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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Steve Bloomfield in Johannesburg

‘We didn’t fight for this’: ANC’s grip on power in peril in South Africa election

Alexandra township in Johannesburg is one of the most severely under-serviced townships in South Africa.
Alexandra township in Johannesburg is one of the most severely under-serviced townships in South Africa. Photograph: Madelene Cronje/The Observer

In the heart of Soweto, the birthplace of South African democracy has been burned, looted and stripped for parts.

Almost 70 years ago, in the early days of apartheid, more than 3,000 people gathered in a dusty square to draw up the Freedom Charter, demanding a series of rights and proclaiming that South Africa “belongs to all who live in it, black and white”.

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