South Africa’s democracy is turning 30 – but a silent crisis threatens its hard-fought gains

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South Africa’s democracy is turning 30 – but a silent crisis threatens its hard-fought gains

By David McKenzie and Sarah Dean, CNN Soweto, South Africa (CNN) — Seth Mazibuko strides into the intersection of Moema and Vilakazi Street in Soweto, gesturing to the spot that changed South African history. “This is where the students who were marching peacefully had a first confrontation with the police,” he says. It was June 16, 1976. Mazibuko had turned 16 the day before. Tens of thousands of students, mostly still just children, streamed t…