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Doornkop (literally "thorn hill") is a ridge and locality on the western outskirts of Soweto in the Gauteng Province, South Africa. The area is currently being subsumed by the westward expansion of Soweto and the eastward growth of Krugersdorp 's Kagiso township.
Doornkop is a ridge on the western boundary of Johannesburg, and much of the area covered by the British advance is now the suburban expanses of Roodepoort and Soweto. However, it played a significant part in the history of Johannesburg in that it was here in January 1896 that the Jameson Raid was halted, and some four years later the last ...
On a map, Region 11 appeared to hang down from the borders of the two Soweto regions and Johannesburg South. It was about 40 km south of the Inner City. It was about 40 km south of the Inner City. It was the most isolated, least integrated region of Johannesburg , with its east, west and southern borders also forming Johannesburg's boundaries ...
"Soweto" is the title of the opening track of the album Joined at the Hip, by Bob James and Kirk Whalum. Brazilian singer-songwriter Djavan, in his 1987 album Não É Azul, mas É Mar, recorded a song called Soweto. [77] Also this song inspired the naming of Brazilian pagode group Soweto.
Region D - Soweto, Doornkop, Diepkloof and Meadowlands (previously Regions 6 and 10) Region E - Alexandra and parts of Sandton and Rosebank (previously Region 7 and parts of Region 3) Region F - inner city and Johannesburg South (previously Regions 8 and 9) Region G - Ennerdale, Orange Farm, Lenasia, Eldorado Park and Protea. (previously Region 11)
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. Its northern boundary was shared with Region 4 (Florida). The region was abolished with a reorganisation of regions in 2006. [1]
In 1973 the apartheid government decided to train black soldiers. [1]On 21 January 1974, the Army Bantu Training Centre was established at Baviaanspoort, north of Pretoria.
Its western boundary, which projected further west than any other region, formed the periphery of its area of Johannesburg. On the east, Region 6 shared its boundary with the other Soweto region, Region 10. The region was abolished with a reorganisation of regions in 2006. [1]