HEBRON, South Africa (Reuters) - It has become an almost daily ritual in the townships ringing Johannesburg and Pretoria - disaffected youths burning tyres, looting shops and throwing rocks in a furious demand for jobs, electricity and, increasingly, political change.
Police respond with everything from rubber bullets and live ammunition - nine people have been shot dead so far this year - to shrugs of the shoulders, reflecting the pressure on officers faced with a seemingly unending flow of black anger two decades after the end of apartheid.
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