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Apartheid Symbol Transformed into Extreme Sport Center

Published March 04, 2013

In Soweto, South Africa's famous township, a former symbol of injustice during white minority rule, has been turned into an extreme sport center and major tourist attraction. Emilie Iob reports for VOA News from Soweto.

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