'He brought dignity to black people': Soweto residents honour Richard Maponya | Sunday Independent

Johannesburg - The community of Soweto honoured recently departed preeminent businessman Richard Maponya at a memorial service which took place at Maponya Mall in Soweto on Monday.

Maponya died on Monday last week following a short illness after an illustrious career which spanned over fifty years as a pioneering business entrepreneur. Maponya Mall was built by Maponya in 2006. The Maponya family co-owns the mall with JSE-listed property company Redefine. On September 24, 2007, late former president of South Africa Nelson Mandela cut the ribbon to declare Maponya Mall open for business.

In an audio-visual recording on two big screens at the memorial service in Soweto, showed Maponya explaining that he built Maponya Mall to “put up a mall that would stand anywhere in the world” for the people of Soweto to have a world-class mall within their community.

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