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South Africa: Health and Unrest - Counting the Cost and Getting People Their Medicines
spotlight, 20 July 2021
As the country is still calculating the tally of the vaccine stock and medicines stolen in last week's unrest in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng, calls are being made on the government… Read more »
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South Africa: Why Have South Africans Been On a Looting Rampage? Research Offers Insights
The Conversation Africa, 15 July 2021
The looting of businesses, shopping centres and warehouses in South Africa over the past week, particularly in the KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng provinces, has taken place at an… Read more »
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South Africa: Unrest Is Being Used to Subvert South Africa's Democracy - Giving in Is Not an Option
The Conversation Africa, 14 July 2021
The mayhem of the last few days is a reminder of the danger that South Africa continues to live with, as well as an indication of the disfigurement of its law enforcement… Read more »
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Mozambique: South African Rioters Loot and Torch Mozambican Trucks
AIM, 14 July 2021
The Mozambican Association of Road Transport Operators (Fematro) has claimed that lorries owned by Mozambican businesses, ferrying goods from neighbouring South Africa, have been… Read more »
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South Africa: Decisive Action Imperative in Widening Crisis
New Frame, 14 July 2021
The state needs to bring the attacks on critical infrastructure in KwaZulu-Natal to an immediate end and ensure that the people who live there have food and feel safe. Read more »
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South Africa: South Africa's Tipping Point - How the Intelligence Community Failed the Country
Daily Maverick, 14 July 2021
In failing to anticipate the riotous looting and act against the leaders, the intelligence community could be responsible for one of the most egregious failures imaginable. The… Read more »
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South Africa: Hunger, Unemployment Main Motivators for Unrest, Looter Claims
GroundUp, 14 July 2021
Most Tsakane shops have been gutted Read more »
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South Africa: South Africa in Flames - Spontaneous Outbreak or Insurrection?
The Conversation Africa, 13 July 2021
South Africans spent most of mid-July glued to their news outlets, from established media outlets to TikTok, from streaming news to old-fashioned printed words, to see just one… Read more »
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South Africa: Zuma's Legacy - the Build-Up to Breaking Down Crime Intelligence
Daily Maverick, 13 July 2021
Why didn't Crime Intelligence foil the looting that mushroomed and is tearing up parts of South Africa? Police bosses say the unit did, but the reality is the country's police… Read more »
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South Africa: Root of KZN Violence Is 'The ANC's Implosion in the Region After Years of Party Factionalism'
Daily Maverick, 14 July 2021
Veteran KwaZulu-Natal interventionist human rights worker, Mary de Haas, has described the violence and criminality that has gripped the province for four days as a manifestation… Read more »
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South Africa: Zuma's Son Uses the Backdrop of Anarchy to Drive His Campaign for the Presidency
Daily Maverick, 13 July 2021
Sources in ANC KZN say the young Zuma who wants to be president is smoking his socks, but the oligarch is a shareholder of the Gupta billions. Read more »