Dobsonville
Sign in to saveDobsonville is a township in greater Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa. It lies to the west of Meadowlands, a part of Diepmeadow, and is adjacent to Mofolo North and Zondi, which are suburbs of Soweto on its southern border.
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Dobsonville is a township in greater Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa. It lies to the west of Meadowlands, a part of Diepmeadow, and is adjacent to Mofolo North and Zondi, which are suburbs of Soweto on its southern border.
==Description== The first shopping centre in Soweto, Dobsonville Shopping Centre, is located in Dobsonville. It has many small suburbs within it, including extensions 1, 2 and 3, Mmesi Park, Snake Park (Thulani), and many others. It has many primary and high schools, including Hector Peterson Primary School, which was built in memory of Hector Pieterson.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dobsonville” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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