Poor South Africans protest government’s failure to deliver a better life after apartheid

STANDERTON, South Africa — Protesters barricaded a major highway with rocks and burning tires Thursday, clashing with police who fired on them with rubber bullets. Youths retaliated with slingshots and threw rocks.

Violent protests by poor South Africans angry at government’s failure to deliver better life

STANDERTON, South Africa — Ellen Mgaga’s high school final exams start next week, but her school is closed as protests against the government’s failure to improve lives of poor South Africans have intensified.

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