Soweto
The cluster of townships south west of Johannesburg, built from the 1930s under the Urban Areas Act, whose acronym was adopted in 1963. Jonas Gwangwa was born in Orlando East, Brenda Fassie moved there at sixteen, the 1976 uprising happened there, and kwaito came out of it in the 1990s.
Connections
is the birthplace of
- Jonas Gwangwa (1937) Orlando East
was home to
- Brenda Fassie (1981) she moved there at sixteen
is in
- Johannesburg south west of the city
takes in
hosted
- Soweto uprising (1976) 16 June 1976