
Counting the business cost of violence in South Africa
Business people in South Africa are cleaning up and counting the cost of looted businesses.
Business people in South Africa are counting the cost of the violence and looting of their businesses over the last few days, this amid reports of a looming shortage of essential supplies.
Police in Kenya have arrested a 20-year-old man for kidnapping and killing more than 10 children over the past 5 years.
And we hear about an art exhibition highlighting the challenges of being gay in Uganda and other parts Africa, which is currently underway in London.
(Picture: A volunteer cleans up in Anton Lembede street in central Durban on July 14, 2021 after several shops, businesses and infrastructure were damaged in the city, following five nights of continued violence and looting sparked by the jailing of ex-president Jacob Zuma. Credit: Photo by RAJESH JANTILAL/AFP via Getty Images)
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