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Soweto Tour (Full Day Tour)

Updated: Jun 11, 2024

Approximately 20km South West of Johannesburg lies this teeming world renowned Township, with more than 30 suburbs.

Soweto is has diversity and cultural interaction. Its people exude a vibrancy, inventiveness and ingenious enterprise. Witness the hype of activity as we experience and drive through the township, which produced internationally acclaimed politicians, musicians, artists and clergymen.

Itinerary:

Via Soccer City / FNB Stadium– The World Cup 2010 flagship.

• Pass by the spectacular 94 000 capacity stadium, built in the shape of a CALABASH.

• Drive through the plush suburb of Diepkloof Extension.

• A few meters from Diepkloof we talk about Diepkloof men’s Hostel.

Journey on past the bustle of Baragwanath Taxi Rank.

• Adjacent is the 3rd largest hospital in the World – Chris Hani-Baragwanath hospital.

• Journey on through the “birthplace” of The 10 point Freedom Charter (1955) – The Walter Sisulu Square of dedication, Kliptown.

• We will look for an opportunity to have conversations with a family

Kliptown is the oldest township of Soweto and has a fascinating history of its own.

• 10 Point Freedom Charter Memorial

• 1955 Congress of the People Document was drafted here & it chartered the path for South Africa’s liberal constitution.

• The Regina Mundi Catholic Church was an instrumental haven of refuge during various periods of political upheaval and protest in Soweto & TRC Hearings.

• An acclaimed painting “The Back Madonna of Soweto” by Lawrence Scully is housed here.

• Lunch will be at any of various Soweto Establishments or Homes. We choose places off the Beaten Track for Unique Experiences.

Hector Pietersen Museum & Memorial.

• Memorial and Museum to commemorate the youth who sacrificed their lives during Student Uprisings of 1976

The Nelson Mandela House Museum (Drive/ Walk -By or entry per arrangement)

• The house is situated on Vilakazi Street, named for Dr Vilakazi who was instrumental in translating the English Dictionary into isiZulu and was a lecturer at Wits University.

The Street is also renowned for being the only street in the world where 2 Nobel Peace Prize Laureates have lived viz. Bishop Desmond Tutu and Nelson Mandela.