51.   Police searching for illegal weapons killed eight people in shootouts in a black township notorious for violence, a police spokesman said Thursday.

52.   Poor black townships were merged with wealthy white suburbs into new municipalities for the electionl.

53.   A Xhosa singer in peacock feathers and antelope skins escorted her into a reception in a black township, where she was entertained by dancers.

54.   According to the commission, the operation was designed to stem the tide of revolt in the black townships.

55.   Albertina Sisulu and Winnie Madikizela-Mandela kept the struggle alive in black townships while their husbands, Nelson Mandela and Walter Sisulu, were in jail.

56.   Armed robbers shot a man dead at an international boxing match Sunday in a black township near Cape Town.

57.   APTV also has coverage of President Nelson Mandela in a black township near Cape Town where he registered to vote in local government elections.

58.   As they left, the Biehls talked about how they understood how and why the killing took place in the turmoil prevalent at the time in the black townships.

59.   Black police officers at a station in Soweto, the sprawling black township near Johannesburg, went on strike last week, accusing white colleagues of racism.

60.   Bigger kids would tease and bully him, sometimes forcing him to perform on the roadside in the black township.