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Yesterday I visited Soweto. Among the shanty-town-type areas this was one of the more palatial residences:

We visited one of the smaller one-room houses and met this man and his wife:

He said it was a good house because it was very close to the water pipe:

There was one bed, which most of the family shared, and he slept on a straw mat on the floor.

Beside the straw mat on the floor was his mobile phone, with headphones plugged in so he could listen to MP3 files.