![]() The shells of burned-out buildings are everywhere. Sebokeng has been devastated, as if by bombardment. The homes and shops of their township, however, have proven less resilient. The biggest armed crackdown on political dissent ever staged in South Africa swept through Sebokeng last week, but the inhabitants of this segregated township 40 miles south of Johannesburg appear unbowed. Unless the police stop to question someone, nothing is said. The "hippos," as the police are called, are treated with studied indifference. ![]() Whenever one of their big armored vehicles in its camouflage coloring drives slowly past, conversation breaks and there is an uneasy stir, but no one turns to look. There is no fraternizing with the South African police in this riot-torn black township.
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