Three firearms confiscated, a go-slow from taxi drivers and spaza shop owners bolting their doors this was the aftermath of the clashes that saw eight taxis set alight and three Gqeberha township shops go up in flames.
Despite matric pupils being thrown yet another curveball on an already hard road through high school, Nelson Mandela Bay principals believe they will be ready for the final examinations in October.
Physically and emotionally exhausted from fighting the Covid-19 pandemic on the front line for the past year, burnt-out healthcare workers say a sense of compassion fatigue is setting in, as nearly all the lives they are fighting to save are those of the unvaccinated.
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The South African Police Service and the Nelson Mandela Bay municipality have renewed calls for calm, with mounting tensions between taxi operators and e-hailing drivers akin to a powder keg ready to explode.