Soweto - Half Day Tour

Soweto – Half Day Tour

Explore the township of Soweto on this half day tour. Visit Vilakazi street, the only street in the world on which two Nobel laureates lived and take a tour of Mandela House, where Nelson Mandela lived from 1946 to 1961. Also visit the Hector Pieterson memorial, which commemorates the death of several students who were shot in 1976 during a peaceful demonstration. Finally, drive by the most iconic landmark in Soweto, the painted Orlando Towers.

Destinations

Mandela House, Soweto

The Mandela House on the corner of Vilakazi and Ngakane Streets was built in 1945. Nelson Mandela lived here with his first wife, Evelyn Ntoko Mase, from 1946 until their divorce in 1957. After their divorce, he was joined in the house by his second wife, Nomzamo Winifred Madikizeia (Winnie Mandela). In 1961 he was forced to go underground, until his arrest and imprisonment in 1962. He only returned to the house for a brief 11 days in 1990, after his release from the Robben Island prison. In 1997, he donated the house to the Soweto Heritage Trust, to be run as a museum.

Hector Pieterson Museum, Soweto

In June 1976, school children in Soweto peacefully protested the enforcement of Afrikaans and English as a dual medium of instruction in secondary schools. Police arrived soon and started firing shots. 10 school children including Hector Pieterson were killed, and another 250 were injured. The Hector Pieterson memorial was erected in the early 1990s, not far from where Hector was shot, to commemorate all those who died or were injured during the Soweto uprising in June 1976. On June 16, 2002, the Hector Pieterson Museum opened right next to the memorial.

Schedule

1:30 pm Departure
2:30 pm Mandela House
4:00 pm Hector Pieterson Museum
5:30 pm Return

Departure & Return Locations

Departure Locations

Major Johannesburg hotels

Return Locations

Major Johannesburg hotels

What’s Included

Tour guide
Transportation
Museum entrance tickets

What to Bring

Comfortable walking shoes
Camera

Special Requirements

None

Soweto – Half Day Tour

Mandela House, Soweto

Hector Pieterson Museum, Soweto

Departure Locations

Return Locations

Map

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