Soshanguve
Soshanguve is located in Gauteng
Soshanguve
Soshanguve
Soshanguve is located in South Africa
Soshanguve
Soshanguve
Soshanguve is located in Africa
Soshanguve
Soshanguve
Coordinates: 25°31′25″S 28°6′0″E / 25.52361°S 28.10000°E / -25.52361; 28.10000
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceGauteng
MunicipalityCity of Tshwane
Main PlacePretoria
Area
[1]
 • Total126.77 km2 (48.95 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total403,162
 • Density3,200/km2 (8,200/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[1]
 • Black African99.2%
 • Coloured0.3%
 • Indian/Asian0.1%
 • White0.1%
 • Other0.4%
First languages (2011)
[1]
 • Northern Sotho28.2%
 • Tswana16.7%
 • Tsonga15.1%
 • Zulu13.6%
 • Other26.5%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)
0152
PO box
0164
Area code012

Soshanguve is a township situated about 30 km north of Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa, just east of Mabopane. The name Soshanguve is an acronym for Sotho, Shangaan, Nguni and Venda, thus showing the multi-ethnic composition of the population. The major African languages of South Africa are heard in Soshanguve.

History

It was formerly known as Mabopane East.[2] The acronym divided the Soshanguve residents according to their tribe when they were resettled from Mamelodi and Atteridgeville in 1974.[3] While this was to make administration easy for the apartheid government, it left a community divided and suspicious of each other. More than 20 years later, there are still remnants of the past but there is integration of cultures. The people of Soshanguve arguably are the most multilingual of South Africans.

Culture

The people of Soshanguve speak Pretoria Sotho called Se Pitori and listen to local music genres called Barcadi & Amapiano.

Educational Institutions

Soshanguve is home to Tshwane University of Technology's Soshanguve North & South Campuses & Tshwane north college (TNC) which draw their students from every corner of the country.

Places of interest

  • The second fab lab in South Africa is located in Soshanguve Block TT where it is operated by a self-organized group of unemployed youth known as the Bright Youth Council.[4][5]
  • Tswaing Crater - Tswaing, meaning Place of Salt in Setswana, is a 2000-hectare heritage site, some 40 km north-west of Central Pretoria, surrounded by settlements inhabited by more than a million people, such as Winterveld, Soshanguve, Mabopane and Eersterus, near Hammanskraal.
  • Giant Stadium
  • Soshanguve Crossing Mall
  • Soshanguve Railway Station

Schools

*Primary Schools

  • Tipfucxeni Primary School
  • Matlapeng Primary School
  • Madiba Primary School
  • Gontse Primary School
  • Senqobile Primary School
  • Ayanda Primary school

Secondary Schools

  • Tiyelelani Secondary School
  • Wallmansthal Secondary school
  • Botse-Botse secondary school
  • Soshanguve East Secondary School
  • Soshanguve South Secondary School
  • Ruabohlale Secondary School

Notable people

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Main Place Soshanguve". Census 2011.
  2. ↑ "Soshanguve in detail". South African Market Insights. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
  3. ↑ "Soshanguve community conversation – Nelson Mandela Foundation". www.nelsonmandela.org. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
  4. ↑ http://www.fablab.co.za/ South African Fab Labs
  5. ↑ Mandavilli, Apoorva (2006). "Make anything, anywhere". Nature. 442 (7105): 862–864. doi:10.1038/442862a. PMID 16929273. S2CID 26698558.


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