Soweto

All the fun of Soweto Expo

SMALL businesses and the youth will get a step up at the Soweto Festival Expo – there is plenty of entertainment on the cards for everyone else.

More shade for Nkanyezi

THE highveld sun is already strong, making the latest addition to the Nkanyezi Stimulation Centre all the more welcome.

Expo boosts Soweto pride

THE Soweto Festival Expo shows off the town at its best, with organisers wanting to help build the Soweto brand locally and abroad.

Change coming to Jabulani Hostel

PLANS have been drawn up to turn Soweto's decrepit Jabulani Hostel into a sustainable, mixed tenure settlement.

Floats parade through Soweto

THE Soweto Carnival bade farewell to the football World Cup, with music and dancing, floats and costumes, fire jugglers and a happy audience.

Carnival to parade in Soweto

A TOWNSHIP farewell to the World Cup is planned at the Soweto Carnival, which will feature floats of Soccer City and Mama Soweto, among others.

First music school for Soweto

THE Cape Gate Miagi Centre for Music will teach music to township youngsters, from classical to jazz to indigenous, and put on concerts for the community.

New Miss Soweto needed

A REALITY TV show will help to find this year's Miss Soweto, with competitions and prizes for the public added to the venture.

Soweto canoeists paddle on

TEACHING people to swim, and offering them the added bonus of taking part in various water sports, is reaping rewards for the Soweto Canoe and Recreation Club.

Work on settlements goes on

HOUSES and electricity are coming to Soweto's informal settlement of Elias Motsoaledi, with work starting in March.

Residents aim for upliftment

THE community of Meadowlands, in Soweto, has launched a foundation that will work towards economic development for the area.

Prepare for Soweto Marathon

PUT on your running shoes and get training for the Nedbank Soweto Marathon, which turns 18 this year.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Street named after church founder

GREAT fanfare greeted the renaming of a Soweto road; now you can drive down Reverend Frederick S Modise Drive.

Thousands of trees green Soweto

THE ambitious Greening Soweto campaign is growing successfully, with the target of 200 000 trees in sight.

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.

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.
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