Soweto: From strife to World Cup glow
China Daily | Updated: 2009-06-16 08:11
Children play soccer in a Soweto street last month. Inset: The Soccer City Stadium is seen under construction with the Johannesburg skyline in the background, on the outskirts of Soweto, South Africa on Saturday. AP |
JOHANNESBURG: Having seen one impossible dream come true - the death of apartheid - Soweto is getting ready for another: the arrival of soccer's World Cup, the most-watched sporting event on the planet.
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