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July 11, 2010 Updated: July 12, 10:39 AM ET The games were just
a sliver of it all  By Chris Jones Special to  Alexandra
Township Alexandra Township is one of the poorest areas in South
Africa.  JOHANNESBURG -- Alexandra is one of the few places in
South Africa not ringed with razor wire. There are no high walls
here, no fences, no security guards, no signs promising an armed
response. There is no protection here, because there is nothing
here to protect.  It is a desperate place -- for an American,
Alexandra redefines the meaning of poverty. It is a warren of
dirt roads, hemmed in by row after row of hastily built shacks.
They look like the forts that children make. The walls consist
of tied-together sheets of corrugated tin, plywood, packing
crates, old signs and kitchen counters. The makeshift roofs are
held down by cinder blocks, broken TVs, boots and tires. Some of
the shacks are literally built on top of garbage heaps.  There
is no plumbin