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Soweto kids enjoy the attention of a tourist
They are unlikely tourist attractions: South Africa 's urban townships are congested shantytowns, home to millions up to a third of the country's black population. It was in the townships that the struggle against apartheid was at its most intense, but until recently few white South Africans, and fewer tourists, had actually been to Soweto or any of the other impoverished areas that huddle around South Africa 's largest cities. These days, though, a township tour is practically mandatory for anyone visiting South Africa. Soweto, a few miles from Johannesburg,...
