SowetanLIVEreports that Maponya’s claim to fame was a thriving business empire during the apartheid regime.
A teacher before venturing into the grocery store business, Maponya opened up shop in Soweto during the 50s.
His crowning jewel and namesake is the massive Maponya Mall, also in Soweto.
When it opened in 2007, Nelson Mandela himself cut the ribbon.
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Source: Briefly News
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