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Widely respected as the doyen of black business, Dr Richard Maponya passed away on 6 January 2020 in Johannesburg just a few days after his 99th birthday.

Maponya was a property developer best known for building a business empire, Soweto's Maponya Mall, despite the restrictions apartheid imposed on black South Africans back then.

Here are 10 facts about Maponya:

1. When he was 24, Maponya - a teacher at the time - took a job as a stock taker at a clothing manufacturer. The manager sold Maponya soiled clothing and offcuts, which he then resold in Soweto.
2. He eventually saved enough capital to open a clothing retailer in Soweto, despite being denied a license under apartheid laws restricting business ownership for black South Africans. He had even hired a law firm of Mandela and Tambo to help him obtain the license.
3. In the early 1950s, Maponya and his wife Marina (a cousin of Mandela) established the Dube Hygienic Dairy, which employed boys on bicycles to deliver milk to customers - who didn't have access to electricity or refrigeration - in Soweto.
4. In the 1960s, Maponya was a founding member and first president of the National African Federated Chamber of Commerce (Nafcoc), and the founder and chairman of the African Chamber of Commerce.
5. By the 70s, his clothing empire has had grown, and he had begun to branch out into other areas: general stores, car dealership, and filling stations. His most recognisable development though has been Soweto's Maponya Mall.
6. On the 27 September 2007 Nelson Mandela officialy opened Maponya Mall, one of the largest shopping centers in the country.
7. Maponya secured the land on which the mall is situated in 1979, first on a 100- year lease. Then, in 1994 after several attempts, he acquired it outright.
8. Continuing to grow Soweto's economy, Maponya also Maponya Motor City in Klipsruit Valley Road in Orlando East. The development included a Volkswagen and Toyota dealership respectively.
9. At the time former Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe said the development was "another milestone for Soweto by the Maponya Group as they continue to build sustainable world-class businesses in Soweto".
10. Maponya Motor City was the first such business in the south of Johannesburg, and now the Maponya Group's ventures include property development, horse racing and breeding, retail, automotive sales, filling stations and liquor stores.
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