Our Visit To Soweto, South Africa | Township Tours | Travel Vlog | Family Vlog
In this travel vlog we visited Soweto, a township near Johannesburg, South Africa. We arrived in Johannesburg fresh from a safari. We stayed in the Oasis Hotel in Rivonia. We dropped our bags and our way to Soweto. We toured the Mandela House, and saw Tutu House in Vilakazi street. Soweto features greatly in the history of South Africa.
Oasis Hotel ( is a boutique hotel in Rivonia, South Africa. It is run by a family and is absolutely beautiful. It is tastily decorated in antiques. Each of us had our own rooms and my kids shared.
We had a tour of the Apartheid Museum and walked around Vilakazi Street where we did some shopping.
Vilakazi Street restaurants are actually very nice. We walked passed Sakhumuzi restaurants where it was very busy.
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The establishment of Soweto is, like Johannesburg, linked directly to the discovery of Gold in 1885. Thousands of people from around the world and South Africa flocked to the new town to seek their fortunes or to offer their labour. Within 4 years Johannesburg was the second largest city. More than half the population was black, most living in multi racial shanty towns near the gold mines in the centre of the town. As the gold mining industry developed, so did the need for labour increase. Migrant labour was started and most of these workers lived in mine compounds. However other workers had to find their own accommodation often in appalling conditions.
The first residents of what is now known as Soweto were located into the area called Klipspriut in 1905 following their relocation from “Coolietown” in the centre of Johannesburg as a result of an outbreak of bubonic plague. The Johannesburg City Council took the opportunity to establish racially segregated residential areas. Some residents were to be relocated to Alexandra township (near the present day Sandton). This group comprised black, Indian and coloured families and they received freehold title to their land (this was subsequently reversed by the Apartheid Government). Only black families were located into Klipspruit and the housing was on a rental basis. Klipspruit was subsequently renamed Pimville.
During the 1930’s the demand for housing for the large numbers of black people who had moved into Johannesburg grew to such an extent that new housing was built in an area known as Orlando, named after the first administrator Edwin Orlando Leaky.
In the 1940’s James Mpanza led the first land invasion and some 20000 squatters occupied land near Orlando. James Mpanza is known as the “Father of Soweto”.
A view of Soweto from the top of the Oppenheimer towerIn 1959 the residents of Sophiatown were forcibly removed to Soweto and occupied the area known as Meadowlands. Sir Earnest Oppenheimer, the first chairman of the Anglo American Corporation, was appalled by the housing shortage and was instrumental in arranging a loan for the construction of additional housing and this is commemorated by the Oppenheimer Tower in Jabulani. #soweto #johannesburg #southafrica
TOWNSHIP TOUR OF SOWETO
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In Soweto, South Africa - a Memorable Tour of Soweto
Enjoyed the visiting the hotspots of Soweto, the infamous township in South Africa. The tour included a visit to the famous National Football Stadium (the Calabash) where the first and last matches of the 2010 World Cup were held. Visited the Diepkloof market area, Orlando West where the Nelson Mandela house and Desmond Tutu's house is located. We also visited the shanty town and closed of the tour at Hector Pieteron Memorial about the Soweto uprising of June 16, 1976. READ BLOG at
Soweto Township Visit
Soweto Township kun je bezoeken en dat is zeker een aanrader. Naar Zuid-Afrika ga je voor de natuur en naar Soweto voor de mensen! Je kunt hier een Soweto tour doen, een fietstour of zelfs overnachten in Soweto.
Soweto staat voor South Westen Township en is het bekendste township van Zuid-Afrika. Het is een van de armste delen van de stad, maar je vindt tussen de krotjes ook enorme villa’s. Soweto bestaat uit meerdere wijken en is een stad op zich. Er wonen een paar miljoen mensen. Tegenwoordig kun je een aantal wijken in Soweto, waaronder dus Orlando-West goed bezoeken.
Je kunt hier gewoon doorheen rijden met je eigen huurauto, een georganiseerde fietstocht doen of er gewoon doorheen wandelen. En je voelt je geen moment onveilig als je over straat loopt. Ze noemen dit ook wel ‘Beverly Hills van Soweto” omdat de wijk floreert dankzij het toerisme.
