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Walter Sisulu Square is the first exposition and entertainment center in a South African township, Soweto. The square became historically significant when on 26 June 1955, 3,000 members from different South African apartheid resistance movements met in what was then a dusty square in Kliptown, 40km south of Johannesburg. Their meeting was known as the Congress of the People and from this meeting came the Freedom Charter, which is today the basis of the South African Constitution.

The Square opened on 26 June 2005 and has since hosted Nelson Mandela's annual lectures, among other important events. Surrounding the Freedom Charter Monument are offices, banks and retail shops.