Expiry:
Saturday, February 20, 2016 - 00:00
On the 20 February 2016 at 9am the Magebhula Mpanza Big Walk will be taking place. The walk will take us past a number of highly significant heritage sites in the area. The event will start at 1 Mooki Street, the oldest house in Orlando. Come one, come all! Below is the list of sites we will encounter:
- House No. 1 Mooki Street Orlando
- Orlando Stadium - The Mecca of South African Football
- Shanty Town / Masakeni - The Johannesburg Municipal Land that James Mpanza forcefully grabbed on 20 March 1944 which gave birth to Soweto.
- Vilikazi Street Orlando West
- Orlando Vocational Centre / George Tabor - Where the first African artisans were trained after Mpanza grabbed municipal land
- Dr A.B. Xuma House in Dube Village opposite George Tabor. Xuma, then the President of the ANC, donated 500 pounds to build houses in Soweto
- Dube Bowling Club
- Mofolo Park - Soweto Open Cultural Festivals Centre
- Morris Isaacson High School - Where some Soweto Students met for 16 June 1976 march to Phefeni Junior Secondary School in Vilikazi Street, the school that started the Soweto student uprising
- Oppenheimer Tower in Jabavu
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Events Exhibitions Tours
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