Soshanguve
Soshanguve is a township situated about 30 km north of Pretoria and just east of Mabopane, in Gauteng, South Africa.
Soshanguve is a township situated about 30 km north of Pretoria and just east of Mabopane, in Gauteng, South Africa. 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.
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Worth seeing in and around Soshanguve
2 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Odi Stadium
Odi Stadium is a derelict multi-purpose stadium in Mabopane, South Africa. It was used mostly for soccer matches.
6 km · multi-purpose stadium in Mabopane, South Africa · Wikipedia - 02Giant Stadium
Soshanguve Giant Stadium, commonly referred to as Giant, is a multi-purpose stadium located in Soshanguve, a township of Pretoria, South Africa. It was utilized as a training field for teams participating in the 2010 FIFA World Cup after being rebuilt and upgraded in 2009 to meet FIFA specifications.
1.4 km · building in South Africa · Wikipedia
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Getting to Soshanguve
- Airports
- Lanseria (HLA), 49 km · O.R. Tambo (JNB), 70 km · Polokwane (PTG), 232 km
- Johannesburg → Soshanguve81 km · quickest by road, 1h 51m · R85–115
- Polokwane → Soshanguve223 km · quickest by road, 3h 38m · R220–295
- Mbombela → Soshanguve288 km · quickest by road, 5h 12m · R320–425
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No local-transport research exists yet for Soshanguve
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Soshanguve. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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If you know how people move in Soshanguve – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Soshanguve
Soshanguve is 26 km from Pretoria, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Mabopanetownship in Gauteng, South Africa3.3 km