Soweto kwam in 1976 wereldwijd in het nieuws vanwege de scholieren opstand. Scholieren wilden een petitie aanbieden om te protesteren tegen het verplichte onderwijs in Afrikaans. De politie opende het vuur op scholieren die een geweldloze protestmars liepen. In dit gedeelte van Soweto zijn veel monumenten om dit verschrikkelijke bloedbad te herinneren. Zo is bijvoorbeeld de stoep rood geverfd waar veel studenten het leven verloren of gewond raakten en vindt je er het Hector Pieterson museum, een museum wat herinnerd aan de gruwlijkheden.
HISTORICAL SOWETO TOWNSHIPS - Inside Kliptown
Now back in Johannesburg, Katie and I took a day tour diving deep into the South West Townships (Soweto) of Joburg.
We were able to walk through the various districts, learning more about the upper class, middle class, and extreme poverty of the area. Soweto is a massive area that's rapidly growing and developing into so much more than the stereotypes it's known for.
We hope you enjoy learning more about this fascinating neighbourhood with us.
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South Africa - A trip to the township Soweto-Hector Pieterson Museum
This is an emotional film about a trip I made in January 2014 to the township of Soweto Johannesburg and the Hector Pieterson Museum. Hector Pieterson was one of the first children that got shot by the Police during the Soweto Uprising in 1976. The museum is dedicated the memory of the children that lost their lives in the struggle
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Soweto, South Africa
Recorded April 14, 2012
My visit to Soweto, South Africa includes...
00:18 Drive through housing projects
05:18 Vilakazi Street
06:41 Sakhumzi Restaurant
08:00 Archbishop Desmond Tutu's House
08:39 Nelson Mandela's House
13:12 Hector Pieterson Memorial
16:30 Winnie Mandela House
16:50 Orlando Towers
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A tour taking you through Soweto from Johannesburg. Visit the Apartheid Museum, the Hector Petersen Memorial, Nelson Mandela's House.
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I did a bike tour of the Soweto township in South Africa and I was surprised at how much I enjoyed meeting the locals and learning about township life. There is a lot of history in this township and it is a definite must-do for anyone visiting South Africa for the first time.
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As part one of our 2019 South Africa Travel Vlog, we visit Johannesburg and Soweto, South Africa. Lebo's Soweto Bicycle Tours was an awesome way to experience Soweto. After our tour we visited downtown Johannesburg and the incredible Sandton mall. I know this video is a bit different than others I've posted, but like I've said before, this channel was created as a platform for me to share my adventures, and visiting South Africa was a pretty big one!
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Mandela's early life in Soweto, South Africa's biggest township
Nelson Mandela spent the 15 years before his imprisonment in Soweto, South Africa's largest township. His former home is now a pilgrimage site for tourists wanting an insight into his early life.
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#Cityoftheweek - Soweto, South Africa.
Located to the south-west of Johannesburg city centre, South Africa's most famous township is also by far its largest with estimates putting the population at anywhere between two and four million residents. Make your Soweto visit most memorable.
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The township is the forefront of the struggle against Apartheid, and also once home to Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu, both Nobel peace prize winners. Soweto also has a cultural, music and social scene that is all its own and soccer in particular is a huge obsession for the many exuberant fans of Soweto's two mega-clubs – the (Kaizer) Chiefs and the (Orlando) Pirates.
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Tourism in SA's most popular township
Modern day Soweto, home to global icon and South Africa’s first democratic president, the late Nelson Mandela, attracts visitors due its rich political history.
The township known for its struggle for democracy is a buzz for tourist from all over the world.
With sites such as Kliptown where the Freedom Charter was drawn up to the home of Mandela and the infamous Hector Petersen Memorial site, Soweto is arguably the most famous black township in South Africa.
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Destination Guide to Soweto in Johannesburg | South Africa
The Big Sky produced this travel guide to Soweto for luxury travel website, Black Tomato, in association with the South Africa Tourist Board. The video was just one of an five-part travel series, sampling the best of South Africa - in Soweto we discovered Johannesburg's now eclectic neighbourhood.