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| Soweto Travel Guide Edit This The best resource for sights, hotels, restaurants, bars, what to do and see Get out and experience! Get out and experience! Simkile Located some 16 kms from Johannesburg, Soweto is the name for a collective of townships that grew into a city. Originally intended for the temporary housing of mine workers, it became a ghetto for the black population of Jo’burg in 1923. The Urban Areas Act promised (besides the stigma) new houses and better facilities. However, the poor circumstances and the discriminatory laws by the government, resulted in a stream of people, accumulating in illegal squatter camps. It has always been the scene of South Africa’s turbulent history. Soweto is ‘famous’ for its severe violent riots that took place in 1976 when the government wanted to introduce Afrikaans as the official language at schools. The intended peaceful demonstrations were put down violently and over 600 people were killed. Nowadays, history still shows its face. Most sights in this thriving township are dedicated to the commemoration of either peaceful or violent political struggles. In the western part of Soweto, Orlando, you’ll find the former houses of two Nobel Prize winners, Nelson Mandela and Archbishop Desmond Tutu who staked their lives, together with many others, for human rights. After visiting the Nelson Mandela Family museum walk down Vilakazi Street and take the first road to the left, the second house on your left is a charming little place affectionately called "the shack", the locals here will play a game of pool with you and share a beer, it is not commercialised at all, unlike the rest of this area. It is a gem of a spot and Deon "AZI" the owner will always welcome you. __________Sights Edit This Get out and experience! Get out and experience! Simkile Display all or display just: Hotspots general Show best rated on top | Show in alphabetical order [Add Sight] Freedom Square Edit This type: general World66 rating: [rate it] Oppenheimer Tower Edit This type: general World66 rating: [rate it] The Soweto Rhubuluza Edit This Get out and experience! Get out and experience! photo by: Simkile A tavern crawl through the township that captures the spirit and shows all that is Soweto, a truely exhilirating experience. type: Hotspots World66 rating: [rate it] tel: 011 608 2640 openingHours: mon-fri 8-5 url: www.simkile.co.za email: andrew@simkile.co.za Winnie Mandela’s House Edit This type: general World66 rating: [rate it] Hector Peterson Memorial Square Edit This type: general World66 rating: [rate it] zipcode: appl;r Regina Mundi Edit This type: general World66 rating: [rate it] Nelson Mandela’s former house Edit This type: general World66 rating: [rate it] address: Nxumala Street, Orlando West, Phefini Zaph Mothopeng's residence Edit This Residence of founder member of the political movement PAC (Pan Africanist Congress). type: general World66 rating: [rate it] Avalon Cemetery Edit This type: general World66 rating: [rate it] Baragwanath Hospital Edit This type: general World66 rating: [rate it] The Rock Edit This One of the hottest bars and nightclubs in Soweto. type: Hotspots World66 rating: [rate it] tel: +27 (11) 986 8182 openingHours: 12am till late url: www.therock.co.za address: 1987 Vundla Drive, Rockville, Soweto email: papi@therock.co.za |