RDL/SA/EXC 03: SOWETO HALF DAY TOUR From Johannesburg take a quick drive through downtown Johannesburg as you head to Soweto (South Western Townships). On arrival in this city within a city which is home to some 4.0 million inhabitants, you are taken on an extensive drive of the place. Highlights of the tour include a visit to the original home of Nelson Mandela, the Baragwanath Hospital- the largest hospital in the whole of the Southern Hemisphere, Winnie Mandela’s home, Hector Petersen Museum, Orlando West High School, the scene of the famous 1976 Soweto Uprising, visit many places of cultural interest, craft markets, as well as new post – apartheid educational and housing establishments. |