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“Now there is a definite cachet to living in Soweto. A very real pride back at having been at the very center of things back when it was hard and dangerous to have an opinion. Nelson Mandela lived here. Desmond Tutu. When you’re a certain age and you say you were born and bred in Soweto, it means something.” Tony watched a soccer game at Mawilies Inn (could not find on the map) in Soweto, a suburb of Johannesburg. The town name derives from an abbreviation of Southwestern Township. They ate lamb's head; mieliepap (sticky porridge made from maize); stewed beef, dumplings, stewed greens, carrots, beans, gravy.

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