JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
The Grace Hotel
We touched down at Johannesburg International Airport -- the major gateway to South Africa. Johannesburg is -- a modern cosmopolitan metropolis packed with vitality and verve. . We checked into the Grace Hotel in the suberb of Rosebank where we met and became acquainted with the other travelers. An afternoon tour of the city included a somber and thought provoking view of Soweto SOWETO ( originally an acronym for the South Western Townships).
Soweto shanty corner
The Grace Hotel
where we saw the aftermath of the apartheid policy of entrenching white domination A visit to the memorial of Hector Peterson –one of the students killed in the protest of June 16, 1976.
Newspaper The Guardian
Portrait Nelson Mendela
A visit to Nelson Mandella's home The photo by Sam Nzima of the fatally wounded Peterson being carried from the scene appeared throughout the world and he became the symbol of the massacre
Wandies Tavern
AND a spot of tea at the well known Wandies Place--a favorite Soweto tavern. Now let's Fly on to The Okavango Delta on Botswana Air
• Home •Johannesburg •Okavango Delta •Victoria Falls •Etosha National Park •Windhoek •Sesriem/Sossuslviel •Swakopmund •Cape Town.