Sean Ritchie
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/ 19 May 2008

Fire and blood in SA townships

His legs soaked in blood and with scorch marks running down his back, the young man is lifted on to a makeshift stretcher after another bout of deadly violence in South Africa’s so-called City of Gold. His eyes blink, filled with tears, as he shudders slightly and tries to move before police calm him down and say he is now out of danger.