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Suburbs of Soweto Name Established Origin of name Braamfischerville: Tshiawelo: 1956 "Place of Rest" (Venda) Diepkloof: 1959: Dlamini: 1956: Unknown, Nguni family name. Michael Mabaso also comes from here. This is a township with a working class population who travel by train to work. Dobsonville: including Dobsonville Gardens Doornkop "Hill of ...
The north-western suburbs, located in Regions A and B, exist between the northern suburbs, Soweto, and the inner city. They are mostly low-rise although there are few skyscrapers. There are a few new developments in the recently incorporated city of Randburg, which is a chief commercial node for the area.
Meadowlands is a suburb of Soweto, Gauteng Province, South Africa. It was founded in the early 1950s during the apartheid era for black residents from Sophiatown.
This is a list of cities and towns in Gauteng Province, South Africa.Most towns are no longer separate municipalities, their local governments having been merged into larger structures.
Area (km 2) [1] Population (2016) [2] Pop. density (per km 2) Emfuleni Local Municipality: GT421 Sedibeng Vanderbijlpark: 966 733,445 759.3 Midvaal Local Municipality: GT422 Sedibeng Meyerton: 1,722 111,612 64.8 Lesedi Local Municipality: GT423 Sedibeng Heidelberg: 1,484 112,472 75.8 Mogale City Local Municipality: GT481 West Rand Krugersdorp ...
Kliptown is a suburb of the formerly black township of Soweto in Gauteng, South Africa, located about 17 km south-west of Johannesburg. Kliptown is the oldest residential district of Soweto, and was first laid out in 1891 on land which formed part of Klipspruit farm. The farm was named after the klipspruit (rocky stream) that runs nearby.
Fans of South Africa national soccer team watching the 2010 FIFA World Cup with vuvuzelas in the township of Soweto, a suburb of Johannesburg. Like many cities around the world, there is an increasing focus on the rejuvenation of the inner city of Johannesburg.
The first shopping centre in Soweto, Dobsonville Shopping Centre, is located in Dobsonville. It has many small suburbs within it, namely extensions 1, 2 and 3, Mmesi Park, Snake Park (Thulani) and many others. It has many primary and high schools, including Hector Peterson Primary School, which was built in memory of Hector Peterson.