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People flee after looting a Cambridge food store in Vosloorus, east of Johannesburg, earlier this week.Image: Alaister Russell/The Sunday Times
LARGE GATHERINGS

Government lifts ban on large gatherings in bid to quell unrest

The government has lifted the ban on gatherings with immediate effect. In a notice published in the government gazette on July 14‚ co-operative governance and traditional affairs (Cogta) minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma said regulation 21…

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The Sapref refinery in south Durban has stopped operations amid ongoing violence in KZN. File picture.Image: Sandile Ndlovu
GAUTENG

Fuel refinery confirms shutdown amid ongoing violence in KZN and Gauteng

SA’s largest crude-oil refinery‚ Sapref‚ has shut down operations amid the ongoing violence in KwaZulu-Natal. The refinery‚ in the South Durban Basin‚ sent out an alert on Tuesday citing force majeure linked to the violence‚ which started…

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