'Where I would pay R15, I now had to pay R20'- Looters cash in again on pillaging

18 July 2021 - 00:00 By BELINDA PHETO and KGAUGELO MASWENENG

Many Soweto residents had to bury their scruples this week and go to the same looters who had ransacked their shops to buy such staples as bread...

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