/ 15 July 2021

Phase Two: looting was just the start say investigators and intelligence

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Scenes of destruction: Thousands of shops and businesses were looted following a wave of violent protest in July 2021. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

‘A serious military operation is yet to come. Once you disrupt Soweto, you have the attention of the country and the world’

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