This is the country in which falling in love may be a death sentence and romance is being stabbed to death, remains dismembered and stuffed into a suitcase to be left on the street
‘The whole operation … was a process of confusion and a total lack of command … and control’
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As the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) concludes its first leg of the inquiry into the July unrest in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng, the testimonies have laid bare the dysfunctional state of South Africa’s justice, crime prevention and security cluster. During the inquiry, members of the cluster engaged in buck-passing and blame-gaming, with no one […]
Third quarter GDP numbers have interrupted a four quarter economic growth streak because of the July unrest.
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The largest drops in the third quarter were in the agriculture sector, trade and manufacturing.
The past is helpful in understanding the predatory and violent nature of political factionalism in the province. But it doesn’t answer the question of how to fix it.
The official unemployment rate rose to 34.9% in the third quarter of 2021 — the highest since 2008
Indian residents deny ‘massacre’ label; black survivors claim violence and orchestration
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Burning a city and asking its residents to vote for you appears to have been a bit of a stretch for Durban’s electorate
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In a statement, United Phosphorus Ltd said that it was co-operating with authorities and the government.Â
At least one of the officers may be linked to the theft of 1.5-million rounds of ammunition from a warehouse during the July looting and violence
Scientists have been sent to handle the fallout from the warehouse fire, which stored about 1 600 hazardous materials that can contaminate the air, sea and rivers
The social, political and economic problems of poor governance need to be fixed so that public resources are managed and distributed equally
Vaccines were stolen and many urban vaccine sites had to close as Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal erupted into chaos this past week. The biggest loss however is not vaccines, but the chronic medicines that were looted leaving those with HIV, cancer and diabetes without their medication