Maponya Mall
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Maponya Mall is a shopping centre in Soweto
, South Africa
. The 65,000 square-metre development cost R650m to build and officially opened in September 2007. The mall
is owned by South African entrepreneur and property developer, Richard Maponya
under The Maponya group in partnership with Investec and ZenProp property holdings.
26.258715°N 27.902045°W
Soweto
Soweto is a lower-class-populated urban area of the city of Johannesburg in Gauteng, South Africa, bordering the city's mining belt in the south. Its name is an English syllabic abbreviation for South Western Townships...
, South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
. The 65,000 square-metre development cost R650m to build and officially opened in September 2007. The mall
Shopping mall
A shopping mall, shopping centre, shopping arcade, shopping precinct or simply mall is one or more buildings forming a complex of shops representing merchandisers, with interconnecting walkways enabling visitors to easily walk from unit to unit, along with a parking area — a modern, indoor version...
is owned by South African entrepreneur and property developer, Richard Maponya
Richard Maponya
Richard John Pelwana Maponya, GCOB, is a South African entrepreneur and property developer best known for building a business empire despite the restrictions of apartheid and his determination to see the Soweto township develop economically.-Early career:At the age of 24, Maponya, then a teacher,...
under The Maponya group in partnership with Investec and ZenProp property holdings.
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