Vilakazi Street in Soweto is the only street in the world to produce two Nobel Peace Prize winners.
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Soweto has many faces. You can bungi jump off of the nuclear cooling towers, talk with the children in the informal settlements, see Winnie Mandela's home and Nelson's castle.
Modern African history was made in Soweto. Yes, Mandela and Tutu were born in Soweto, but Hector Pieterson died in Soweto. At twelve years old, he was shot by police at a student demonstration. Hector and his fellow students wanted school instruction to be offered in languages other than the Afrikaans of the apartheid government. Bang.
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