Violent opportunists charge ‘toll fees’ for north coast community to cross river

Workers and children cut off from farms and schools by bridge collapse in KZN floods

31 July 2022 - 00:00

A group of violent opportunists charged a KwaZulu-Natal north coast community — still reeling from the destructive April floods — R5 per person to use their makeshift bridge to cross a river that separates residents from their workplaces, schools, shops and clinics...

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