Orlando Stadium, Football stadium in Orlando, Soweto, South Africa.

Orlando Stadium is a multi-purpose football ground in Orlando, Soweto, owned by the City of Johannesburg. Its rebuilt steel-framed stands hold 36,761 spectators around a mown grass pitch, with a low dark barrier and metal railing at pitchside and a flat roof carried on thin white vertical supports. Inside are 120 hospitality suites, a 200-seat auditorium, a gymnasium and a conference centre.

James Mpanza proposed a stadium in Orlando to the City of Johannesburg in 1958, and it was built in 1959 for the Johannesburg Bantu Football Association, seating 24,000 at a cost of £37,500. Minister MC de Wet Nel and Mayor Ian Maltz opened it on 2 May 1959. On 16 June 1976 students marching against Afrikaans-medium schooling were met with tear gas here, beginning the Soweto Uprising. Rebuilt with a steel frame from 2008 to 2010, it reopened on 22 November 2008.

The stadium is home to Orlando Pirates, the club founded in Orlando in 1937, and its stands fill with black-and-white Pirates colours on match days. Its name comes from the Orlando section of Soweto where it stands. The ground also hosted the funerals of Joe Slovo (1995), Walter Sisulu (2003), Albertina Sisulu (2011) and Winnie Mandela (2018).

The stadium is accessible by public transport and offers parking for visitors. It is worth checking ahead about event schedules, as the venue can become crowded during major matches or gatherings.

On the anniversary of the Soweto Uprising, Nelson Mandela spoke at Orlando Stadium and committed the country to looking after its children. The 16 June 1976 student march to the stadium, planned as a peaceful rally against Afrikaans-language instruction, ended in police tear gas and deaths, beginning the uprising.