Lenasia, Gauteng

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Lenasia is large Indian township south of Soweto in Gauteng Province, South Africa. It has now become part of the City of Johannesburg.

Apartheid-era planners situated the group area for Johannesburg's Indians near the Lenz military base. The name "Lenasia" is thought to be a combination of the words "Lenz" and "Asia". Lenasia is also popularly called Lenz.

It is a testament to the people who abandoned here by the apartheid government, that Lenasia is now a vibrant and thriving community. With the advent of a the new Trade Route Mall, Lenasia continues to expand.

(Lenasia's very own website) http://www.lenzinfo.org.za/

Lenasia is now a rapid growing suburb with everything a city needs from shopping malls, churches, mandhirs, mousqes, banks and various commercial and industrial sectors. Two satelite radio stations, Radio Islam and Channel Islam International broadcast from Lenasia. The township is large and divided into extensions including a major suburb produced from Lenasia, which is called Lenasia South and reffered to as Daxina by the locals. Listen to radio stations from lenz at [1] and [2]. Lenasia also has it's own radio station called East Wave Radio which can be found on the wave 92.2, unfortunately this radio station can only be listened to while in Lenasia as nearby surrounding area's