Orlando Stadium, located in Soweto, Johannesburg, is a significant historical landmark. It was a gathering point for students during the 1976 Soweto Uprising, making it a key site for understanding South Africa's struggle for freedom.

Learn about Orlando Stadium's role in the 1976 Soweto Uprising, where students gathered to protest apartheid education.
In their own words: “This school it started to write their exam in June, and then they were supposed to go at Orlando stadium to pass a memorandum, to the minister by then who was Verwoerd, on the 16th of June. All the schools from Soweto.”
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