Soweto is the name of a homeland in the outskirts of Johannesburg.The Apartheid regime called "homelands" the ghettos or restricted areas where the black population was forced to live. They could not choose where to live but were forced to live where the authorities told them.They needed a pass to enter the city to work.These homelands, like Soweto, had no electricy, sewage or paved streets. "Houses" were shacks made of pieces of wood and tin. Crime was high, but it was also the place where the first uprisings and protests against Apartheid began.