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Members of the military keep guard outside looted shops as the country deploys army to quell unrest linked to jailing of former President Jacob Zuma, in Soweto, South Africa, July 13, 2021. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko
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South Africa failed to foresee, disrupt deadly unrest, report says

The violence was sparked by the imprisonment of former president Jacob Zuma for defying a court order to testify at a corruption inquiry and fanned by anger over the poverty and inequality that...

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Africa

Nearly 80 dead from Tropical Storm Ana in southern Africa

Members of the Khoi, an indigenous group, picket outside the high court during a hearing, as they oppose development of the new Africa headquarters and residential buildings of U.S. retail giant Amazon, in Cape Town, South Africa, January 21, 2022. REUTERS/Shafiek Tassiem
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S.African court postpones ruling on objection to Amazon HQ on sacred land

A medical worker wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) takes a swab sample from a man, as South Africa starts to relax some aspects of a stringent nationwide coronavirus disease (Covid-19) lockdown in Diepsloot near Johannesburg, South Africa, May 8, 2020. Photo :Reuters
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South African studies suggest Omicron has higher 'asymptomatic carriage'

Zandile Christmas Mafe, a suspect accused of breaking into Parliament when the fire started, appears in the Cape Town Magistrate Court, in Cape Town, South Africa, January 4, 2022. Photo :Reuters
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South Africa parliament blaze contained; National Assembly 'completely destroyed'

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Wind restarts fire engulfing South Africa's parliament

Firefighters work among the smoke after a fire broke out in the Parliament in Cape Town, South Africa, January 2, 2022. Photo :Reuters
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Suspect arrested in connection with South African parliament fire

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Firefighters battle blaze at South African parliament building in Cape Town

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Fire at South African parliament in Cape Town

The Dean of St. George's Cathedral Michael Weeder and Archbishop of Cape Town Thabo Makgoba stand at the casket containing the body of Archbishop Desmond Tutu at St. Georges Cathedral, in Cape Town, South Africa, December 30, 2021. Photo :Reuters
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South Africa's anti-apartheid veteran Tutu to be laid to rest in state funeral

Passengers queue to get a PCR test against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) before traveling on international flights, at OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa, 26 November, 2021. PHOTO: REUTERS/Sumaya Hisham
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South Africa lifts curfew as it says Covid-19 fourth wave peaks

The casket containing the body of Archbishop Desmond Tutu arrives at St Georges cathedral for his lying in state, in Cape Town, South Africa, December 30, 2021. Photo :Reuters
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South Africa's anti-apartheid hero Tutu to lie in state at St.George's Cathedral

A woman wearing a protective face mask against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) and a plastic bag on her head to protect from the rain looks on, as the new Omicron coronavirus variant spreads, at Tsomo, a town in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa, December 2, 2021. Picture taken December 2, 2021. Photo :Reuters
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South Africa recalls new isolation and quarantine rules