Overview
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Tour Code IL – ST
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Days
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Monday to Friday
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08h30-12h30
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Departure
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Airport Hotels
Sandton Hotels
Downtown Hotels
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08h00
08h30
08h45
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Duration
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4 Hours
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Entrance included
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Mandela Museum & Hector Petersen Memorial
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Meals Included
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None
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Soweto is a sprawling township, or more accurately, a cluster of townships on the
south-western flank of Johannesburg. Soweto was created in the 1930s, with Orlando
the first township established. In the 1950s, more black people were relocated there
from 'black spots' in the inner city - black neighborhoods which the apartheid government
had reserved for whites.
With a population of over 2 million, the township is the biggest black urban settlement
in Africa with a rich political history. Soweto was the centre of political campaigns
aimed at the overthrow of the apartheid state. The 1976 student uprising started
in Soweto and spread to the rest of the country. Many of the sights on this route
therefore have political significance.
From the footbridge of the Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital, the largest on the continent,
one can get a panoramic view of Soweto.
Visit the Hector Pieterson Museum in Orlando West, Soweto, built in memory of the
people who died that day, 16 June 1976.
Nelson Mandela's humble little house in Orlando West, Soweto, now called the Mandela
Family Museum, is an interesting stopover for those keen to imbibe a slice of authentic
history on the world's most famous former prisoner.
The museum, a house comprising four inter-leading rooms, contains a rather eclectic
assortment of memorabilia, paintings and photographs of the Mandela family as well
as a collection of honorary doctorates bestowed on Nelson Mandela from universities
and institutions around the world.
You can also have a glimpse of the mansion belonging to Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
in an affluent part of Orlando West. Archbishop Desmond Tutu's house and the Sisulu
residences are in the same neighborhood.
Rates:
R 497 per person
VALID: 08 & 09 May 2014
Contact Details:
Tell: +27 21 697 4056
Fax: +27 21 697 4090
P.O Box 2557, Clareinch, 7740, Cape Town, South Africa
Web:
www.ilios.co.za
E-mail:
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