Johannesburg
Buildings surrounding Johannesburg's Gandhi Square.
Gandhi Square in downtown Johannesburg, South Africa.
This statue of Nelson Mandela, created from a photograph of him boxing, stands between the Magistrate's Court Building (behind statue) and Chancellor House, where Mandela's law firm with Oliver Tambo was housed.
Chancellor House, at 25 Fox Street, once housed the law firm of Nelson Mandela and Oliver Tambo. The firm was founded in 1953 as the country's first all-black African law firm.
Some of the makeshift houses in the slums of Soweto. Despite the major economic and educational gains the country has made in the post-Apartheid years, large numbers of South Africans still live in extreme poverty.
Vilakazi Street in Orlando West, a neighborhood in Soweto. The street is still home to Desmond Tutu, and Nelson Mandela once owned a house just up the street from this point as well.
Mandela House, at 81 Vilakazi Street, in Orlando West, Soweto. The house, behind this wall and entrance area, is identical to many others in the neighborhood. Mandela donated it in 1997 as a museum, which it continues to house.
The corner of Vilakazi and Ngakane streets, across from Mandela House. This intersection was once the center of the anti-Apartheid movement in South Africa.
The cooling towers of the former Orlando Power Station, a power plant in Soweto. These painted towers are a major landmark in the area. After the power plant was closed, the area has been redeveloped in recent years to a successful multi-purpose entertainment and shopping district.
Hector Pieterson was a 13 year old boy that was shot and killed by police during student protests against the teaching in Afrikaans, held on June 16, 1976. The image of a friend carrying his body, running for help with Pieterson's sister, became an icon of the anti-Apartheid movement, and June 16 is still considered a day to memorialize those killed in the struggle to establish freedom in South Africa. Today this memorial and a museum stand near the site where he was killed.