Soweto Townships

place in Gauteng, South Africa

thumb|left|upright|A shop in Kliptown in 1979 thumb|A group Emotional Fitness Class, using "Shape of Emotion", with unemployed youth from Kliptown Kliptown is a suburb of the formerly black township of Soweto in Gauteng, South Africa, located about 17 km south-west of Johannesburg. Kliptown is the oldest residential district of Soweto, and was first laid out in 1891 on land which formed part of Klipspruit farm. The farm was named after the klipspruit (rocky stream) that runs nearby. From 1903 the area was home to informal settlements (squatter camps), and the area now contains a mixture o

Diepkloof is a large section of the Soweto township in the Gauteng province, South Africa. It is sometimes informally called Diepmeadow when considered together with the nearby Meadowlands, despite Orlando lying between them. Diepkloof was established in 1959 to accommodate people displaced from Alexandra during apartheid-era forced removals.

Dobsonville is a township in greater Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa. It lies to the west of Meadowlands, a part of Diepmeadow, and is adjacent to Mofolo North and Zondi, which are suburbs of Soweto on its southern border.

suburb of Johannesburg, Gauteng Province, South Africa