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Andile Lungisa, former ANCYL deputy president, says he was supportive of protests against ‘the unjust arrest of [former] president Jacob Zuma but I never advocated for any violence’. File photo.Image: Eugene Coetzee
ANDILE LUNGISA

It’s a lie I was involved in bid to stage a coup d’etat‚ says Andile Lungisa

Former ANC Youth League (ANCYL) deputy president Andile Lungisa says he was interrogated for allegedly “assembling an arsenal” for the purposes of overthrowing the state. According to Lungisa‚ officials who identified themselves as…

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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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WATCH JHB CBD protests claim two more lives, despite calls for peace

Johannesburg’s CBD was again the scene of violence and looting on September 8 2019. Former IFP leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi visited Jeppestown in an attempt to call for peace. The community did not take his words well, marching as he spoke.

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