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"Soweto" is the title of the opening track of the album Joined at the Hip, by Bob James and Kirk Whalum. Brazilian singer-songwriter Djavan, in his 1987 album Não É Azul, mas É Mar, recorded a song called Soweto. [77] Also this song inspired the naming of Brazilian pagode group Soweto.
The Soweto uprising, also known as the Soweto riots, ... In addition, English was gaining prominence as the language most often used in commerce and industry. The ...
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Orlando is a township in the urban area of Soweto, South Africa. The township was founded in 1931 and named after Edwin Orlando Leake , mayor of Johannesburg from 1925 to 1926. It is divided in two main areas: Orlando West and Orlando East.
James Mpanza (15 May 1889 – 23 September 1970) was a community leader and social activist in Johannesburg, South Africa, from the mid-1940s until the late 1960s.In 1944 he led the land occupation that resulted in largest housing development and the founding of modern Soweto. [1]
Sediane Danny "Sechaba" Montsitsi (24 May 1952 – June 2021) was a South African politician and former anti-apartheid activist.One of the leaders of the 1976 Soweto uprising, he later represented the African National Congress in Parliament from 1994 to 2014.
Soweto, Moshi Mjini, an administrative ward in Kilimanjaro Region, Tanzania; Soweto (Namibia), now John Pandeni, a constituency in Khomas Region, Namibia; Saweto, Peru or Saweto, a village in the Peruvian Amazon
The 2002 Soweto bombings were a string of terrorist attacks that occurred in Soweto in South Africa's Gauteng province. Eight blasts took place on 30 October 2002, leaving one woman dead and her husband severely injured. One of the blasts severely damaged a mosque, while others targeted railways and petrol stations in the area. SAPS (South ...