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Mamelodi, part of the City Of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality , is a black Township set up by the then Apartheid government northeast of Pretoria , Gauteng , South Africa . It was established when 16 houses were built on the farm Vlakfontein in June 1953 and later the name changed to Mamelodi, the name given to president Paul Kruger by the Africans because of his ability to whistle and imitate birds, also meaning ''Mother of Melodies''. In the 1960s black citizens where forcefully removed from the suburb of Lady Selbourne in Pretoria to Mamelodi, Ga-Rankuwa and Atteridgeville . The township is home to the Mamelodi Sundowns of the Castle Premiership and the Mamelodi Bees of the South African Women's Basketball League. In 2005, through the partnership of Charity and Faith Mission in Mamelodi and Crossroads Community Church in Cincinnati (USA), Mamelodi is home to the largest Aids Hospice Center in South Africa with 140 beds available free of charge.Mamelodi has produced footbal stars like Themba Mguni and Joel 'Fire' Masilela who where both sported from Mamelod Publican FC by Sundowns |
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