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It was the end of peaceful protest in South Africa. The 1960 massacre of 69 black demonstrators in Sharpeville marked the beginning of the country’s violent anti-apartheid struggle. Sunday was the 50th anniversary of the atrocity. But half a century on, Sharpeville residents still riot against high unemployment and poverty. In post-apartheid South Africa, how much has changed?

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