Soshanguve is a township situated about 45 km north of Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa. It was established in 1974 on land scheduled to be incororated 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 Municpality, and was the scene of riots related to poor service delivery in January2006 [1]. In South Africa, the term township usually refers to the (often underdeveloped) urban residential areas that, under Apartheid, were reserved for non-whites (Africans, Coloureds and Indians) who lived near or worked in areas that were designated white-only. Soweto (actually a group of townships) and Alexandra are two of... City motto: Praestantia Praevaleat Pretoria (May Pretoria Be Pre-eminent In Excellence) Province Gauteng Mayor Smangaliso Mkhatshwa Area - % water 1,644 km² 0. ... Categories: South Africa stubs | Provinces of South Africa | Gauteng Province ... See also: 1973 in South Africa, other events of 1974, 1975 in South Africa and the Timeline of South African history. ... Map of the black homelands in South Africa as of 1986 Bantustan refers to any of the territories designated as tribal homelands for black South Africans and Namibians during the apartheid era. ... Flag of Bophuthatswana Bophuthatswana was a former Bantustan (homeland) in the north of South Africa. ... The Sotho-speaking people have lived in southern Africa since around 15th century. ... The Shangaan (Vatsonga) are a large group of people living mainly in southern Mozambique in the provinces of Gaza and Maputo. ... For the cattle breed see Nguni cattle. ... Venda was a bantustan in northern South Africa, now part of Limpopo province. ... Atteridgeville is a surburb located on the west of Pretoria and designated for africans by the apartheid governments of South Africa. ... Mamelodi is black township set up by the then apartheid government northeast of Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa. ... The City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality is a metropolitan area contained mostly in the province of Gauteng, South Africa, that includes the city of Pretoria. ... Riots in Newark, New Jersey. ... Look up January in Wiktionary, the free dictionary January is the first month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Soshanguve is 7342 hectares in size, with an estimated population of 438 000 residents, and 44 000 households in the formal township.
Soshanguve TT has gravel roads and the communal water stand pipes that are shared by roughly twelve families.
Soshanguve garbage men tend to scavenge the garbage bins, if they find a sanitary pad in the garbage bin, they belittle the women of the family, as well as spread rumors about the women’s lack of self respect and respect for the men she expects to dispose of her blood.
The illiteracy and semi-literacy rate is 48% and 35% of residents are unemployed.
The Bodibeng Community Library, built in Soshanguve north of Pretoria, is one of the largest Libraries ever built in a previously disadvantaged area (Township) in South Africa.
Soshanguve was a very underdeveloped city, where the majority of the people did not have access to running water and electricity.
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