{"product_id":"south-africa-gauteng-mandela-s-house","title":"Mandela's House","description":"\u003cp\u003eYou visit Mandela's House at 8115 Vilakazi Street in Orlando West, Soweto — the home Nelson Mandela shared with Winnie Madikizela Mandela before his imprisonment. The house, rebuilt after a fire in 1988, stands on the same street where Archbishop Desmond Tutu later lived, making Vilakazi Street the only one in the world with two Nobel Peace Prize laureates.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe museum shows the rooms as they were when the Mandelas lived here: the living room, kitchen, and bedroom with family photos and personal belongings. Exhibits tell Soweto's history, including the 1976 student uprising memorialized nearby. The house was restored in 2008 using original fabrics and materials, with a new visitor center added.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVilakazi Street itself is named after Dr. B.W. Vilakazi, the first black lecturer at the University of Witwatersrand, who helped develop the written form of isiZulu. The street remains a working neighborhood where Tutu still walks when in residence. Mandela returned here after his release from prison in 1990, writing that the house was the center of his world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe museum is cashless and closed on major public holidays.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"South Africa","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51932175073500,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0829\/8256\/8156\/files\/mandelas-house-heritage-museum-orlando-west-soweto-south-africa-01.webp?v=1783188022","url":"https:\/\/murmurgo.com\/products\/south-africa-gauteng-mandela-s-house","provider":"Murmurgo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}