Talk:Soweto

message: It's not clear to me, from reading the article, whether or not Soweto is a part of Johannesburg.  The "Demographics" section suggests that it is separate, but other sections suggest otherwise.  Funnyhat 04:20, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Part of the city of Johannesburg or separate? 

message: I removed:
:  It is a troubled, spirited, exhilarating landscape of activity and regeneration, the child of incarceration, the mother of a new breed of liberty, the shame and pride of South Africa.
because that doesn't read like encyclopaeida material to me. Robin Johnson 15:39, 24 Jan 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Non-neutral 

message: Soweto's population should be given. I read once that it was 5 million, but that seems overly high. Anyone know what it is?
Can someone please clarify: "Today's Soweto, incorporating Orlando, Dobsonville, Diepkloof and Dube, remains an overwhelmingly black-dominated city with over three million people.". The entire population of Johannesburg is listed as 3.2 million. How does the count work? --62.90.162.101 09:34, 3 May 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Hastings Ndlovu was the first youth killed in the Soweto riots in June 1976, but the photo of Hector Pieterson who died about the sametime became the iconic image that spread across world. --Jcw69 06:56, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Population 

message: I removed the paragraph "After the riots the question "So Where To from now?" was asked in a drama staged by students at the University of Stellenbosch. See History of South Africa. " as its relevance and significance seems unclear.
For example:
a. The author does not clarify the nature of the drama in the context of the Soweto uprisings. Did it question the nature or causes of the events? Did it support or belittle what happened? The weight of this response seems far less than is necessary in a discussion of the death and destruction of those events. The line of discourse is unbalanced by its inclusion, as in: people who bore the brunt of 28 years of repression protested, many children were killed by the police, some protestors rampaged and killed others -  and at Stellenbosch they produced a drama?
b. The rationale for including one particular Afrikaner response to the uprisings is unclear. Why is the response by this group more relevant than those by other ethnic groups, or by other Afrikaners? 
c. The author fails to indicate why this particular action should be considered more important than others which are not mentioned, such as the works of Athol Fugard.
d. I could also not locate the reference to this event after following the link (See History of South Africa. ") 
•"So where to " is an interesting homophone to know. The relation to the name of the township and suggestion to people asking "So where to?" has some significance to say the least. 
DocDee 20:06, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removed paragraph without context 

message: http://www.soweto.co.za/html/i_research_doc1.htm
71.236.158.138 05:43, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  source of info to enhance page 

message: I have never heard of the "so where to" name, and I think it's just a joke that might or might not have had currency at one time.  I'm sure it's not worth putting in the lead paragraph! --Slashme (talk) 12:10, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  So Where To 

message: I haven't done any fact checking; however, this page describes the number dead at a peaceful protest to be five hundred something; however, the South Africa under apartheid page describes the number dead at 23.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.189.65.78 (talk) 12:43, 7 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  issue with numbers 

message: I don't want to be rude but this is one of the worst articles i have seen on Wiki. Personally i would blow up the the whole article pick up the shrapnel en fire it into outer space so that no son of mans eyes shall ever bestow such a load of rubbish. I see that in quite a lot of parts you use South African government websites as a reference. Please, is that really a credible source for an Encyclopedia? LOL.  Let me show you a  error that you can correct.. The students didn't want to study the Afrikaans language. So they burnt down their schools and caused chaos. I promise you the death toll was not that high in the Soweto uprising. You state that 566 died. But another Wikipedia article states that 23 people died. Yes and only 23 died! To quote Wikipedia 'The rioting continued and 23 people, including two white people, died on the first day in Soweto. Among them was Dr Melville Edelstein, who had devoted his life to social welfare among blacks.[9] He was stoned to death by the mob and left with a sign around his neck proclaiming 'Beware Afrikaaners'. When the USA launches a attack on a enemy force and two out of a total of 23 casualties are of their own men they would see it as an absolute tragedy, so really what is the significance of the soweto uprising in Human history. Zilch, Zero, it is only a political weapon to brainwash the South African youth into thinking that the Afrikaners are cruel savages.   I believe that over 1500 white farmers in South Africa have been murdered in the Post Apartheid era. Rubbish like this should not be accepted. Misleading info like that is close to hate speech.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 143.160.124.40 (talk) 22:57, 28 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Soweto uprising stats are wrong. 

message: I understand SOME white people have possibly moved into Soweto, but is it large enough to be mentioned in the article? I doubt it can number in thousands, and the paragraph seems a bit more Personal opinion, plus no citations. Lets say.. 100 whites have moved in, thats nothing compared to the Coloured or Asians in Soweto, so why are they not mentioned? Bezuidenhout (talk) 14:14, 11 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  White people? 

message: In the article (under demographics) it mentions that there was a "2008 South African census".. umm haha was there one? Bezuidenhout (talk) 18:13, 10 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  2008 census 

message: I'm removing the link to taxiways under Transport > Road, because it links to a page which describes paths aeroplanes taxi along at airports and I don't think aeroplanes taxi along the M70, but if I'm wrong feel free to undo my change. I think ideally all occurrences of this word should be removed from the article and replaced with a less ambiguous expression, like taxi lanes (my best guess), unless referring to airports. Or else, if these are indeed referred to as taxiways, then somebody should create a page describing what taxiway means in South African English, link to that instead, and probably also add a disambiguation link on the taxiway page for people looking for the South African meaning who reach the page about paths for planes ...and vice versa. I know this seems like a really minor issue but I find it a bit strange. Sinisterstuf (talk) 08:54, 24 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Taxiways 

message: Hello fellow Wikipedians,
I have just added archive links to  on Soweto. Please take a moment to review my edit. If necessary, add  after the link to keep me from modifying it. Alternatively, you can add  to keep me off the page altogether. I made the following changes:
*Added archive https://web.archive.org/20130726060224/http://pennybrothers.co.za/soweto.html to http://pennybrothers.co.za/soweto.html
*Added archive https://web.archive.org/20090419055146/http://www.anc.org.za:80/ancdocs/history/people/dube.html to http://www.anc.org.za/ancdocs/history/people/dube.html
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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: I have been working on the history of Johannesburg and I am reaching the end of my contribution. I have started on Soweto. It seems to me that the history section contains a lot of nonsense and should really be deleted. I would like to chat to editors interested in the subject. Regards, Vaaljapie (talk) 13:43, 6 August 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  History of Soweto 

message: It'll be good to note that in the 1993 house garage style track "Soweto Stomp" of The Funky Fusion Band aka Lenny Fontana appeared. 
Link: https://www.discogs.com/Funky-Fusion-Band-The-Spiritual-EP/master/514432
Maciek.Wikipedysta (talk) 20:59, 20 March 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: In popular culture

message: Lauryn hill states "March through these streets like soweto" 
Forgive them father 2600:4041:40EA:7F00:9121:CBB:6325:2FB3 (talk) 04:00, 15 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pop culture music 

message: Bonginkosi Dlamini (b. 1977), aka "Zola", poet, actor and musician
Bonginkosi Dlamini (b. 1977), popularly known as Zola 7, is a South African kwaito musician, actor, writer, TV presenter and poet.
my edit (deleting one) was reverted, which is "appropriate mostly for vandalism or other disruptive edits"
someone please fix this (I tried) and then (if possible) delete this post. thanks! 67.170.89.12 (talk) 07:37, 22 May 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: My apologies. Now fixed. Conlinp (talk) 15:01, 22 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  There are two redundant entries in the "notables" section that refer to the same person / article.