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| A-0013870 | article | Curries Fountain events timeline | 16 Mar 2011 | – |
| P-0013856 | place | Pageview | 16 Mar 2011 | ✓ |
| A-0013852 | article | Soccer in Soweto, Soccer City | 16 Mar 2011 | – |
| A-0013851 | article | Key sites in and around Soweto | 16 Mar 2011 | – |
| A-0013848 | article | A history of Soweto | 16 Mar 2011 | – |
| A-0013847 | article | Sophiatown timeline 1899-1955 | 16 Mar 2011 | – |
| A-0013844 | article | The Destruction of Sophiatown | 16 Mar 2011 | ✓ |
| A-0013843 | article | Sophiatown in Literature | 16 Mar 2011 | – |
| A-0013842 | article | Gangsterism in Sophiatown | 16 Mar 2011 | – |
| A-0013841 | article | Socio-economics in Sophiatown | 16 Mar 2011 | – |
| A-0013840 | article | Music and culture as forms of resistance | 16 Mar 2011 | – |
| A-0013839 | article | A Culture of Survival | 16 Mar 2011 | – |
| A-0013838 | article | Life in Sophiatown | 16 Mar 2011 | – |
| A-0013837 | article | A growing urban African population | 16 Mar 2011 | – |
| A-0013836 | article | An Introduction to Sophiatown | 16 Mar 2011 | – |
ArticleCurries Fountain events timeline
1870s-1880s Discovery of a reliable water source. "To the present generation Currie's Fountain is but a name which marks the recreation…
PlacePageview
Fietas (as the place was popularly known) is one of the oldest communities in the Western suburbs of Johannesburg, and one of the first …
ArticleSoccer in Soweto, Soccer City
ArticleKey sites in and around Soweto
Amphitheatre Stadium Area of Masakeng* Area of Mochanaeng* Arthur Ashe Bara Hospital* Beerhalls Blue Fountain Diepkloof…
ArticleA history of Soweto
The consequence of this promising wealth was that a great number of people left their farms, rural homes and other towns in South Africa to…
ArticleSophiatown timeline 1899-1955
1899Herman Tobiansky purchases land from the Johannesburg Municipality to develop as a residential area.1912Sophiatown has the first of its…
ArticleThe Destruction of Sophiatown
Apartheid's Truimph Over Non-Racialism The destruction of Sophiatown is widely documented, considered as the Nationalist Party (NP)…
ArticleSophiatown in Literature
An Invaluable Historical Source The literature on "life in Sophiatown" by a generation of prose writers, novelists, playwrights and poets…
ArticleGangsterism in Sophiatown
Gangsterism is often characterized as anti-social behaviour frowned upon by polite sections of society. There is no doubt that the…
ArticleSocio-economics in Sophiatown
The economic activity of children African children living in Sophiatown were particularly vulnerable to the harshness of urban life…
ArticleMusic and culture as forms of resistance
Music Music was a central feature of the urban culture that developed in Johannesburg and in Sophiatown in particular. It was here that…
ArticleA Culture of Survival
It was a struggle to survive in the city. Workers' wages did not keep pace with the cost of subsistence, and most black families lived…
ArticleLife in Sophiatown
As population in the freehold townships swelled, overcrowding and rack renting became the order of the day. Black property owners in…
A growing urban African population
As Johannesburg expanded, so did its need for African labour. After the First World War, a large number of factories were being established…
ArticleAn Introduction to Sophiatown
In 1899, an investor named Herman Tobiansky envisaged a pleasant white suburb that could be developed on a site to the West of Johannesburg…