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24 April 2022 - 00:00

Bloodied white towels and bank notes lie scattered on the floor of an old bank in Pretoria. Smoke from a recently detonated grenade fills the room. But more disturbing is the apartheid flag hanging on the wall. Outside the Cape Dutch-styled building men in khaki military gear and bulletproof vests loiter around Church Square...

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