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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, was a series of demonstrations and protests led by black school children in South Africa during apartheid that began on the morning of 16 June 1976.
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.
Pages in category "Soweto" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Regina Mundi (Latin for "Queen of the World"), [1] designed by architect Anthony Noel Errol Slaven, is the largest Roman Catholic church in South Africa.It is located in Rockville, Soweto, a populous black urban residential area within the city of Johannesburg.
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 ...
The Soweto Civic Association was an organisation formed in Soweto, South Africa, in 1979, formed out of what was known as the "Committee of Ten", by black professionals who wished to administer the city's affairs by themselves and not by an Apartheid representative local administration board officials and councillors.