info3 = 0.8% | demographics1_title4 = [[White South African|White]] | demographics1_info4 = 0.2% | demographics1_title5 = Other | demographics1_info5 = 1.5%  | demographics_type2 = [[First language]]s (2011) | demographics2_footnotes = <ref name="census2011" /> | demographics2_title1 = [[Tswana language|Tswana]] | demographics2_info1 = 57.1% | demographics2_title2 = [[Afrikaans]] | demographics2_info2 = 26.3% | demographics2_title3 = [[South African English|English]] | demographics2_info3 = 4.4% | demographics2_title4 = [[Sotho language|Sotho]] | demographics2_info4 = 1.6% | demographics2_title5 = Other | demographics2_info5 = 10.6%   | timezone1 = [[South African Standard Time|SAST]] | utc_offset1 = +2 | postal_code_type = [[List of postal codes in South Africa|Postal code]] (street) | postal_code = 8445 | postal2_code_type = [[Post-office box|PO box]] | postal2_code = 8445 | area_code_type = [[Telephone numbers in South Africa|Area code]] }} '''Dingleton''' is a town in [[Northern Cape]], [[South Africa]].

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 Limited|Iscor]] started developing the township, originally named Sishen, in 1953 to accommodate the local miners.<ref name=gamlocmun>{{cite web|title=Kathu|url=http://www.gamagara.gov.za/index.php/about|publisher=Gamagara Local Municipality|accessdate=3 January 2014}}</ref> The houses were sold to individuals in the early 1980s.<ref name=kumba/> On 23 June 1990 the town's name was changed from Sishen to Dingleton.<ref name=gamlocmun/>

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.<ref name=kumba>{{cite web|title=Kumba Iron Ore Limited Responsibility Report 2010 - Dingleton relocation |url=http://www.kumba.co.za/reports/kumba_ar2010/responsibility/if_pi_relocation.php |publisher=Kumba Iron Ore Limited |accessdate=3 January 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140103231506/http://www.kumba.co.za/reports/kumba_ar2010/responsibility/if_pi_relocation.php |archivedate=3 January 2014 }}</ref> To allow for Sishen's expansion, Kumba, an [[Anglo American plc|Anglo American]] subsidiary, intends to relocate the Dingleton community.<ref name=iolb>{{cite web|title=Court rules in favour of Sishen over rights|url=http://www.iol.co.za/business/news/court-rules-in-favour-of-sishen-over-rights-1.1621743#.Usb-3PYfvMg|publisher=IOL Business|accessdate=3 January 2014}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

[[Category:Populated places in the Gamagara Local Municipality]] [[Category:Townships in the Northern Cape]] [[Category:Mining communities in South Africa]]