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Relative calm

Al Jazeera’s Haru Mutasa, reporting from Johannesburg, said the situation in the city was relatively calm on Thursday and that people from the community were helping shop owners who lost their belongings during the protests.

“They have been cleaning up the streets, helping shop owners remove what’s been damaged, and trying to set things up again so they can start running smoothly.”

Mutasa said army personnel have been deployed outside shopping malls and businesses in Johannesburg to prevent any further looting.

With the additional 25000 additional army personnel providing security, doubt looting and unrest continue.

With the economic damage brought by these recent events, the more push for the Revival of the all reliable cashcow, mining.