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CTV in South Africa > Collingwood visits Soweto
Harry O'Brien writes about the Soweto experienceOn Sunday a group of Collingwood players and coaches travelled to Soweto, a large community just outside the centre of Johannesburg, and home to about 3.6 million people.
Soweto is a very diverse place, with large sections of it comprising some of the poorest parts of South Africa.
View images of the trip below. All images copyright collingwoodfc.com.au.
Leon Davis, Shannon Cox, Harry O'Brien and Luke Casey-Leigh listen intently to what their guide has to say upon arriving at the first Soweto township
A local in the distance greets Collingwood
Luke Casey-Leigh and Ryan Cook enter a heavily secured home
Harry O'Brien has found a new friend... and donated his hat
Shannon Cox is also hat-less after meeting a happy local
Harry O'Brien with local children
Collingwood hats were in hot demand
Ryan Cook with a mate
Chief of football Geoff Walsh gets swamped as he hands out some loose change
A local shoe repair business
Leon Davis joins in the fun with some African dancers outside Nelson Mandela's former home
A contortionist entertains the Magpies
Players wait outside Nelson Mandela's former house before entering. No cameras were allowed inside the house.
A matron at the orphanage explains what the home is all about to (from left) John McCarthy, Shannon Cox and Nathan Brown
VFL coach Gavin Brown watches over the sleeping orphans
Harry O'Brien with another new friend
Jaxson Barham impresses his new mate
A young fella flexes his muscles with Shannon Cox
A couple of girls listen in to one of the players' iPods
Conditioning coach Mick Dugina and Harry O'Brien with a group of the orphans
A new Magpie fan
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A child proudly displays his new Magpie merchandise
