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Square is a modern shopping was established in 1935 and VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
mall named after the deeply decommissioned in 1998. Their Road map E2. * 1.3 million.
respected late ANC Deputy once-bleak concrete façade ~ OR Tambo 55km (33 miles).
President who served 26 years received a facelift in 2002, when n N Walter Sisulu Square
in prison alongside Nelson they became the canvas for a (cnr Klipspruit Valley & Union Rd)
Mandela. Its centrepiece is an colourful mural featuring local Tel 011 342 4316.
open-air museum that cele- icons such as the Soweto String Open 8am–5pm Mon–Fri.
brates the Freedom Charter – Quartet and Nelson Mandela. ∑ joburgtourism.com
the document that forms The disused towers now also
the very cornerstone of the double as a commercial vertical
present-day South African adventure facility offering Nations Cup, and the 2013
constitution – drawn up on activities such as bungee Africa Cup of Nations final
the site (then an empty field) jumping, abseiling and zip-lining. between Nigeria and Burkina
by 3,000 representatives of Faso. It has also hosted several
various resistance organizations FNB Stadium other important national events,
in June 1955. Soccer City Avenue. Tel 011 247 5300. including the official memorial
8 9am, 10:30am, noon & 3pm, service to Nelson Mandela in
Orlando Towers except when the stadium is in use. December 2013. It debuted as
Dynamo St. Tel 071 674 4343. ∑ stadiummanagement.co.za a music venue when U2
Open noon–5pm Thu, 10am–6pm One of the world’s ten largest performed there in 2011, and
Fri–Sun & public holidays (bungee stadiums, the 95,000-seater has since hosted concerts by
jumps & other activities operate on a Calabash-shaped arena known Lady Gaga, Rihanna and Bruce
first-come, first-served basis). as “Soccer City” has hosted Springsteen, among others.
∑ orlandotowers.co.za
several legendary football The stadium is best visited
One of Soweto’s most distinctive matches, notably the 2010 FIFA when an international or major
landmarks, the 100-m (330-ft) tall World Cup between Spain and domestic football or rugby
twin towers were constructed as the Netherlands, South Africa’s fixture is underway, but guided
cooling towers for the coal-fired 2-0 championship victory over tours operate four times daily
Orlando Power Station, which Tunisia in the 1996 Africa at other times.

The FNB Stadium, also known as “Soccer City”

Soweto City Centre
1 Hector Pieterson Memorial
and Museum
2 Mandela House
Family Museum
3 Regina Mundi Church
4 Walter Sisulu Square
5 Orlando Towers
6 FNB Stadium

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