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Durban riots latest: R15 billion damage, 129 000 jobs at risk A preliminary estimate of the economic impact of the ongoing riots in Durban has revealed that 40 000 businesses have been affected. eThekwini Municipality has incurred R15 billion damage to property and equipment and R1 billion loss of stock due to the riots and looting across the city this week. • R1 billion loss of stock • R15 billion of damage to property and equipment • 55 000 informal traders affected. • 40 000 formal b...

In the startling spool of images and footage to emerge from convulsions of violence and looting that have taken place in parts of KZN and Gauteng and which spread after the imprisonment of former president Jacob Zuma, many have stood out. But one in particular begs for a moment of pause.  It is a still taken from footage captured by BBC videographer and producer Thuthuka Zondi of two-year-old Melokhule Manyoni in freefall — dressed in a nappy and red hoodie — from the second floor and the...

ZULU KING: DONT BE USED IN POLITICAL WARS! Jabulani Langa, Zimbili Vilakazi, Futhi Mbhele And Misheck Makora 15 July 2021 ZULU King Misuzulu kaZwelithini has told his nation to stop burning the country. Speaking at the old Ulundi legislature on Wednesday, 14 July, he warned Zulus not to be used in political wars and ordered them to stop participating in the chaos. He said chaos and looting painted a picture of a people who have lost their id...

Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, July 13 Xinhua 14 Jul 2021, 02:18 GMT+10 PARIS -- France on Tuesday fined Google 500 million euros (592 million U.S. dollars) for failing to offer a fair deal to local media companies for hosting their news content. The French Authority of Competition ordered Google to present, within the next two months, "an offer of remuneration for the current use of their copyrighted content." (France-Google-Competition) - - - - KIEV -- Ukrainian-British military ex...

The ANC’s implosion, says Mary de Haas, “is wrecking South Africa” as criminal elements, opportunists and desperately hungry residents piggy-backed on the chaos the party has created. De Haas attributed the failure of authorities in the region to prevent the violence and looting which broke out after former president Jacob Zuma’s arrest on 8 July to “a political policy decision”. “They left it too late,” she lamented. De Haas’s observation appears to be borne out by a statemen...

Update: SANDF started arriving in Durban just before midnight on Monday. Multiple gunshots rang out in the suburb of Umbilo, Durban, on Monday night as looters returned to the Queensmead Mall to access the Spar and a pharmacy inside the small, unobtrusive shopping centre that they had not been able to fully access earlier in the day. Hours later, dozens of the looters were seen ambling along Bartle Road, the main one in the suburb, with full Spar trolleys, laughing as they offloaded their wares...

Marizka Coetzer The chaos was a combination of pro-Zuma supporters turned violent and exploitation by ordinary criminals using the current chaos to enrich themselves. Looters can be seen running from police in Alexandria township during the days protests and unrest across Gauteng, 12 July 2021, Johannesburg. Picture: Jacques Nelles Unrest and uncertainty we...

One of the men accused of robbing and killing an Overport businesswoman allegedly hid in her home, waiting for her visitors to leave before attacking her.

SmartXchange is digitising businesses to help rural and township entrepreneurs and their clients connect more easily.

The KZN police have appealed to the public to be on the lookout for two men who can assist them in a kidnapping and robbery incident at the Workshop bus terminal in April.