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Atteridgeville
Atteridgeville, part of the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality, is a township located on the west of Pretoria, South Africa. It is bordered to the west by Saulsville, to the east by Proclamation Hill; to the south by Laudium and to the north by Lotus Gardens.
Atteridgeville was established in 1939 for black people by the government, after much lobbying by Mrs. Myrtle Patricia Atteridge. The Apartheid Government was voted in in 1948 after Atteridgeville was founded. The first occupants were moved to Atteridgeville on 26 May 1940. Mrs. Myrtle Patricia Atteridge, philanthropist, Black Sash activist, Pretoria City Councillor and deputy mayoress of Pretoria endeavoured to improve living conditions of Blacks who were previously living in appaling conditions in Marabastad. Atteridgeville provided brick housing; lighting; toilets etc. Later, to further enhance living standards the township was also connected by train to Pretoria CBD. Schools, creches, clinics etc. were to follow. The naming of the township was in fact suggested by the black people themselves who also requested Mrs. Atteridge to represent them in parliament which she refused as she was disinclined to participate in an exclusionary regime. Between 1940 and 1949 more than 1500 houses were built for people relocated from Marabastad, Bantule and other areas around Pretoria.
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Gauteng
Gauteng (/ɡaʊˈtɛŋ/ or /xaʊˈtɛŋ/; Sotho pronunciation [xɑ́.ú.ˈtʼè.ŋ̀]) is one of the nine provinces of South Africa. It was formed from part of the old Transvaal Province after South Africa's first all-race elections on 27 April 1994. It was initially named Pretoria-Witwatersrand-Vereeniging (or PWV) and was renamed 'Gauteng' in December 1994.
Situated in the heart of the Highveld, Gauteng is the smallest province in South Africa, with only 1.4% of the land area, but it is highly urbanised, containing the cities of Johannesburg and Pretoria. As of 2007[update], it had a population of nearly 10.5 million, making it the most populous province in South Africa.
The name Gauteng comes from the Sesotho word meaning "Place of Gold", the historical Sesotho name for Johannesburg and surrounding areas. This referred to the thriving gold industry in the province following the 1886 discovery of gold in Johannesburg. The Sesotho word is a locative derived from the Afrikaans goud (gold) plus the locative suffix "-ng." When properly pronounced, the first letter of the name Gauteng is a voiceless velar fricative, pronounced similarly to the "ch" in the German achtung or Scottish loch and the same as the Dutch "g" or the Spanish "g" as in gente. This pronunciation is natural in both the Sesotho and Afrikaans languages.
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Mabopane
Mabopane is a Township in South Africa. It is situated in the Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality, in the north of Gauteng.
Mabopane was proclaimed in the early 1963 as a black-only residential settlement by the then Transvaal administration.Before its proclamation the area was under the admnistration of Transvaal government little more than grazing lands with small communities in Boukenhout and Hebron. With the financing coming from the South African government the first block houses were constructed similar to those found in Soweto, beginning with Block A, Block B, Block C, Block E and Block E. The areas within Mabopane were planned according to the class of its citizens; for example Block D (with many mansions which housed the politically connected) in comparison to Block E (block–houses). Mabopane grew mainly due to protection of blacks under Mangope rather than P.W Botha although they being little difference.[clarification needed]
In the Apartheid days Mabopane was an active base for P.A.C and A.N.C members who mobilized workers against the government and playing the South African government against the Bophuthatswana Administration. The times were tough particularly in the mid 1980s as the local authority were holding on to power. Mabopane Square used to be the gathering ground for activists and communists protesting against the then government. School riots were plentiful in the 1976 Student Uprising. Several township administration halls were burnt, and the bus depot opposite what is now Ace wholesalers was vandalized. With democracy on its way in the early 1990s the face of Mabopane started to change. The old authorities were replaced with new leaders in what was then the Town of Mabopane. Hon. Lehobye was the first mayor along with Hon. Molema deputy mayor who were elected to administer the town.
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Mamelodi
Mamelodi, part of the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality, is a township set up by the then apartheid government northeast of Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa. It was established when 16 houses were built on the farm Vlakfontein in June 1953[citation needed] and later the name changed to Mamelodi, the name given to president Paul Kruger by the Africans because of his ability to whistle and imitate birds, also meaning Mother of Melodies. The Group Areas Act designated Mamelodi as a blacks-only area, though this became moot with the fall of apartheid in 1994. In the 1960s black citizens where forcefully removed from the suburb of Lady Selbourne in Pretoria to Mamelodi, Ga-Rankuwa and Atteridgeville. Anti-apartheid activist Reverend Nico Smith preached in Mamelodi from 1982–1989, and obtained permission to live there himself from 1985–1989. During that period, he and his wife Ellen were the only whites legally allowed to live in Mamelodi. The township still has vastly more blacks than any other group as of 2010.
