Mabopane — No one in Mandla Maseko's family has ever stepped outside South Africa, but the young township DJ is set to rocket into space next year.
From the dusty district of Mabopane, near Pretoria, 25-year-old Maseko has landed a coveted seat to fly 103-kilometres (64 miles) into space in 2015, after winning a competition organised by a US-based space academy.
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