Soshanguve is a township situated about 45 km north of Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa. In South Africa, the term Township usually refers to the (often underdeveloped urban living areas that under Apartheid, were reserved for non-whites Pretoria is a city located in the northern part of Gauteng Province, South Africa. Gauteng (xaʊˈtɛŋ Sotho xɑ́útʼèŋ̀ is a province of South Africa. The Republic of South Africa (also known by other official names) is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa It was established in 1974 on land scheduled to be incorporated 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. See also 1973 in South Africa, other events of 1974, 1975 in South Africa and the Timeline of South African history. A bantustan or more commonly black african homeland or simply homeland, was territory set aside for black inhabitants of South Africa and South-West Bophuthatswana (meaning gathering of the Tswana people) was a Bantustan ("homeland" in the northwest of South Africa. The Shangaan (Vatsonga or Vitsonga are a large group of people living mainly in southern Mozambique in Maputo and in Gaza Province; there is also Venda was a Bantustan in northern South Africa, now part of Limpopo province Atteridgeville, part of the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality, is a township located on the west of Pretoria, South Africa. Mamelodi, part of the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality, is a black township set up by the then Apartheid government northeast of Pretoria It later became part of the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality, and was the scene of riots related to poor service delivery in January 2006 ^[1]. The City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality (also known as the City of Tshwane, ˈtswɑːneɪ (listen) is a metropolitan municipality contained in the Riots are a form of Civil disorders characterized by disorganized groups lashing out in a sudden and intense rash of Violence, Vandalism or other It was also home to Smangaliso Mkhatshwa the Catholic Priest who was banished from Transkei by the apartheid regime until he later became a member of the first post-apartheid parliament (1994) and then mayor of Tshwane. Smangaliso Mkhatshwa (b1939 image is a Catholic priest who was persecuted by the South African apartheid state The Transkei —which means "the area beyond the Kei River"—is a region situated in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. The City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality (also known as the City of Tshwane, ˈtswɑːneɪ (listen) is a metropolitan municipality contained in the

The name Soshanguve is known to stand for Sotho, Shangaan, Nguni, Venda, being the languages spoken at this township.

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 ^[2][3]. Fab Lab is a British Television programme designed for Pre-school Children.
• Tswaing crater

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