We had another day on the hop on hop off bus so we could do the Soweto extension. We started on the green route which took us the the leafy Northern suburbs passing all the old money Rand lord estates. We re did the red, city tour and headed to the Gold reef casino which is the cross over point for the "Sowetoo" tour. Our guide, Mbali (He was not sure why his parents gave him a girls name) gave us all African names as we drove to our first stop which was the football stadium built for the 2010 World Cup.
Next stop was the welcome to Soweto sign and an explanation of the 3 different levels of accommodation in Soweto.
This next picture is one of an original matchbox house that the government provided back in the 1950's. A 2 bedroom, lounge and kitchen Place.
Next was the Orlando towers which was the site of the old power station for Johannesburg. It was closed when Mandela came to power as the electricity produced here was not provided to the residents of Soweto, they only had to put up with the pollution from it.
Lowest level of accommodation with no electricity, sanitation or running water.
Hector Peterson memorial, second child shot in the 1976 student uprising.
Neilson Mandela's house on the only street in the world where 2 Nobel peace prize winners have lived. Archbishop Desmond Tutu lived just down the road but not at the same time as Mandela lived there.
Cute little mousebird in a loquat tree outside Mandelas house.
This next picture is of an area in Kliptown where the housing has not changed since the time when segregation started.
We had another full day and relaxed in our room with a beer and a cider before having our last local meal of chicken, pap (maize meal) and chakalaka in the hotel restaurant.
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