Soweto

[suh-wee-toh, -wey-]

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a group of townships in northeastern South Africa, southwest of and administered by Johannesburg: constructed in the 1950s and early 1960s to provide housing and services for Black Africans. 26 sq. mi. (67 sq. km).

Soweto

/ -ˈweɪtəʊ, səˈwɛtəʊ /

a contiguous group of Black African townships southwest of Johannesburg, South Africa: the largest purely Black African urban settlement in southern Africa: scene of riots (1976) following protests against the use of Afrikaans in schools for Black African children. Area: 62 sq km (24 sq miles). Pop: 858 649 (2001)

Soweto

Collective name for a group of townships inhabited by black Africans, located southwest of Johannesburg, South Africa.

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Soweto was the site of severe racial violence before the dismantling of apartheid.

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Origin of Soweto¹

C20: from so ( uth ) we ( st ) to ( wnship )

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Jazz saxophonist, hip-hop artist, curator and presenter Soweto Kinch will get the Proms under way as it visits Sunderland for the first time.

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Ms Adestahina has previously said she was born in the South African township of Soweto.

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In interviews Ms Adetshina said she was born in Soweto - the South African township next to Johannesburg - and grew up in Cape Town.

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She has said in interviews that she was born in Soweto - the township next to Johannesburg - and grew up in Cape Town.

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“In their desperation, I wonder what kind of choices they will make,” said Bhekindlela Cebekhulu, 40, a theater performer in Soweto.

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