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Man survives ordeal with kidnappers demanding bitcoin

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A Gauteng financial adviser who was kidnapped by four men who demanded his bitcoin expressed relief after escaping the ordeal.

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Internet cafe owner weighs up cost of restarting

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Internet cafe owner weighs up cost of restarting

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As the news of looting and vandalism of business spread throughout Soweto on Sunday night last week, Thabang Madikila was alerted just before his bedtime that his small business was also not spared.

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‘I’ve never felt this kind of pain in my life’

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‘I’ve never felt this kind of pain in my life’

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Thandi Johnson is in deep emotional anguish after seeing her life’s work destroyed by the looting that ravaged her store in Diepkloof, Soweto, last week.

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'Beware of overseas purchases'

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The digital age has made the world smaller. Consumers can now buy things directly from the country that manufactures them. This is a convenient way of shopping but what many consumers don’t take into account is how their consumer rights might be affected, and whether they even have any rights?

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Over 10 years of sacrifice, sweat looted away

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Over 10 years of sacrifice, sweat looted away

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Zodwa Hlongwa felt like her life had come to an end when she realised that her bed store was ransacked by hordes of people who left nothing but destruction in their wake.

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Onion&All, unique kasi eatery on its knees

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Onion&All, unique kasi eatery on its knees

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The owners of Onion&All, a slick kasi cafe, have been left disheartened when their establishment fell prey to looters.

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Follow Madiba’s example, says UN

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The Nelson Mandela Foundation (NMF) has urged South Africans to heed the call by the UN to champion for peace, vaccination equality and the struggle against poverty in order to grow the legacy of the former statesman.

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Nigeria puts six states on COVID-19 red alert, curbs gatherings

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Nigeria puts six states on COVID-19 red alert, curbs gatherings

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Nigeria has put six states on red alert after seeing a "worrisome" rise in COVID-19 infections, a government official said, urging people to curb gatherings and hold prayers outside mosques during this week's Muslim festival Eid-el-Kabir.

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Avoid touching marine life amid chemical spills and smouldering factories

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Avoid touching marine life amid chemical spills and smouldering factories

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Repeated attacks and the torching of a new warehouse in KwaZulu-Natal's Umhlanga area have sparked concerns of air pollution and toxic spills in the area.

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Riots a 'counterrevolutionary insurgency', says Mbeki Foundation

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Riots a 'counterrevolutionary insurgency', says Mbeki Foundation

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During a week of unprecedented violence and chaos since the advent of democracy, South Africans tasted the “bitter fruits of a counterrevolutionary insurgency” that has been “germinating in the bowels of state capture”.

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Alleged looter's body found in ruins of rammed guard house

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Alleged looter's body found in ruins of rammed guard house

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Paramedics and police have discovered the body of an alleged looter under a collapsed guard house rammed by a truck during riots in Pinetown, KwaZulu-Natal.

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