2005-09-04 04:00:00 PDT Soweto, South Africa-- The woman in the doorway had a wide face and wider smile, a long, African- style skirt and a blue fleece sweatshirt. Before I could drop my overnight bag ...

SOWETO is one of the most famous townships in the world. It holds a rich South African history and its people contributed a lot to the freedom of this country. Soweto, home to millions, including ...

Southern African home cooking sounds comforting: samp, a chunky corn concoction; pap, a filling porridge; mogodu, boiled tripe. OK, the last sounded better before the translation. But my husband and ...

We meet on a sunny morning at Lebo’s Backpackers in Orlando West. The place is buzzing: music is playing and tourists are heading off to see the sights of Soweto on bicycles and tuk-tuks. Maria Malepa ...

The luxury sedan seemed out of place amid the tiny tin houses that make up Motswaledi, Soweto’s most impoverished area. However, the driver, Joe Motsogi, assured our tour group we wouldn’t offend the ...

This is the new Soweto, a mix of upper-crust comforts and urban grit, where shopping malls and landscaped parks have sprung up among some of South Africa's most important landmarks of the struggle ...

Travel Weekly senior editor David Cogswell departed for South Africa on March 21 to begin an eight-day trip sponsored by South African Tourism. David will be exploring "Africa beyond the safari," ...

The first time I was in Soweto there was blood in the streets. It was in the late 1980s, and I was reporting on the last, tumultuous days of apartheid. The vast sprawl of black townships on the ...