After seeing Mandela's cell, the Springbok players were
welcomed by the prisoners there, who were all black
people. Fifteen years before, the prisoners there had
been listening on the radio to the Springboks' game
against a British team, cheering for the British team.
Although the guards yelled at them to stop their cheering,
they cheered on for the foreign team.
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But now,
prisoners looked delighted and even honored to meet the
team members. Pienaar stepped forward and told them
that the team was now representing the whole country
including them. Hearing this, the prisoners began
singing a song together for the players. The prisoners
were trying to put the past behind them and look to the
future where they could become friends with their old
enemies. However, there was still a long way to go until
