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]

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

References

  1. ^ a b c d "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.


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