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Soweto [1](/səˈwɛtoʊ, -ˈweɪt-, -ˈwiːt-/ ) ke toropo ya Metropolitan Municipality ya Johannesburg e Gauteng, Afrika Borwa, e moeding wa lebanta la meepo la toropo ka borwa.[3][4] Lebitso la yona ke kgutsufatso ya Senyesemane ya di-syllabic bakeng sa ditoropo tsa Borwa-bophirima.[2] E ne e le masepala o arohaneng, jwale e kenyelelitswe Motseng wa Metropolitan wa Johannesburg, le o mong wa metseng e meholo ya Johannesburg.

Soweto

George Harrison le George Walker kajeno ba ananelwa e le banna ba fumaneng sekgahla sa Reef e ka Sehloohong ya kgauta polasing ya Langlaagte ka Hlakola 1886.[3] Toropo e sa tswa qala ea Johannesburg e ne e behilwe hodima kgutlotharo ya "uitvalgrond" (sebaka se sa kenyeleditsweng ha dihwai di hlahlojwa) se bitswang Randjeslaagte, se dipakeng tsa dihwai tsa Doornfontein ka botjhabela, Braamfontein ka bophirima le Turffontein ka borwa. [4]

Soweto e ile ya thehwa ka bo-1930 ha mmuso wa makgowa o qala ho arola batho ba batsho ho ba basweu, o theha "ditoropo" tsa batho ba basweu. Batho ba batšo ba ile ba fallisoa Johannesburg, sebakeng se neng se arohane le dibaka tse ka mathoko a White ka seo ho thweng ke di-cordon sanitaire (kapa phallo ya phekolo ya bophelo bo botle) eo hangata e neng e le noka, seporo sa terene, sebaka sa indasteri kapa tsela e kgolo. Sena se ile sa etswa ho sebediswa Molao wa 1923 tummeng wa dibaka tsa metse.

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soweto
  2. Pirie, G.H. Letters, words, worlds: the naming of Soweto.
  3. MJ Viljoen & WU Reimold, An Introduction to South Africa's Geological and Mining Heritage, Mintek, Randburg, 1999, p. 33.
  4. Viljoen & Reimold, supra, p.34.