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In 1995, Soweto became part of the Southern Metropolitan Transitional Local Council, [38] and in 2002, was incorporated into the City of Johannesburg. [39] A series of bombings occurred in 2002. The right-wing extremist group, Boeremag claimed responsibility for the attacks [ 40 ] that damaged buildings, railway lines , and killed one person ...
City Hall Complex, Rissik Street, Johannesburg The corner-stone of the City Hall Complex was laid on 29 November 1910 by the Duke of Connaught and Strathearn and the building was officially opened on 7 April 1915 by Governor-General Lord Buxton. It was designed in a grandiose Edwardian Baroque style. site: City Hall Johannesburg: Johannesburg
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.
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 . In the case of settlements that have had their official names changed the traditional name is listed first followed by the new name.
The southern suburbs, located in Regions 9, 10, and 11, extend to the south of the inner city, and are somewhat isolated from the rest of Johannesburg. On a map, the southern suburbs appear to hang down from the border of Soweto and Johannesburg South. It is about 40 kilometres south of the inner city.
Walter Sisulu Square, formally known as the Walter Sisulu Square of Dedication, is located in the heart of Kliptown in Soweto, South Africa. [1]This location was the site where, on 26 June 1955, the Congress of the People, met to draw up the Freedom Charter, an alternative vision to the repressive policies of the apartheid state.
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Dobsonville is a township in greater Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa. It lies to the west of Meadowlands, a part of Diepmeadow, and is adjacent to Mofolo North and Zondi, which are suburbs of Soweto on its southern border.