Linda and I flew back to Johannesburg from our great stay at the Singita Ebony Lodge in the Sabi Sand Game Reserve. In Johannesburg we were met at the airport by our driver and guide who took us on a tour of Soweto.
Soweto is of course synonymous with Apartheid. It was here in June 1976, during a protest march called the “Soweto Uprising”, that approximately 200 people were killed, including a 13-year old boy, Hector Pieterson, who’s death became a symbol of the uprising. [Read more…] about Soaking Up History In Soweto