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/ 12 October 2004
South Africa’s most famous township, Soweto, synonymous with the struggle against apartheid, kicked off centenary celebrations on Tuesday with a tree-planting ceremony symbolising a new era of freedom and growth. An African pine tree was planted as organisers geared up for weeks of celebrations to mark the founding of Soweto.
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/ 13 September 2004
The tour bus trundles deeper through the veld and the passengers ready their cameras in anticipation. Various animals live here, but the visitors are only interested in taking pictures of the people. To the left, some are queuing for taxis; to the right, women hang washing amid a sprawl of shacks. Straight ahead is an open-air market.
Thunderous applause, whistling and ululating filled the grounds of a Soweto school on Tuesday as more than 200 students welcomed British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw to the township.
More than 100 people were arrested at an illegal drag-racing event at Nasrec outside Soweto on Friday, the Johannesburg Metro Police Department said.