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Orlando East Public Library

Orlando East Public Library is the oldest library in Soweto in South Africa.

Orlando East Public Library

Mooki Street, Orlando East, South Africa

1948

Soweto

Today[edit]

In 2000 the library was updated and extended. In 2013 a blue plaque was installed to recognise the library's importance as the oldest public library.[2]


The library has good signage and still has spacious accommodation. It attracts students to study with its "fairly full" shelves and a good reference section that includes textbooks. Upstairs there is a media centre and an area reserved for children's books.[3] The library offered free internet access in 2013.[1]

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26°14′06″S 27°55′21″E / 26.235°S 27.9226°E / -26.235; 27.9226