- Amphitheatre Stadium
- Area of Masakeng*
- Area of Mochanaeng*
- Arthur Ashe
- Bara Hospital*
- Beerhalls
- Blue Fountain
- Diepkloof Convent*
- Diepkloof Reformatory*
- Dube YMCA
- ELCSA
- Eyethu Cinema
- Fred Clark*
- Funda Centre
- George Tabor Technikon
- Hector Peterson Memorial
- Jabavu Methodist Church
- Jabavu Swimming Pool
- Jomo Sono's House
- Kaizer Motaung Home
- Khaga le Ndaba Village*
- Klipspruit Sewage Farm*
- Lesedi Clinic
- Lillian Ngoyi Hospital
- Magoral House (Pimville)
- Mashiloane House*
- Mavis Hall
- Mooki Street*
- Morris Isaacson Creche
- Morris Isaacson High School
- Morris Isaacson Primary
- Naledi High School
- Soweto is home to the Naledi school. Past students who rose to leadership are Onkgopotse Tiro (before he moved to Barolong High School because of a pass offence) and Dr Frank Chikane.
- Mshenguville*
- No II Mineshaft* (Odenadaal Rd)
- Odium Lilly Cinema*
- Orlando High School
- Orlando Power Station
- Orlando Stadium* and Dobsonville
- Ovl Communial Hall
- Ovl Sheltered Workshop
- Ovl Swimming Pool
- Ovl YMCA
- Pace College*
- Pimmville Community Centre
- Potchefstroom Street
- Power Park
- Protea Polize Street*
- Protea Street Anglican Church*
- Sofasonke Mpuza House
- Soweto College of Education
- Soweto Highway*
- Soweto Homeakers
- St. Peter Claver School
- Sunvalley*
- The New Church of South Africa
- UBC (Council Office)
- Vista University
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Key sites in and around Soweto
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- 16 Mar 2011
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- 20 Jul 2026
South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Key sites in and around Soweto. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/af/ref/A-0013851
South African History Online (2011) 'Key sites in and around Soweto', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/af/ref/A-0013851 (Accessed: 22 July 2026).
South African History Online, Key sites in and around Soweto [website], https://sahistory.org.za/af/ref/A-0013851, (accessed 22 July 2026).
"Key sites in and around Soweto." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/af/ref/A-0013851. Accessed 22 July 2026.
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