There are several tour operators that offer Soweto tours, so your clients can learn first-hand about the country’s apartheid past, experience a taste of modern-day township life, visit sites of recent historical interest, and meet the locals over a beer and some typical township fare.

A tour usually includes a visit to the Hector Pieterson memorial and museum, commemorating the Soweto uprising of 1976, a few blocks away from where 13-year-old Pieterson was shot and killed by police during the uprising.

They will also be taken to Soweto’s most famous address, Vilakazi Street, which was once home to former president Nelson Mandela and Anglican Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, both Nobel Peace Prize laureates.

Other sites of interest include the Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital (one of the biggest hospitals in the world), the Orlando cooling towers (which offer bungee jumps) and FNB Stadium, built for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, when it was known as Soccer City.

There are several restaurants and taverns in Soweto where your clients will be able to have a bite to eat and a drink while mulling over all they’ve seen. Advise them to take along some extra cash for gratuities.