Magebhula James Mpanza was born on this day 1889. He founded the Orlando Boys Club which later became Orlando Pirates. He's considered the father of Soweto after the Sofasonke Party (founded in 1835) won more housing for black people following a successful campaign of land grabs. 
Mpanza was born in Cato Ridge KZN. He was sentenced to death for murder but was released in 1925. He then moved to Johannesburg and settled in Doornfontein. By the 1930s, the state launched its campaigns of forced removals against black people in urban suburbs like Doornfontein.
Said displaced black people were moved to the oldest township in Johannesburg, Orlando. But the more these removals took place, the sooner Orlando was full leaving newly displaced people with no place to even build homes. So Mpanza founded the Sofasonke Movement.
The Sofasonke Movement (founded 85 years go) launched a campaign of land grabs in the nearby open veld and people built their makeshift homes forcing Johannesburg's council for Non-European Affairs to provide adaquate housing for all the people it had displaced.
And that is how Soweto was born on 22 March 1944. Mpanza was also the first to own race horses back then. Here's a picture of him in his preferred mode of transport. He started off a dodgy man and ended up creating movement admired by so many people like Walter Sisulu.
Mpanza died on 23 September 1970. This year will mark 50 years since.
note it's 1935. the initial tweet has 1835. that was a typo.
