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Police Minister Bheki Cele said although the arrest of former President Jacob Zuma contributed to the unrest, something was suspicious even days leading up to the arrest.

The SAHRC panel is set to hear evidence from survivors, community members and members of the business and security sectors.

Roads leading to the school were blocked and racial tensions almost boiled over outside the school gates on Monday when police fired rubber bullets to disperse the crowd and restore order.

The SAHRC met with the principal, educators and the school governing body on Tuesday.

Pupils have returned to full-time learning for the first time in nearly two years since Covid-19 was first detected in South Africa.

As tributes continue, the commissions Chris Nissen said Tutu would have wanted the world to continue fighting the good fight.

The plea alleged that 80 such encounters had taken place since the BJP government took charge in May this year and that 28 people were killed and 48 injured in these fake encounters.

The chairperson of the South African Human Rights commission, professor Bongani Majola says South Africans are still struggling.

Police Minister Bheki Cele is testifying at the South African Human Rights Commission hearings looking into the July unrest as the last witness for the KwaZulu-Natal proceedings.

General Godfrey Lebeya gave this update on Wednesday at the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) hearings into the widespread violence.