{"id":63907,"date":"2016-02-09T18:34:53","date_gmt":"2016-02-09T16:34:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/south-africa-gadhafi-visits-soweto-township\/"},"modified":"2016-02-09T18:34:53","modified_gmt":"2016-02-09T16:34:53","slug":"south-africa-gadhafi-visits-soweto-township","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/south-africa-gadhafi-visits-soweto-township\/","title":{"rendered":"SOUTH AFRICA: GADHAFI VISITS SOWETO TOWNSHIP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A MyJHB.co.za selected <strong>Soweto Township<\/strong> video for you:<\/p>\n<p> <span class='embed-youtube' style='text-align:center; display: block;'><iframe class='youtube-player' type='text\/html' width='640' height='390' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2oZ4GTlmaZk?version=3&#038;rel=0&#038;fs=1&#038;autohide=2&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;wmode=transparent' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen='true'><\/iframe><\/span> <\/p>\n<p>Arabic\/Eng\/Nat <\/p>\n<p>Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi has visited the Soweto township on the eve of the anniversary of the Soweto riots.<\/p>\n<p>He placed flowers at a memorial to the first child victim of the uprising and met Walter Sisulu who spent decades in a South African prison as a leader of the African National Congress.<\/p>\n<p>A-N-C hero Walter Sisulu still lives in the Soweto township.<\/p>\n<p>His home was the first place Moammar Gadhafi visited when he toured the area on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The Libyan leader was greeted by enthusiastic crowds wherever he went.<\/p>\n<p>Sisulu, like Nelson Mandela, spent decades in a South African prison because of his role in the anti-apartheid struggle.<\/p>\n<p>Holding hands with the elderly A-N-C leader, Gadhafi called his visit to a free South Africa a dream.<\/p>\n<p>He said Libyan passport holders had for years been forbidden to visit apartheid South Africa and he had supported the liberation struggle. <\/p>\n<p>Sisulu accompanied Gadhafi to a monument which marks the Soweto uprising that began on June 16, 1976. <\/p>\n<p>The uprising was a turning point in the struggle by South Africa&#8217;s black majority to overthrow white minority rule, a fight which led to Mandela becoming the country&#8217;s first black president, in 1994.<\/p>\n<p>Thabo Mbeki, Mandela&#8217;s successor, is to be inaugurated on Wednesday, exactly 23 years to the day that the uprising began.<\/p>\n<p>Gadhafi laid flowers at the monument, which commemorates Hector Peterson, the first child killed when South African police opened fire on a crowd of protesting school children.<\/p>\n<p>And he told the crowd he was honoured to have spent time with their leaders.<\/p>\n<p>SOUNDBITE: (Arabic with English translation)<br \/> &#8220;I am very lucky indeed that the opportunity has arisen for me to live these days with the great revolutionary leaders of our brothers in Africa, such as Nelson Mandela and Sizulu.&#8221;<br \/> SUPERCAPTION: Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi <\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s Gadhafi&#8217;s first visit to South Africa since the United Nations lifted the trade sanctions on Libya over the Lockerbie bombing affair.<\/p>\n<p>APT<\/p>\n<p>You can license this story through AP Archive: http:\/\/www.aparchive.com\/metadata\/youtube\/cdeb3bf04d543d2bc9c1bcd361254aa6<br \/> Find out more about AP Archive: http:\/\/www.aparchive.com\/HowWeWork<\/p>\n<p style=\"float: left\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"SOUTH AFRICA: GADHAFI VISITS SOWETO TOWNSHIP\" src=\"http:\/\/myjhb.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/default-18.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>CLICK HERE to submit your favourite Johannesburg video.<\/p>\n<p>The video was automatically curated and published with the WordPress WP Robot plugin &#8211; CLICK HERE to learn more about WP Robot for WordPress.<\/p>\n<p>Visit the MyPE YouTube Channel.<\/p>\n<p>\n<strong> Read more on:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/myjhb.co.za\/south-africa-gadhafi-visits-soweto-township\/\">MyJHB<\/a><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>Read more on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/myjhb.co.za\">MyJHB<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Join the fun:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/add-your-event\/\">Add Your event<\/a> | <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mypr.co.za\/submit\">Submit a Press Release<\/a> | <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/directory\/\">Add your listing<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A MyJHB.co.za selected Soweto Township video for you: Arabic\/Eng\/Nat Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi has visited the Soweto township on the eve of the anniversary of the Soweto riots. 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