ISoweto - igama elisuka ku-”South Western Townships” - iyindawo enkulu yabantu e-Afrika Borwa. Iyindawo lapho abantu abaningi base-Afrika Borwa bakhela khona izimpi zawo zokukhululeka - abantu abaningi base-Mzansi Afrika abayazi ngezindaba zezikholi, kepha bawayazi amagama aleli gama. Namuhla, iSoweto yindawo enothando nokuqhanya - ihlangana nalabo abavela ekhaya nabahambi abavela kude.
Uma ungomunye wabo ababalwa abaningi abangakaze bashone eSoweto - lesi sikhokelo singakusiza ukuhlela uhambo lwakho.
Umlando Wase-Soweto
ISoweto yakhiwa ngo-1930s ngo-apartheid - umbuso wezimvu (apartheid government) wahlukanisa abantu ngombala wabo. Abantu abamnyama bakhishwa eJohannesburg banikwa izindlu ezincane eSoweto. Kodwa empilweni, iSoweto yakhiwa ngamandla - yanikeza umhlaba indoda nezilwane zokulwela inkululeko.
1976: Amajaha eSoweto avukela ukufundiswa ngeluimi lesi-Afrikaans entola yokubusa. Amaphoyisa adubula - uHector Pieterson oneminyaka eyi-13 washona. Lezo zinsuku zashintsha umlando.
1990s: UNelson Mandela wakhululwa emtilongweni waya ekhaya lakhe ku-8115 Orlando West - eSoweto.
IVilakazi Street - Umgwaqo Ozidumisayo Emhlabeni
I-Vilakazi Street yaziwa njengemgwaqo owodwa emhlabeni wonke lapho wakhela khona izinhloko ezimbili ze-Nobel Peace Prize - uNelson Mandela no-Desmond Tutu. Yindawo yokuvakasha engalinganiswa.
Izinto okwenzeka lapha:
- Indlu kaMandela (Nelson Mandela National Museum): Indlu lapho Mandela wakhele khona ngaphambi nangemuva kwenkululeko. R100 ngomuntu - iyithika ukungena nangaphakathi nokuzwa umlando ngomsindo
- Indlu kaTutu: Ayivulwa nomphakathi, kodwa ungabuka ngaphandle
- Izitolo ezincane, izindawo zokudla, nezindawo zokudayisa - amaklabhu nazo
IHector Pieterson Museum
Le ndawo iyiqiniseko lokukhumbula amalunga amatsha alwela inkululeko ngonyaka ka-1976. Imifanekiso yezingane zize zishayiswa amaphoyisa ithinteka inhliziyo noma uqinile kangakanani.
Intengo: R45 ngomuntu (SE Africa citizens) Isikhathi sokukhala: 10:00–17:00 e-Msombuluko–uMgqibelo; 10:00–16:30 e-Sonto
Iqiniseko lalo likhona lapha: Imifanekiso ethunywa yisithombe sikaHector Pieterson ecwaswa emnganakhe - engumfanele omkhulu kakhulu wemizamo yamapholisa.
Ukudla kwesokhelo
Kungenisa ingubo nezintelo - ukudla kweSoweto kuyazwelana nenhliziyo. Izindawo ezicebile:
- Wandie’s Place: Idumile kakhulu kubahambi. Ukudla kwakwabo ngasemphakathini - i-samp and beans, i-pap, i-oxtail. Isidlo esithile siqala ku-R85–150. Iphinde ibe neyesimbo - ezinyangeni ezithile banikeza ukudlala ngawo amabhamuza nezingoma
- Uncle Tom’s Community Hall: Ukudla okwemvelo wesiphelo nsuku zonke (ntambama)
- Nambitha: Indawo emhle yezinkantini zezimilo, enezindawo zokudla nezizothelo ezinhle
Amatosha Akhokhelwayo
Ngemva kokuqaphela ukuphepha, sikhuthaza ukuhamba namatosha akhokhelwayo uma ufika okokuqala eSoweto. Amashuphi aziphethe izindawo, akukhombise okwengeziwe kunalokho okungenzeka usodwa.
Izindleko: R350–750 ngomuntu (amahorari angu-3–4)
Izindawo eziningi zinikeza amatosha ngezibhayisela (bicycle tours) - indlela emhle kakhulu yokuzizwa kahle eSoweto.
Ukuphepha
ISoweto iyindawo enkulu - njengale yonke indawo enkulu, zikhona izindawo ezisebenza kahle nazo ezisenakho. Amasu:
- Hamba namatosha uma ufika okokuqala
- Ungadayisi izinto ezibizayo ngaphandle
- Izindawo zeVilakazi Street namasiko zivame ukuphepha kusukela ekuseni kuze kube ntambama
- Ubusuku - hlala eduzane nezindawo ezikhanyayo
Indlela Yokufika
ISoweto iseduze neJohannesburg - ingehlelwe emakhilomitha angu-15–20 ukusuka e-CBD:
- I-Gautrain: Shona e-Park Station, busa e-taxi iye eSoweto (R30–50)
- I-taxi ngomphakathi: Ku-R15–25 ukusuka e-Park Station
- Imoto eqashiwe: Endleleni eqondile ku-R50 nge-Uber noma nge-Bolt
Hamba eSoweto - kungekhona ngoba kuyisibonelo semvelo kuphela, kodwa ngoba kuyingxenye yomlando obalulekile wezwe lethu. Kuleli dolobha lakhele umlando - nawe ungaluthola, ujabule, uphinde uzibone kahle.
Hlela uhambo lwakho: Izithutha eSoweto, Ukuhlala eJohannesburg