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Doornkop

Doornkop residents barricade R558 in Soweto over electricity cuts

By Mia Lindeque

Motorists have been urged to avoid the area, as the street has been blocked off with debris.

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  • FILE: Burundi national Harayandi Moustapha (left) watches as looters carry out what is left of his spaza shop and its contents. It was first looted and burnt the night before. Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN.

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  • FILE: A spaza shop in Snake Park where 14-yr-old Siphiwe Mahori was shot and killed has been bricked up by its owners. Picture: Dineo Bendile/EWN.

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  • Foreign nationals owning spaza shops grabbed what they could and brought it to this sanctuary in Mayfair, Johannesburg. Foreign spaza shop owners were forced to flee Soweto after they were targeted by residents who looted their shops. Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN

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  • Foreign nationals owning spaza shops grabbed what they could and brought it to this sanctuary in Mayfair, Johannesburg. Foreign spaza shop owners were forced to flee Soweto after they were targeted by residents who looted their shops. Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN

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  • A group of looters breaking into a foreign-owned store in White City, Soweto on 22 January 2014. Picture: Gia Nicolaides/EWN

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  • A group of looters break into a foreign-owned store in White City, Soweto on 22 January 2014. Picture: SA Crime Fighters via Twitter

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  • Foreign owned shops were closed on Friday morning after wide spread looting that lasted through Thursday night. Picture: Gia Nicolaides/EWN

    Soweto pupils warned not to participate in looting

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    2757 days ago
  • A group of looters break into a foreign-owned store in White City, Soweto on 22 January 2014. Picture: Gia Nicolaides/EWN.

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  • The aftermath of a business which was looted in Soweto on 21 January 2015. Picture: Gia Nicolaides/EWN

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  • A foreign-owned shop in Soweto which was looted on 21 January 2015. Picture: Gia Nicolaides/EWN

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  • Police were deployed to Snake Park, Doornkop where foreign-owned shops were looted by angry residents on 20 January 2015. Picture: Thando Kubheka/EWN

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    2759 days ago
  • One of the foreign-owned shops that was looted in Zola, Soweto after a teenager was gunned down on Monday. Picture: Thando Kubheka/EWN.

    Looting of foreign-owned shops spreads across Soweto

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    2760 days ago
  • Police have been deployed to Snake Park where foreign owned shops have been looted by angry residents on 20 January 2015. Picture: Thando Kubheka/EWN

    Tensions flare, looting spreads after Soweto teen shot

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