Sowetan

In 2000, the district was officially incorporated into Johannesburg. Soweto was the scene of violent anti-apartheid rioting in 1976, when a student protest led to clashes with police. Soweto səˈwɛtəʊ; -ˈweɪtəʊ Placename a contiguous group of Black African townships southwest of Johannesburg, South Africa: the largest purely Black African urban settlement in southern Africa: scene of riots 1976 following protests against the use of Afrikaans in schools for Black African children. Area: 62 sq km 24 sq miles. . A former district of segregated townships on the southwestern outskirts of Johannesburg, South Africa.

Sowetan

Pop: 858 649 2001 My experience of singing in the ' Sowetan Transnet nation building' concerts in the late 1990's resulted in my exposure to a repertoire of what had become 'classics' in African choral circles but were unknown to those, like myself, who either did not speak the ethnic language or were brought up in a different culture music instrument playing, classical music or language. . . . . . .