Dae Ding - Soweto news and events

James ‘Sofasonke’ Mpanza. Image Source: Citizen
The second deputy provincial secretary of the SA Communist Party in the Eastern Cape Lazola Ndamase took to Twitter on Monday night to call for the renaming of Soweto.
He wants it to honour its “unofficial mayor”, James “Sofasonke” Mpanza, who was one of the first leaders in 1944 to encourage black people to invade and occupy vacant land towards the south of Johannesburg. These camps later became known as the South...

ANC members and supporters of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela waved flags, sang and danced and were predominantly jovial at the UJ Soweto Campus to mark Madikizela-Mandela’s death and memorial. Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN.
JOHANNESBURG – The African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) says the ANC should have already given the late Winnie Madikizela-Mandela the Isitwalandwe Award – the highest honour given to those who made outstanding sacrifices for liberation....

ANC Women’s League president Bathabile Dlamini pays tribute to the late Winnie Madikizela-Mandela in Soweto on 3 April 2018. Image Source: Louise McAuliffe/EWN
JOHANNESBURG – The African National Congress Women’s League (ANC) president Bathabile Dlamini says that people who have been tarnishing the name of struggle icon Winnie Madikizela-Mandela are intimidated by her legacy....

Image Source: Rising Sun Lenasia
The South African Police Services Soweto West Cluster is looking for a man who allegedly raped his 16-year-old daughter in the early hours of Tuesday, April 3, at Zola 3 in Soweto.
Sergeant Khalipha Mvula of the Lenasia South SAPS, said the teen was visiting her biological father at the time of the incident. The incident was brought to the attention of the victim’s mother by her (the victim’s) friend. The victim was immediately...