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Guided tours A tourist guide to visiting Soweto Sightseeing highlights. Read more Soweto grows as tourist attraction Soweto as a tourist attraction is growing in popularity. Visitors want to pay their respects to Nelson Mandela and Hector Pieterson in particular, two larger-than-life heroes of the struggle against apartheid Read more The Queen of Soweto Regina Mundi played a pivotal role in the township's history of resistance against apartheid. Now the church opens its doors to streams of visitors keen to witness the scars it still bears. Read more The powerful Apartheid Museum After a few hours at the Apartheid Museum you will feel that you were in the townships in the 70s and 80s, dodging police bullets or teargas canisters, or marching and toy-toying with thousands of school children, or carrying the body of a comrade into a nearby house. Read more Hector Pieterson: Unveiling the child behind the myth His picture has become the very symbol of South African Nationalism, but who really is Hector Pieterson. Read more Wandies: Mandatory stop on the Soweto tour IT is a cosy restaurant-bar in the middle of the township, popular with both locals and tourists alike. Read more Escape the city, retreat to Ubuntu Kraal In the midst of the township of Soweto is Ubuntu Kraal, a peaceful place where people needing to escape the hustle and bustle of Jozi can find some quiet time. Read more
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