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One of the townships where black residents were forced to move to during apartheid, the upheaval for these poor people was traumatic.
See second to last photo in this article: www.nytimes.com/2023/11/11/world/africa/job-search-unempl...
Although this street had the usual open drains, residents had proudly grown trees beside their shacks to soften the look.
Just returned from South Africa and Mozambique and will start to slowly add pictures. Look for a new one every two or three days.
I finally took time to visit Soweto on my brief stop in Johannesburg. After all, what other place in the world has given us two Nobel Peace Prize winners. Vibrant murals adorn some of the walls of the township and residents can be found going about their lives or just hanging out on the streets that produced such great thinkers and activists as Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu.
On our visit to Soweto this young mother allowed us to view her home. We paid her a small amount for this privilege and I welcomed that opportunity, but I also felt uncomfortable - like I was a voyeur to her plight in life. She maintained her dignity - such a beautiful young woman and child.
Built as the main cooling towers for Orlando Power Station in 1953, the Soweto Towers have become an iconic symbol of the legendary Johannesburg super-neighbourhood, dominating the low-rise local skyline.
The power station was decommissioned in 1998, and the towers now host a platform for bungee jumping and BASE jumping.
Photographed here from Chris Hani Road just west of Bara Taxi Rank.
O treino desta quinta-feira foi exclusivo para moradores do distrito, que fica cerca de 40 minutos do centro de Johannesburgo
El nou espectacle del Soweto Gospel Choir, guanyador de tres premis Grammy, commemora el moviment per la llibertat a Sud-àfrica i el moviment pels drets civils als Estats Units. HOPE és un programa de cançons sud-africanes per la llibertat que van inspirar el somni de la nació de l'arc de Sant Martí. A continuació, el cor es trasllada als Estats Units amb interpretacions d’artistes com Billie Holiday, James Brown, Otis Redding, Curtis Mayfield i Aretha Franklin. Un viatge musical per una idea d'esperança.
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I had the opportunity to visit - together with a local guide - one of the poorer sections of Soweto Township near Johannesburg, South Africa. I also visited a development project called "Kliptown Youth Program" (KYP). There I took this portrait.
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I had the opportunity to visit - together with a local guide - one of the poorer sections of Soweto Township near Johannesburg, South Africa. I also visited a development project called "Kliptown Youth Program" (KYP). There I took this portrait of a schoolgirl.
Thank you for your visits / comments / faves!
I had the opportunity to visit - together with a local guide - one of the poorer sections of Soweto Township near Johannesburg, South Africa.
Thank you for your visits / comments / faves!
I had the opportunity to visit - together with a local guide - one of the poorer sections of Soweto Township near Johannesburg, South Africa. I also visited a development project called "Kliptown Youth Program" (KYP).
Thank you for your visits / comments / faves!
A Soweto resident carries home dinner from a local shop.
Captured during a one day visit to Soweto, South Africa. Optimistic people living in difficult conditions.
Soweto is a township of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality in Gauteng, South Africa, bordering the city's mining belt in the south. Its name is an abbreviation of South Western Townships. Formerly a separate municipality, it is now incorporated in the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, and one of the suburbs of Johannesburg.
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Chaf Pozi restuarant in between the Orlando Towers in Soweto, South Africa, December 2014.