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Work on settlements goes on
HOUSES and electricity are coming to Soweto's informal settlement of Elias Motsoaledi, with work starting in March.
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Residents aim for upliftment
THE community of Meadowlands, in Soweto, has launched a foundation that will work towards economic development for the area.
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Prepare for Soweto Marathon
PUT on your running shoes and get training for the Nedbank Soweto Marathon, which turns 18 this year.
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Art bus heads for Soweto
THE Johannesburg Art Gallery is bringing an art outreach project to schools in Soweto, with lessons and mapping diversity on the programme.
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Soweto Festival opens with a bang
THE Soweto Festival is one of the biggest events on the area's social calendar, offering music, fun and loads of shopping and bargains.
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Locals cash in on Vilakazi Street
FRESHLY tarred and paved, Vilakazi Street is drawing plenty of tourists; and with them come the business people eager to see to their needs.
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Soweto stands are up for sale
THE Joburg Property Company has identified vacant residential and business sites in Soweto that it is placing on public tender.
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Street named after church founder
GREAT fanfare greeted the renaming of a Soweto road; now you can drive down Reverend Frederick S Modise Drive.
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Thousands of trees green Soweto
THE ambitious Greening Soweto campaign is growing successfully, with the target of 200 000 trees in sight.
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Food garden will help Sowetans
A VEGETABLE garden has been planted at Batsogile Primary School, one of six on the cards, to help provide jobs and nutrition.
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Bright new centre opens in song
TO the sounds of ululating, the Bram Fischer Multi-Purpose Centre was officially opened. A delighted community now has a recreation space of their own.
* Video: Anti-apartheid stalwart honoured
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Sip some wine at Soweto festival
EMERGING winemakers will be showing off their products at the fifth Standard Bank Soweto Wine Festival, alongside some of the country's older labels.
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Soweto gears up for fifth festival
THE annual Soweto Festival will again be jam-packed with fun and games, exhibitions, shopping, fashion and beauty.
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Taste fruit of vine at wine fest
MORE than a hundred wineries are expected to showcase more than 800 wines at the Soweto Wine Festival, including new labels and empowerment winemakers.
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Top-flight soccer returns to Soweto
WITH the revamped Orlando and Dobsonville stadiums, Soweto is again becoming the home of cutting edge football.
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Orlando Ekhaya finally begins
IT is all systems go for the massive R1-billion development around Orlando Dam. On the cards are a waterfront mall, entertainment venues, townhouse developments, extreme sports and water sports facilities and a bird sanctuary.
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Soweto streets to get new names
THE June 16 uprising will be remembered in the new name planned for the Soweto streets along which learners marched in 1976.
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Soweto gets heated public pool
THE Pimville indoor public pool is now heated, allowing swimming training to continue through the cold winter months.
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Soweto flood victim remembered
THE youngest victim of the flash floods that tore through Soweto - 20-day-old Gift Mdakane - was remembered in a moving cleansing ceremony and memorial service.
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Take a sho't left through Soweto
LEARN about our history, drive through the streets of the city of gold, soak up some kasi vibe, and jump off a really tall building, all in a day's trip.
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