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Pretoria
Pretoria is a city located in the northern part of Gauteng Province, South Africa. It is one of the country's three capital cities, serving as the executive (administrative) and de facto national capital; the others are Cape Town, the legislative capital, and Bloemfontein, the judicial capital. Pretoria is contained within the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality as one of several constituent former administrations (among which also Centurion and Soshanguve). Pretoria itself is sometimes referred to as "Tshwane" due to a long-running and controversial proposed change of name, which has yet to decided as of 2012.
The city's original name was Pretoria Philadelphia ("Pretoria of brotherly love"). It gave its name to the Pax Praetoriana, referring to the country's relative stability.
Pretoria in South Africa is popularly known as The Jacaranda City due to the thousands of Jacaranda trees planted in its streets, parks and gardens.
The Southern Transvaal Ndebele occupied the river valley, which was to become the location of the city of Pretoria, by around 1600.
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Soshanguve
Soshanguve is a township situated about 25 km north of Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa. It was established in 1974 on land scheduled to be incorporated into a bantustan bordering on Mabopane in Bophuthatswana, to Sotho, Shangaan, Nguni and Venda people (thus the name) who were resettled from Atteridgeville and Mamelodi. It later became part of the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality.
The name Soshanguve is an abbreviation for Sotho, Shangaan, Nguni, Venda, being the languages spoken at this township.
Initially Soshanguve was known as Mabopane East before the Bophuthatswana bantustan became an independent State in 1977. During 1977 Mabopne West became known as Mabopane and fell under the control of Bophuthatswana homeland while Mabopane East became known as Soshanguve which fell under the Northern Transvaal administration.
Soshanguve was the scene of riots related to poor service delivery in January 2006. It was also home to Smangaliso Mkhatshwa the Catholic Priest who was banished from Transkei by the apartheid regime until he later became a member of the first post-apartheid parliament (1994) and then mayor of Tshwane. Other well known anti-apartheid activists are Mpho Walter Molema, Thabo Makola, Tamati Matlala and Steven Makena, who were killed during the 1985-1986 Struggle period, after which a State of Emergency was declared by the apartheid Government under PW Botha.
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South Africa
Coordinates: 30°S 25°E / 30°S 25°E / -30; 25
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa, is a country located at the southern tip of Africa. It is divided into nine provinces and has 2,798 kilometres (1,739 mi) of coastline. To the north of the country lie the neighbouring territories of Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe; to the east are Mozambique and Swaziland; while Lesotho is an enclave surrounded by South African territory.
South Africa is multi-ethnic and has diverse cultures and languages. Eleven official languages are recognised in the constitution. Two of these languages are of European origin: South African English and Afrikaans, a language which originated mainly from Dutch that is spoken by the majority of white and Coloured South Africans. Though English is commonly used in public and commercial life, it is only the fifth most-spoken home language. All ethnic and language groups have political representation in the country's constitutional democracy comprising a parliamentary republic; unlike most parliamentary republics, the positions of head of state and head of government are merged in a parliament-dependent President.
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Tshwane
The City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality
i/ˈtswɑːneɪ/ (also known as the City of Tshwane) is a metropolitan municipality that forms the local government of northern Gauteng Province, South Africa and includes the city of Pretoria.
The City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality was established on 5 December 2000 and, when founded, was made up of 13 former city and town councils and managed by means of an executive mayoral system.
The Metsweding District Municipality was incorporated into the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality, with effect from 18 May 2011 (the date of the 2011 municipal elections). The municipality also controversially sought to incorporate Midrand, which is part of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality to offset the costs of absorbing Metsweding, amid a financial crisis in the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality.
The City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality's land area increased from 2,198 square kilometres (849 sq mi) in 2010 to 6,368 square kilometres (2,459 sq mi) after the incorporation of Metsweding.
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Sotho people
The ancestors of the Sotho people (Basotho or Basuto) have lived in southern Africa since around the fifth century. The Sotho nation emerged from the accomplished diplomacy of Moshoeshoe I who gathered together disparate clans of Sotho–Tswana origin that had dispersed across southern Africa in the early 19th century. Most Sotho today live in South Africa, as the area of the Orange Free State was originally part of Moshoeshoe's nation (modern-day Lesotho).
Pastoralist Bantu speaking people settled in South Africa in about 200–500 CE. Originating in the vicinity of West and Central Africa, waves of Iron Age immigrants spread across the broad Southern African peninsula, easily displacing the aboriginal Stone Age inhabitants of South Africa. By the 19th century, stable patterns of settlement had emerged. Nguni speaking tribes (primarily Zulu and Xhosa) occupied the east and southern coastal regions, while a series of Sotho kingdoms covered the southern portion of the plateau (Free State Province and parts of Gauteng).
