Phoenix community on a healing journey
A gathering has been organised to commemorate one of the darkest periods in South African history.
July unrest anniversary | Four years since looting, chaos, and bloodshed
It's meant to start a healing process and foster reconciliation.
Over 300 people were killed and businesses looted in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng, after the arrest of former president Jacob Zuma.
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