** Apologies for this going up late.  We had a late finish to dinner and then an early morning to catch the flight to PE.  Yesterday was an amazing day but I will let the girls tell the story below. (Mr Thomas)

Today we were granted the opportunity to visit and interact with people in the Langa township.  We started the day with a visit to Mokone Primary school where we split into two groups and played netball and soccer with the kids. After the games, the children sang for us and invited us to join in the fun. We then had a look around their school and spent some time with them in a classroom environment, they loved interacting with us and showing us their work as much as we loved being with them. Though we loved the atmosphere, it was heartbreaking to see one of the classrooms had recently been burned down and vandalised by outsiders, making it an unusable, unsafe place to learn. Because of this, we have decided to supply the school with stationary to replace what was destroyed in the fire.

The Langa township is one of the oldest townships in Cape Town and was founded during the district six evictions. We had the privilege of walking through the township and seeing how the people of Langa lived in these unfortunate circumstances. As we wandered through the streets we were confronted by some of the living conditions of the poorer regions such as the tiny hostel rooms that only consisted of one room where three families lived. The families that were living in these seemed to be happy with what they had and thats all that mattered. We also visited a daycare centre and were bombarded with hugs and kisses of the kids who attended (ages 3-5) and it was hard to say goodbye. When it came to lunch we ate at a local Langa butchery which served up a feast including; chicken wings, pork, sausages and other traditional south African cuisine, which everyone agreed was delicious.

After a quick pit stop at the guest house we went to play soccer with Cape Town United Football Club. Whilst were were looking at their home ground, we also had the chance to have a scratch match with a team from the under 12’s boys. We formed two teams mixed with St Stephens and Cape Town United, and luckily we did because they would’ve destroyed us! Our bus driver Nelson joined the game and showed off his amazing skills whilst managing to hit both Emma’s in the head. That game is defiantly one to remember as everyone was giving it a go and having a blast.

Finally dinner came around and once again we experience the culture and atmosphere of a traditional restaurant named Lelapa. The food was amazing and we had entertainment by some of the local musicians which everyone enjoyed. We were also joined with a few of the players both senior and junior, and learned a bit about how they live and their backgrounds. They also taught a few of us some Xhosa language such as, Ndiyakuthanda which means I love you.

We all agreed that this was the best day on the tour so far and hoping for many more days like this to come in the next week and half.

Alexa & Jaime.

Lelapa Dancing video