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Tsonga language
The Tsonga or Xitsonga language is spoken in southern Africa by the Tsonga people, also known as the Shangaan.
Tsonga belongs to the Bantu branch of the Niger–Congo languages. The language of the Tsonga people is wrongly called Xichangana (or "Shangaan" by outsiders) because some of the people were under the leadership of Soshangana "Manukusa" (wrongly classified as Zulu but actually Ndwandwe(Nguni/Ngoni), thus Xichangana is a hybrid of Xitsonga and the language of the Ndwandwe(Nguni/Ngoni)). Tsonga has different variants, some of which are considered different languages by some linguists : e.g. Tsonga, Ndawu, Ronga and Tswa.
Tsonga is spoken by about 1,972,000 people in South Africa's Limpopo province as well as Gauteng Province and Mpumalanga Province, as well as 1.5 million people in Mozambique, and 19,000 people in Swaziland. There are also 100,000 speakers in Zimbabwe.
In South Africa most of Vatsonga were concentrated in places like e.g. Nkowankowa, Giyani, Malamulele, N'wamitwa, Muhlava, Elim (Axipilongo, ka Jiwawa) in Limpopo and Bushbuckridge(ka Mpisana) and others in Mpumalanga. There are also large numbers in the Northwest, KwaZulu-Natal(Tembe) and Gauteng provinces. Basically they can be found anywhere in the old Transvaal.
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House blendz 2 cd launch @ Short left(Soshanguve)
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- Duration: 3:58
- Updated: 20 Sep 2012
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dilo tsa Soshanguve
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- Updated: 17 Dec 2011
hai! ke mathata...ke tshabe boloi
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325i Soshanguve Spin City.mp4
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- Duration: 3:25
- Updated: 15 Aug 2012
Mabopane Spin Crew, Bojwa Bob City spinning at the Soshanguve Spin Palace
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Brand South Africa at TUT Soshanguve
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- Duration: 1:11
- Updated: 07 Nov 2011
The Tshwane University of Technology located in the north-west Pretoria township of Soshanguve erupted yesterday in a flurry of activities. The youth from the township and university celebrated the first of many events aimed at supporting South African teams ahead of the All Africa games 2011 and the Rugby World Cup 2011. The Brand South Africa and Ikwekwezi FM sponsored event also served as a commemoration and acknowledgement of Youth Month. Students and youth from the community of Soshanguve gathered at the University campus in anticipation of the message that was to be disseminated by the Brand SA team. 'Play your part towards a better community, Support the South African teams as they represent us during the All Africa games 2010 and the Rugby World Cup 2010 and The importance of Education were some of the foremost messages imparted to the youth during the highly entertaining road show. Also at the event was the Statistics SA communications team who took the chance to explain the important of the youth taking part in this year's population count Census 2011.
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Gusheshe 325i RBM @Soshanguve Spin Kingz Spin City.mp4
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- Updated: 13 Sep 2012
RBM member of the Soshanguve Spin Kings spinning at the Soshanguve Spin Palace......
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UGFL 2012_ Tuks vs TUT Soshanguve.avi
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- Duration: 6:55
- Updated: 18 Sep 2012
USSA Gauteng Football League match between University of Pretoria (Tuks) and Tshwane University of Technology Soshanguve Campus (TUT Soshanguve). Tuks won the match 8-0.
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UGFL 2012 Tuks vs TUT Soshanguve 13032012
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- Updated: 26 Jul 2012
USSA Gauteng Football League, AmaTuesdayz Match between the university of Pretoria and Tshwane University of Technology, Soshanguve Campus. We won the match 8-0.
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Doug & Colletta Rhoads - Soshanguve Update
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- Duration: 8:02
- Updated: 23 Aug 2012
Here's a short video update of our lives and work in Soshanguve, South Africa. (We put this video together for one of our supporting churches).
