Soweto (/səˈwɛtoʊ, -ˈweɪt-, -ˈwiːt-/) is a township of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality in Gauteng, South Africa, bordering the city's...
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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...
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Soweto is a township of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. Soweto may also refer to: Soweto (album) a 1979 album by Billy Higgins "Soweto" (song), a...
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The Soweto Derby is a football rivalry between Premier Soccer League's Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates in South Africa. It was first contested on 24...
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1970s until 1994, Soweto is now part of the Greater Johannesburg metropolitan area. An acronym for "South-Western Townships", Soweto was organised initially...
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"Soweto" is a 2022 song by Nigerian singer Victony and producer Tempoe. It was released as the first single from Victony's second extended play Outlaw...
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Soweto East is a part of major Kibera slum in Nairobi. A school KidStar Academy is in Soweto West. Other parts of Kibera include Soweto East, Laini Saba...
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Soweto Kinch (born 10 January 1978) is a British jazz saxophonist and rapper. Born in 1978 in London, England, to a Barbadian father, playwright Don Kinch...
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Soweto East is a part of Kibera slum in Nairobi. Its population has been estimated at 70,000 persons. Slum residents have to pay more than others for water...
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Soweto Community Television (Soweto TV) is a South African community television channel broadcasting in the biggest township in South Africa, Soweto. The...
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Lelethu Mdolomba (born 21 January 1988), known professionally as Samthing Soweto, is a South African singer and songwriter. Samthing is best known for his...
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Kaizer Chiefs F.C. (redirect from Kaizer Chiefs Soweto)
Stadium. The team has a strong local rivalry with Orlando Pirates, a fellow Soweto team that Chiefs founder Kaizer Motaung played for in his early playing...
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Surfing Soweto is a 2010 documentary film directed by Dimi Raphoto and Sara Blecher. Surfing Soweto is the story of a forgotten generation: Bitch Nigga...
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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...
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The Soweto Gospel Choir is a South African gospel group. The Soweto Gospel Choir was formed in Soweto, South Africa, by David Mulovhedzi and Beverly Bryer...
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The Soweto String Quartet is a string quartet from Soweto in Gauteng, South Africa, composed of Reuben Khemese, Makhosini Mnguni, Sandile Khemese and...
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Phiri is a township in the urban area of Soweto in South Africa. The township was founded in 1956, as part of the demographic reorganization started by...
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University of Johannesburg (redirect from UJ Soweto Stadium)
Witwatersrand (TWR) and the Soweto and East Rand campuses of Vista University. Prior to the merger, the Daveyton and Soweto campuses of the former Vista...
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"Soweto Blues" is a protest song written by Hugh Masekela and performed by Miriam Makeba. The song is about the Soweto uprising that occurred in 1976...
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Soweto Pride is an annual pride parade held in the Soweto historical black township in Johannesburg, South Africa. The inaugural Soweto Pride was held...
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a "reign of terror", and was "at the centre of an orgy of violence" in Soweto, which led to condemnation by the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa...
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The Indestructible Beat of Soweto, later repackaged as The Indestructible Beat of Soweto Volume One, is a compilation album released in 1985 on the Earthworks...
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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...
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The Soweto Open was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hardcourts. It was part of the ATP Challenger Tour and the ITF Women's Circuit as...
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Abu Baker Asvat (section Soweto surgery)
Abu nicknamed Hurley was a South African medical doctor who practised in Soweto in the 1970s and 1980s. A founding member of Azapo, Asvat was the head of...
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the Cannes Film Festival. The plot focuses on students involved in the Soweto Uprising, in opposition to the implementation of Afrikaans as the language...
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largest Roman Catholic church in South Africa. It is located in Rockville, Soweto, a populous black urban residential area within the city of Johannesburg...
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Hector Pieterson (category Soweto)
South African schoolboy who was shot and killed at the age of 12 during the Soweto uprising and massacre in 1976, when the police opened fire on black students...
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Asheru (redirect from Sleepless in Soweto)
Docktrine 3 (The Final Chapter)... Asheru, various artists (2010) Sleepless in Soweto LP.... Asheru (2013) "WHILE THEY SLEEP (REMIX)". ASCAP. American Society...
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to death in detention. In 1976, secondary students in Soweto took to the streets in the Soweto uprising to protest against the imposition of Afrikaans...
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