Things To Do in Virtual Tour Of Soweto, Restaurants in Virtual Tour Of Soweto
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The 10 Best Walking Tours in South Africa, South Africa
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What to do and see in Soweto, Gauteng: The Best Walking Tours
An acronym for South Western Townships, Soweto was dubbed as such in 1963. The area began in the late 19th century as a temporary neighborhood for gold mine workers, then later became a black Johannesburg ghetto with forced apartheid settlement. In 1976, Soweto garnered international headlines with its deadly uprising against Afrikaans-only language education. The Mandela Family Museum and the recently restored Credo Mutwa Village (with its Zulu and Sotho homesteads) are two can't-miss sights.