6 facts about SOuth WEst TOwnship odlok
Football
Football is not just a sport in Soweto. It�s the only way to identify the 4 million people who live in this Township. You�ve got two options: you can be a fan of the Kaiser Chiefs or you can be; a follower of the Orlando Pirates. Fans are called bafana-bafana.
Kwaito
The music born in the Townships, the �self-made� Township music blasting out on the home made radios. It�s basically a mixture of 90s music like Disco, Ragga and House with large dollops of Township attitude and slang, listened and danced to at eardrum bursting volume. Kwaito music is deeply rooted the black youth of South Africa.
Housing
In the Township you can come across everything from those who live under bits of cardboard, to the shanty towns built by whites for black workers to the area known as the local �Beverly Hills�, dotted with palaces that reek of wealth. You�ll also find the biggest hospital in the Southern Hemisphere, The Chris Hani-Baragwanath Hospital, in Soweto.
Zooweto
There are bus tours for tourists who want to visit Zooweto. An average of 1000 tourists visit this neighbourhood everyday. Guided tours are recommended; if you lose yourself in the labyrinth of streets that make up Soweto, you won�t find your way back out in a hurry.
Tsotsitaal
Tsotsitaal is the name given to the slang spoken by the residents of Soweto. It�s an eclectic, flexible mix of different local ethnic languages. It is constantly being modified and it�s the popular dynamic language used in Kwaito music.
Graffity
Each South African ethnic group decorates the walls of their abodes in a different fashion. The Xosha use green and pink, the Ndebele use geometric shapes�These Soweto peculiarities sit perfectly side by side with all the latest tendencies or proclamations on Soweto walls.
Football is not just a sport in Soweto. It�s the only way to identify the 4 million people who live in this Township. You�ve got two options: you can be a fan of the Kaiser Chiefs or you can be; a follower of the Orlando Pirates. Fans are called bafana-bafana.
Kwaito
The music born in the Townships, the �self-made� Township music blasting out on the home made radios. It�s basically a mixture of 90s music like Disco, Ragga and House with large dollops of Township attitude and slang, listened and danced to at eardrum bursting volume. Kwaito music is deeply rooted the black youth of South Africa.
Housing
In the Township you can come across everything from those who live under bits of cardboard, to the shanty towns built by whites for black workers to the area known as the local �Beverly Hills�, dotted with palaces that reek of wealth. You�ll also find the biggest hospital in the Southern Hemisphere, The Chris Hani-Baragwanath Hospital, in Soweto.
Zooweto
There are bus tours for tourists who want to visit Zooweto. An average of 1000 tourists visit this neighbourhood everyday. Guided tours are recommended; if you lose yourself in the labyrinth of streets that make up Soweto, you won�t find your way back out in a hurry.
Tsotsitaal
Tsotsitaal is the name given to the slang spoken by the residents of Soweto. It�s an eclectic, flexible mix of different local ethnic languages. It is constantly being modified and it�s the popular dynamic language used in Kwaito music.
Graffity
Each South African ethnic group decorates the walls of their abodes in a different fashion. The Xosha use green and pink, the Ndebele use geometric shapes�These Soweto peculiarities sit perfectly side by side with all the latest tendencies or proclamations on Soweto walls.
