Closed mall means pain for Edendale community

People in the area are still paying the price of the unrest in the form of high taxi fares to the city and greater inconvenience

24 July 2022 - 00:00 By Mfundo Mkhize

Ncamisile Vertuin, 42, who lives in Machibisa in the shadow of Pietermaritzburg’s Edendale Mall, now has to travel 10km by taxi to buy necessities for her family...

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