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2 Bedroom house in Soshanguve Ww | Property Northern Pretoria | Ref: M43637
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- Duration: 7:32
- Updated: 11 Aug 2012
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6 Notes singing at Soshanguve TUT 2012-10-27-093.mp4
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- Duration: 0:56
- Updated: 01 Nov 2012
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3 Bedroom house in Soshanguve Xx | Property Northern Pretoria | Ref: M57071
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- Duration: 4:12
- Updated: 11 Aug 2012
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2 Bedroom house in Soshanguve Vv | Property Northern Pretoria | Ref: M41624
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2 Bedroom house in Soshanguve Vv | Property Northern Pretoria | Ref: M10601
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- Updated: 11 Aug 2012
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2 Bedroom house in Soshanguve
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- Updated: 13 Jul 2012
2 Bedroom house in Soshanguve. For more information please contact Danou van Rensburg on 083 577 6311
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2 Bedroom house in Soshanguve East | Property Northern Pretoria | Ref: M56680
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- Duration: 4:12
- Updated: 11 Aug 2012
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2 Bedroom house in Soshanguve Vv | Property Northern Pretoria | Ref: M42054
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- Duration: 7:30
- Updated: 11 Aug 2012
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2 Bedroom house in Soshanguve Vv | Property Northern Pretoria | Ref: M36621
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- Duration: 6:42
- Updated: 11 Aug 2012
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325i, Soshanguve Spin City Invasion Spartan Crew.mp4
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- Duration: 3:01
- Updated: 16 Nov 2012
325i ,Spartan Spin Crew crazy performance at the Soshanguve Spin Palace
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3 Bedroom house in Soshanguve
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- Updated: 10 Jul 2012
3 Bedroom house in Soshanguve. For more information please contact Danou van Rensburg on 083 577 6311
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2 Bedroom house in Soshanguve Vv | Property Northern Pretoria | Ref: M37546
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- Duration: 4:13
- Updated: 11 Aug 2012
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3 Bedroom house in Soshanguve
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- Duration: 1:45
- Updated: 10 Jul 2012
3 Bedroom house in Soshanguve. For more information please contact Danou van Rensburg on 083 577 6311
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2 Bedroom house in Soshanguve
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- Duration: 1:28
- Updated: 11 Jul 2012
2 Bedroom house in Soshanguve. For more information please contact Danou van Rensburg on 083 577 6311
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3 Bedroom house in Soshanguve
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- Duration: 1:54
- Updated: 10 Jul 2012
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 Soshanguve
Soshanguve shown within Gauteng |
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| Coordinates: 25°31′37″S 28°6′32″E / 25.52694°S 28.10889°E / -25.52694; 28.10889Coordinates: 25°31′37″S 28°6′32″E / 25.52694°S 28.10889°E / -25.52694; 28.10889 | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Gauteng |
| Municipality | City of Tshwane |
| Area[1] | |
| • Total | 117.27 km2 (45.28 sq mi) |
| Population (2001)[1] | |
| • Total | 311,223 |
| • Density | 2,700/km2 (6,900/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2001)[1] | |
| • Black African | 99.8% |
| • Coloured | 0.2% |
| First languages (2001)[1] | |
| • Northern Sotho | 32.9% |
| • Tsonga | 16.9% |
| • Tswana | 15.3% |
| • Zulu | 14.0% |
| • Other | 20.9% |
| Time zone | SAST (UTC+2) |
Soshanguve is a township situated about 25 km north of Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa. It was established in 1974 on land scheduled to be incorporated into a bantustan bordering on Mabopane in Bophuthatswana, to Sotho, Shangaan, Nguni and Venda people (thus the name) who were resettled from Atteridgeville and Mamelodi. It later became part of the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality.
History[link]
The name Soshanguve is an abbreviation for Sotho, Shangaan, Nguni, Venda, being the languages spoken at this township.
Initially Soshanguve was known as Mabopane East before the Bophuthatswana bantustan became an independent State in 1977. During 1977 Mabopne West became known as Mabopane and fell under the control of Bophuthatswana homeland while Mabopane East became known as Soshanguve which fell under the Northern Transvaal administration.
Soshanguve was the scene of riots related to poor service delivery in January 2006.[2] It was also home to Smangaliso Mkhatshwa the Catholic Priest who was banished from Transkei by the apartheid regime until he later became a member of the first post-apartheid parliament (1994) and then mayor of Tshwane. Other well known anti-apartheid activists are Mpho Walter Molema, Thabo Makola, Tamati Matlala and Steven Makena, who were killed during the 1985-1986 Struggle period, after which a State of Emergency was declared by the apartheid Government under PW Botha.
Places of interest[link]
- Soshanguve is home to the Tshwane University of Technology, previously known as Technikon Northern Gauteng (TNG).
- The second fab lab in South Africa is located in Soshanguve Block TT where it is operated by a self-organized group of unemployed youth known as the Bright Youth Council.[3][4]
References[link]
- ^ a b c d "Main Place Soshanguve". Census 2001. http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/77614.
- ^ [1] Officer injured in Soshanguve riots, SABC news
- ^ [2] South African Fab Labs
- ^ [3] Nature 442, 862-864 (24 August 2006)]. "Appropriate technology: Make anything, anywhere." (Author visits Soshanguve Fab Lab)
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