Soweto (zaf)

Soweto

Soweto ranks 1,147th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Saskatoon, Bielefeld, and Kanazawa. Memorable people born in Soweto include Cyril Ramaphosa, Zindzi Mandela, and Lucas Radebe. Memorable people who died in Soweto include Evelyn Mase, Walter Sisulu, and Sol Plaatje. Soweto has been the birth place of many soccer players, and politicians and the death place of many social activists, and politicians. Soweto is located in South Africa.

Soweto is a township of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality in Gauteng, South Africa, bordering the city's mining belt in the south. Its name is an English syllabic abbreviation for South Western Townships. Formerly a separate municipality, it is now incorporated in the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality and is one of the suburbs of Johannesburg. Read more on Wikipedia