Rosettenville, Gauteng
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Rosettenville is a suburb of Johannesburg
, South Africa
. It lies to the south of the city centre.
Rosettenville is named after Leo (or Levin) Rosettenstein, who surveyed the land and sold stands before gold was discovered on the Witwatersrand . Some roads are named after his family members.
Between 1924 and 1972, over 50 000 white Portuguese-speaking immigrants moved to the area, mostly from Portugal, but also from Madeira and Mozambique. After Mozambique gained independence from Portugal in 1976, many more white Mozambicans moved to South Africa, and many of them settled in Rosettenville. .
The first ever Nandos restaurant was opened in Rosettenville.
Rosettenville is also known as the place where reggae musician Lucky Dube
was shot dead in front of his children in October, 2007.
The suburb includes the landmark Wemmer Pan
recreational area.
Johannesburg
Johannesburg also known as Jozi, Jo'burg or Egoli, is the largest city in South Africa, by population. Johannesburg is the provincial capital of Gauteng, the wealthiest province in South Africa, having the largest economy of any metropolitan region in Sub-Saharan Africa...
, 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...
. It lies to the south of the city centre.
Rosettenville is named after Leo (or Levin) Rosettenstein, who surveyed the land and sold stands before gold was discovered on the Witwatersrand . Some roads are named after his family members.
Between 1924 and 1972, over 50 000 white Portuguese-speaking immigrants moved to the area, mostly from Portugal, but also from Madeira and Mozambique. After Mozambique gained independence from Portugal in 1976, many more white Mozambicans moved to South Africa, and many of them settled in Rosettenville. .
The first ever Nandos restaurant was opened in Rosettenville.
Rosettenville is also known as the place where reggae musician Lucky Dube
Lucky Dube
Lucky Philip Dube was a South African reggae musician. He recorded 22 albums in Zulu, English and Afrikaans in a 25-year period and was South Africa's biggest selling reggae artist...
was shot dead in front of his children in October, 2007.
The suburb includes the landmark Wemmer Pan
Wemmer Pan
Wemmer Pan is a lake and recreational area in Johannesburg, South Africa. It’s located to the south of the city centre, in the suburb of La Rochelle, at GPS S 26.2308° E 28.0580°.-History:The word “pan” is an Afrikaans word describing a shallow lake....
recreational area.