There are many townships in and around the city of Johannesburg, South Africa. Those townships are where the poorest in the city were pushed to live during apartheid, keeping the wealthy in the expensive properties within the limits of South Africa’s biggest city. However, while Johannesburg has FNB Stadium, the largest in Africa and the one affectionately known as Soccer City, for the residents of Alexandra, Joburg’s most notorious township, Soccer City is the land on which they reside. It’s the subject of a 2011 documentary with the same name, which details the lives of 6 residents who show how the game of soccer has changed the dynamics of life within the township for the better.
Black History Month: A township that’s a Soccer City
