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The country is waking up to schools reopening and alcohol sales unbanned as President Cyril Ramaphosa last night eased lockdown restrictions to Alert Level 3 amid battles on two fronts: the devastating effects of the deadly coronavirus and the recent chaos and violence that destabilised the country. The containment of the spread of the virus and limiting its impact on the …

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The Crime Intelligence (CI) division of the SAPS had its budget slashed recently and did not have the funding necessary to conduct the covert ops necessary ahead of the unrest that grip KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng that lead to rioting and looting with over 330 people dead and more than R50 billion in damage and losses, …

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While South Africa is caught in a bitterly cold grip, the North is trapped in a ruthless heat wave, parts of Europe are submerged due to devastating flash floods and in China, an industrial hub of 10 million people was paralysed by three days of heavy rains equivalent to a year’s average rainfall. For a while the climate crisis has taken …

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The Gauteng High Court in Pretoria was told today by the State Attorney’s office that former president Jacob Zuma’s legal costs totalled in excess of R18.2 million when he used the state’s money to fight the arms deal corruption case against him, reports News24. The State Attorney’s office said it would issue a summons if …

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The cost of week-long rioting and looting is still being tallied and the lives of 276 people have been lost, some due to trampling during the looting that engulfed KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng and saw economic damage run into the billions of dollars, reports the Wall Street Journal in an opinion article. The riots were triggered …

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South Africa is at the mercy of the double-edged sword called Jacob Zuma, again. The former president is to attend his youngest brother Michael’s funeral today, just two weeks after being jailed for 15 months for contempt of court. The deadly violence and looting following his incarceration brought two of South Africa’s economic hives to …

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Many workers in the Western Cape have been left stranded this week as the violence and unrest in the taxi industry continues with as many as 82 people killed this year already due to the ongoing taxi violence. On Monday and Tuesday, as many as 100 000 workers had no way of getting to work and …

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After some WhatsApp messages began circulating claiming widespread flair-ups of more looting and violence gripping parts of KwaZulu-Natal yesterday, nothing materialised. Both Gauteng and Natal returned to normal yesterday as calm returned to the beleaguered provinces. Counting the costs has begun with estimates running into the billions but for some of the retailers heavily affected by …

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On Sunday evening the National Joint Operational and Intelligence Structure (Natjoints) released a statement announcing that 3407 people have been arrested on charges relating to the violence and looting seen across Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal over the past weeks. The looting started after the arrest of former president Jacob Zuma following a finding of contempt of …

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