reached the adjoining township of Zamani, but still the overwhelming majority in Zamani live in poverty. Unemployment there is estimated to be between 50-75% with most people surviving on government benefits, small vegetable gardens and remittances sent by relatives employed in Gauteng province. Government has provided running water and solar powered streetlights. Media The birth of democracy in South Africa also gave rise to a healthy democratic press in Memel-Zamani. , two publications are printed and distributed in the town by local entrepreneurs, The Memel Chronicle and Memel News and Views. Typical of a society trying to emerge from a dark, authoritarian past, this birth of a free press in the town proved controversial with Memel News and Views being branded as dangerous and revolutionary by some, and the Memel Chronicle being regarded as attempting to maintain the old order. Things reached a head in 2012 with the towns post mistress refusing to allow the editor of Memel News and Views to use post office facilities for the distribution of the publication and other businesses in town following suit. The 2015 movie "Free State" was filmed in and around Memel. References Populated places in the Phumelela Local Municipality Populated places established in 1914