I Heart Soweto – A Photo Tour
Written by Jaillan Yehia
Some Soweto Street Art!
The Soweto tour was the highlight of my trip to Johannesburg – interesting, educational, vibrant, eye-opening, and most of all, fun. Here I’m going to let the photos speak for themselves…
This lady saw us taking photos and asked if we would photograph her too, so let’s give her pride of place!
The most photogenic girl we met in 3 weeks of travelling South Africa!
Kaiser Chiefs – a Joburg football club after which the UK band was named
Plaque on the wall at Nelson Mandela’s House
A street scene
More colourful wall art
Hanging out in Soweto on NYE!
This store owner was playing some great jazz music while he worked!
Soweto advertising
Soweto’s matchbox houses
Placard from the Soweto uprising at the Hector Pieterson Museum
Quotation at the Mandela House
Soweto street art
With our fab guide, Tumi
I could have spent days photographing Soweto
Soweto’s Official Sights:
Nelson Mandela’s House
8115 Orlando West, Soweto
www.mandelahouse.org
Open Daily 9am to 5pm
Cost: 60 Rand per person for non-South African citizens
Hector Pieterson Museum – National Heritage Site of the June 1976 Soweto Uprising
8287 Corner Khumalo & Pela Street
Orlando West, Soweto
www.sowetouprising.com
Open Daily 10am to 5pm, excpet sundays when it closes at 4.30pm
Guide Details:
Tumi: Mobile number – 0027 72 343 1098
Tags: Joburg, Johannesburg, South Africa, Soweto
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Anonymous
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It was so worthwhile going – just like any gathering of around 2 million people there is good and bad there, but this is one place where having a guide makes an enormous difference to your experience. I recommend that if you do find yourself in Johannesburg you see it for yourself.
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Kyehia
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Impressiv photos Jai! Don’t know if I would have dared to go to Soweto.
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Shadi
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What great photos! Really makes me want to visit…
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Anonymous
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Ah then they have fulfilled their purpose!
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Nicola
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More fabulous & informative photos Jai, well done for sharing them. Nic xx
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Anonymous
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Really glad you liked them Nic, it was hard to edit them down, it is such a colourful place and wonderful to photograph!
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