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Diepkloof is a large zone of Soweto township in the Gauteng province of South Africa. It is also sometimes referred to as Diepmeadow, if considered as a single township with the nearby Meadowlands (although there is Orlando in between). Diepkloof was established in 1959 to accommodate people being removed from Alexandra.
Numbered routes of South Africa The Western Bypass is a section of the N1 and the Johannesburg Ring Road located in the city of Johannesburg , South Africa . Known at the time as the Concrete Highway , the freeway was initially opened in 1975 as a route to avoid the city centre of Johannesburg and to provide access to the western areas of the ...
Soweto is credited as one of the founding places for Kwaito and Kasi rap, which is a style of hip hop specific to South Africa. [ 57 ] [ 58 ] This form of music, which combined many elements of house music , American hip-hop, and traditional African music, became a strong force amongst black South Africans.
The township is one of the oldest "Coloured" townships and one of multiple locations that make up greater Soweto. However, this is difficult to discern from historical works, which, if they mention Noordgesig at all, only name it, and predominantly focus on the establishment of Orlando in the mid-1930s, and then later in the 1950s, the construction of Meadowlands and Diepkloof, or the uprising ...
M68 (Diepkloof – M79 – M70 (Diepkloof) Diepkloof: Soweto: Immink Dr: M84: North/South: M32 (Cresslawn) – M90 – M89 – R25 – M88 (Norkem Park) Cresslawn, Kempton Park CBD, Van Riebeeck Park, Houtkapper Park, Norkem Park: Kempton Park: Kelvin Dr, Besembos Ave, Panorama Ave, Soutpansberg Dr, Mooirivier Dr: M85: North/South
The section of the N1 from Cape Town to the split with the N12 national route at Three Sisters, Northern Cape is declared part of the Trans-African Highway Network no. 4 or Cairo-Cape Town Highway, which is the route designated by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa between Cairo and Cape Town. (The route continues as the N12 ...
Region 10 was an administrative district from 2000 to 2006 in the City of Johannesburg, South Africa. It included most of Soweto. Soweto is a composite name, standing for South-Western Townships. So even this eastern region of it lay not to the south of central Johannesburg, but south of Florida.
The Kidson Weir is a weir located in the village of Henley on Klip on the Klip river in South Africa, and was named after Fenning Kidson, the grandson of an 1820 settler. [3] Kidson Weir - Henley on Klip Flooding at the Kidson Weir - January 2010 Flooding at the Kidson Weir - December 2010