Sanibona: Day 2 in Jo-burg

On Saturday we went to the Apartheid museum in Jo-burg and then a tour of Soweto along with eating at an authentic S. A. restaurant.

I am looking forward to learning more about Mandela and the history of SA. There is such a rich history which could not by any means be taken in by two hours at a museum. After the day I felt like I was on overload. In the weeks ahead, I will begin processing and hopefully sharing what I have learned with you in an understandable way.

Here is some of the many art pictures from SA history which depicts the change of times.

I am sorry this was a cloudy picture (not much I could do to change that ;), but here is modern day Johannesburg. The city is for the most part very 1st world-modern.

Here is one of the pictures in the museum (taken somewhat illegally so don't pass it on).

Here is one of many signs depicting the racial segregation that occurred less than 20 years ago.

Here is the outlying township of Soweto which borders Jo-burg. It was remarkable that the 1st world and 3rd world exist side by side. This site of tin houses is less than a 10 minute drive from the sky-risers pictured above. During apartheid, whites were only allowed to live in the Jo-burg, and then in consistenly widening circles would be indian, coloreds (mix of black and white), and black. Those terms are accepted and expected when explaining ethnicity in SA.

In Soweto we went to this amazing restaurant which served authentic S African food.

Here it is!

We stopped by to see Nelson Mandela's house which has been donated to Soweto after his release from jail.

We were able to stop by this memorable for those who lost their lives in the massacre in June 16, 1976. Without going too much into detail, basically, a peaceful march of innocent school kids trying to change the second rate eduction that blacks received erupted into a massacre killing at the least of 23 but at the most of 200 due to the triggering of further violence.