‘I thought it was bomb’: Hawkers tell of their narrow escape in Joburg CBD explosion

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‘I thought it was bomb’: Hawkers tell of their narrow escape in Joburg CBD explosion
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One of the informal traders who was selling along Bree Street when the Wednesday explosion took place has detailed how he was flung into the air after which he ran for his life, forgetting about the customer he was selling to.

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Hawker Samuel Mlambo was applying a screen protector to a cellphone for a customer on Wednesday afternoon when a huge explosion blasted them into the air...From World War 1 to present-day cosmopolitan South Africa and beyond, the Sunday Times has been a pillar in covering the stories that matter to you.

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