Three months after the Richmond central business district was devastated by the wave of riots and looting that swept through KwaZulu-Natal and parts of Gauteng, the scars they left on the Midlands town remain visible.
Bhamjees Corner — a 150-year-old heritage building housing a pharmacy and a number of small shops — has been reduced to an ugly pile of broken brick and rubble, burned to the point that its owners were forced to demolish it.
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