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Oct 30, 2022 · Orlando East, a working class community on the periphery of Johannesburg in South Africa, has turned 90 years old. Orlando was one of the first municipal locations – called townships under apartheid – established in 1932 for Africans under the 1923 Native Urban Areas Act.
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Orlando is a township in the urban area of Soweto, South Africa. The township was founded in 1931 and named after Edwin Orlando Leake, mayor of Johannesburg from 1925 to 1926. It is divided in two main areas: Orlando West and Orlando East.
Oct 23, 2022 · Orlando East, a working-class community on the periphery of Johannesburg in South Africa, has turned 90 years old. Orlando was one of the first municipal locations – townships under apartheid – established in 1932 for Africans under the 1923 Native Urban Areas Act.
Sep 22, 2022 · One such township in Soweto which has played a monumental role in the rich history of Soweto, is Orlando East, which turns 90 this year.
Nov 16, 2022 · Orlando East, a working class community on the periphery of Johannesburg in South Africa, has turned 90 years old. Orlando was one of the first municipal locations – called townships under...
Oct 28, 2022 · Orlando East, a working class community on the periphery of Johannesburg in South Africa, has turned 90 years old. Orlando was one of the first municipal locations – called townships under...
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Oct 31, 2018 · Orlando East was the very first township developed by the Johannesburg municipality, starting in 1933. Schools and churches flourished along Mooki Street together with the famous football stadium, home to Orlando Pirates. Nearby stands the first Black high school built by the government.
