Roshnee

Roshnee is a suburb that is located in Vereeniging, Gauteng, South Africa.

The township was established under the Group Areas Act by the Vereeniging Town Council and the apartheid government as a segregated housing development for Indians living in the Vaal Triangle in the late 1960s.

[1] The adjoining area of Dadaville was created to alleviate housing shortages in Roshnee.

[2] In the 2010s, some Muslim residents of Roshnee died fighting for ISIS,[3] amidst concerns that fighters and money from Roshnee were finding their way to ISIS[4] however community groups later rejected the precepts of ISIS.

[5] The Vereenging Airport FAVV is located east of the town.