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A total of 354 deaths, R50 billion in damages, 150 000 jobs lost, and zero convictions. One year after the July unrest, nobody has been arrested for masterminding the chaos. | azarrahk

An elderly woman screams as she is arrested by a police member following looting and vandalism at the Lotsoho Mall in Katlehong township, east of Johannesburg.A total of 354 deaths, R50 billion in damages, 150 000 jobs lost, and zero convictions.

The hope of justice for the families who lost loved ones in the riots that swept through KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng in July last year has seemingly slipped out of reach, as cases go cold and prominent instigators remain untouched.

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