Mamelodi, part of the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality, is a township set up by the then apartheid government northeast of Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa. Etymology "Mamelodi" is the name derived from the Sepedi word with the prefix being "ma" meaning mother, and the suffix "melodi" meaning melodies. Its meaning can be translated to mean Mother of Melodies. History The township was established when 16 houses were built on the farm Vlakfontein in June 1953 and later the name changed to Mamelodi. The Group Areas Act designated Mamelodi as a blacks-only area, though this became moot with the fall of Apartheid in 1994. In the 1960s black citizens were forcefully removed from the suburb of Lady Selbourne in Pretoria to Mamelodi, Ga-Rankuwa and Atteridgeville. Anti-apartheid activist Reverend Nico Smith preached in Mamelodi from 1982 to 1989, and obtained permission to live there himself from 1985 to 1989. During that period, he and his wife Ellen were the only whites legally allowed to live in Mamelodi. The township still has vastly more blacks than any other group as of 2010. Since 2001 Mamelodi has had a large AIDS outreach program helping several thousand orphans in the community. Mamelodi is home to the largest AIDS Hospice Center in South Africa with 140 beds available free of charge. Education Primary schools Moretele Primary School Agnes Chidi Primary School Dr Monare Primary School Mveledzo Primary School Sikhanyisele Primary School Meetse A Bophelo Primary School Mogale Primary School Bula-Dikgoro School Ramahlale Primary School Bajabulile Primary School Pula-difate Primary School Tlakukani Primary School F.F. Ribeiro Primary School N'wavangani Primary School Mahlasedi Masana Primary School Boikganthso Primary School Motheo Primary School Zakhele Primary school Botlhabatsatsi Primary School Zamintuthuko Primary School Umthombo Primary School Ezazi Primary School Tshimollo Primary School Ndima Primary School Sindawonye Primary School Pheladi Nakene Primary School Agnes Chidi Primary School Koos Matli Primary School Dr I.M Monare Primary School Uaone Primary school Mahube Valley Primary School Shirinda Primary School Emthunzini Primary School legora primary school Secondary and High Schools Mamelodi Secondary School Tsako-Thabo Secondary School Stanza Bopape Secondary School Vukani Mawethu Secondary School Vlakfontein Secondary School Bona Lesedi Secondary School Gatang Secondary School Jafta Mahlangu Secondary School Solomon Mahlangu Secondary School Rephafukgile Secondary School Mahube Valley Secondary School Ribane Laka High School Modiri Technical High School Lehlabile High School J.Kekana High School Phateng Comprehensive School Tertiary Education Tshwane North TVET College has 6 campuses,