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Discover Lawley Estate
The district Lawley Estate of in City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality (Gauteng) is a district in South Africa about 50 mi south-west of Pretoria, the country's capital city.
Looking for a place to stay? we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
When in this area, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Westonaria, Randfontein, Riverlea, Meyerton and Krugersdorp. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 27°C / 80 °F
Morning Temperature | 17°C / 62 °F |
Evening Temperature | 20°C / 67 °F |
Night Temperature | 19°C / 66 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 2% |
Air Humidity | 27% |
Air Pressure | 1014 hPa |
Wind Speed | Moderate breeze with 9 km/h (6 mph) from South-West |
Cloud Conditions | Clear sky, covering 5% of sky |
General Conditions | Light rain |
Sunday, 17th of November 2024
28°C (82 °F)
18°C (65 °F)
Moderate rain, moderate breeze, overcast clouds.
Monday, 18th of November 2024
28°C (83 °F)
19°C (67 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, few clouds.
Tuesday, 19th of November 2024
28°C (83 °F)
19°C (66 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, few clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Londolozi Private Game Reserve
Videos from this area
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Südafrika - Die neuen Reichen in Soweto | Global 3000
Soweto, das Symbol des Kampfes gegen die Apartheid. Offiziell leben hier in den Townships im Südwesten Johannesburgs 1,3 Millionen Menschen - wahrscheinlich sind es doppelt so viele. Längst...
Soweto Coal Cart Horses
The ILPH International Training Team visited Soweto in January 2008 with a view to starting a training course in the township. This montage highlights some of the problems they found with the...
Suncoast Hospice - Soweto Hospice Partnership video
Susan Moloto, a sister (nurse) at the Soweto Hospice in South Africa talks about the care Soweto Hospice gives to their patients and families. They are funded entirely from donations. Charitable...
A Day in Soweto
Lloyd and I take to Soweto for the day. We take the train to Orlando Station, spend a few minutes on Vilakazi St., then the rest of the afternoon making friends in Orlando East.
Deputy President opening Maponya Motor City, Toyota and Volkswagen Barloworld dealerships
Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe at the opening of the Maponya Motor City, Toyota and Volkswagen Barloworld dealerships, Soweto on 30 March 2012.
Soweto, al pendiente de la salud de Mandela
La prensa y el pueblo sudafricano continúan al pendiente de la salud del ex presidente Nelson Mandela, quien pasó gran parte de su vida en el barrio de Soweto antes de ser condenado por...
NYDA GRANT FUND OVERWHELMED IN SOWETO
The National Youth Development Agency, NYDA, launched a grant fund for young people in South Africa. Having originally planned for only 500 respondents, the NYDA received over 1 700 ...
Barrio de Soweto se mantiene atento por la salud de Madiba
Soweto, el barrio donde se originó la lucha contra el régimen del apartheid en Sudáfrica, se mantiene atento y a la expectativa sobre la salud de Nelson Mandela, el hombre en quien ven a...
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Hector Pieterson Museum
The Hector Pieterson Museum is a large museum located in Orlando West, Soweto, South Africa, two blocks away from where Hector Pieterson was shot and killed. The museum is named in his honour. It became one of the first museums in Soweto when it opened in 16 June 2002. A companion museum nearby is Mandela House, the former home of Nelson Mandela and his family, which has been run as a museum since 1997.
Orlando Stadium
Orlando Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium, in Soweto, a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. The stadium was originally built in 1959, at a cost of £37,500, with a capacity of 24,000. It is currently used mostly for football matches, as the home stadium of Orlando Pirates FC of the Premier Soccer League, and is set to be utilized, as a training field, for teams participating in the 2010 FIFA World Cup, after being completely rebuilt and reopened on 22 November 2008.
Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital
Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital is the third largest hospital in the world after the West China hospital of Medical Sciences, Sichuan University and Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou, occupying 173 acres, with 3 200 beds and 6 760 staff members. The hospital is in the Soweto area south of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is one of the 40 Gauteng provincial hospitals, and is financed and managed by the Gauteng Provincial Department of Health.
Avalon Cemetery
Avalon Cemetery is one of the largest graveyards in South Africa. It was opened in 1972, during the height of apartheid, as a graveyard exclusively for blacks. More than 300,000 people are buried on its 430 acres, the graves less than two feet apart. By 2010 the cemetery is expected to be at capacity, largely because of AIDS deaths.
Maponya Mall
Maponya Mall is a shopping centre in Soweto, South Africa. The 65,000 square-metre development cost R650m to build and officially opened in September 2007. The mall is owned by South African entrepreneur and property developer, Richard Maponya under The Maponya group in partnership with Investec and ZenProp property holdings.
Mandela House
The Nelson Mandela National Museum, commonly referred to as the Mandela House, is the house in Orlando West, Soweto, South Africa, that former South African president Nelson Mandela lived in from 1946 to 1962. It is located at number 8115, at the corner of Vilakazi and Ngakane streets, as short distance up the road from the home of Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu. Mandela donated the house to the Soweto Heritage Trust (of which he is the founder) on 1 September 1997, to run as a museum.
Dobsonville Stadium
Dobsonville Stadium, commercially known as the Volkswagen Dobsonville Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium in Soweto, a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is mostly used for football matches, but is also equipped with an athletics track. It is the home ground of Moroka Swallows, a football club which plays in the Premier Soccer League. It was also utilized as a training field for teams participating in the 2010 FIFA World Cup, after being renovated in 2009 and brought up to FIFA standards.