July riots left 2m jobless, wiped R50bn from economy, s... - Daily Maverick

The President admitted that the state had failed to quash the unrest, but reiterated his ‘attempted insurrection’ stance at the South African Human Rights Commission’s hearings into the deadly July 2021 riots.

President Cyril Ramaphosa told the South African Human Rights Commission on Thursday that nearly two million people were left unemployed and more than R50-billion had been wiped off the economy due t… [+8892 chars]

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