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Soweto Destination Guide

Discover Soweto in South Africa

Soweto in the region of Gauteng with its 1,695,047 habitants is a town located in South Africa - some 42 mi or ( 67 km ) South-West of Pretoria , the country's capital .

Interactive map of Soweto

Local time in Soweto is now 03:13 PM (Thursday) . The local timezone is named " Africa/Johannesburg " with a UTC offset of 2 hours. Depending on your flexibility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Maseru, Mochudi, Gaborone, Mbabane, and Manzini. When in this area, you might want to check out Maseru . We found some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Soweto ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

South Africa 24: Soweto!

4:26 min by Yaiyasmin
Views: 8619 Rating: 4.81

A video clip of Soweto, near Johannesburg in South Africa. Music: Yaiyasmin - Liberate twitter.com ..

Soweto Drift Skhebstar

1:29 min by skhebstar
Views: 7000 Rating: 4.43

M5 E28 at work, 28 years on the drift park but still going strong. driven by Soweto's finest. Malibongwe... ..


South Africa 21: World Cup Stadium, Soweto

2:49 min by Yaiyasmin
Views: 3603 Rating: 4.20

A visit to the stadium (FNB Stadium aka Soccer City) where the final of the football/soccer World Cup 2010 will be held! It's still under construction but looks really good. GO PIRATES! It's in Soweto ..

Mike Makhalemele - Soweto Dawn - South African Jazz

4:10 min by Andranius Rexus
Views: 2315 Rating: 5.00

South African jazz track by Ratau Mike Makhalemele from his 1990 album "Thabang". This is my favourite track from the album which he dedicated "To the people of Soweto". RIP Bra Mike ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Avalon Cemetery

Avalon Cemetery is one of the largest graveyards in South Africa. It was opened in 1972, during the height of apartheid, as a graveyard exclusively for blacks. More than 300,000 people are buried on its 430 acres, the graves less than two feet apart. By 2010 the cemetery is expected to be at capacity, largely because of AIDS deaths.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at -26.28 27.85 (Lat./Long.); Less than 1 km away
Tags: Buildings and structures in Soweto, Cemeteries in South Africa

Maponya Mall

Maponya Mall is a shopping centre in Soweto, South Africa. The 65,000 square-metre development cost R650m to build and officially opened in September 2007. The mall is owned by South African entrepreneur and property developer, Richard Maponya under The Maponya group in partnership with Investec and ZenProp property holdings.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at -26.26 27.90 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Tags: Shopping centres in Soweto

Dobsonville Stadium

Dobsonville Stadium, commercially known as the Volkswagen Dobsonville Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium in Soweto, a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is mostly used for football matches, but is also equipped with an athletics track. It is the home ground of Moroka Swallows, a football club which plays in the Premier Soccer League. It was also utilized as a training field for teams participating in the 2010 FIFA World Cup, after being renovated in 2009 and brought up to FIFA standards.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at -26.23 27.86 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 km away
Tags: Buildings and structures in Soweto, Soccer venues in South Africa, Sports venues in Gauteng

Mandela House

The Nelson Mandela National Museum, commonly referred to as the Mandela House, is the house in Orlando West, Soweto, South Africa, that former South African president Nelson Mandela lived in from 1946 to 1962. It is located at number 8115, at the corner of Vilakazi and Ngakane streets, as short distance up the road from the home of Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu. Mandela donated the house to the Soweto Heritage Trust (of which he is the founder) on 1 September 1997, to run as a museum.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at -26.24 27.91 (Lat./Long.); Less than 6 km away
Tags: Biographical museums in South Africa, Buildings and structures in Soweto, Historic house museums in South Africa, Houses in South Africa, Museums in Johannesburg, Nelson Mandela

Hector Pieterson Museum

The Hector Pieterson Museum is a large museum located in Orlando West, Soweto, South Africa, two blocks away from where Hector Pieterson was shot and killed. The museum is named in his honour. It became one of the first museums in Soweto when it opened in 16 June 2002. A companion museum nearby is Mandela House, the former home of Nelson Mandela and his family, which has been run as a museum since 1997.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at -26.23 27.91 (Lat./Long.); Less than 6 km away
Tags: History museums in South Africa, Museums in Johannesburg

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Historical Weather

temperature and rainfall during the year in Soweto