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On Tuesday pharmacist Jubi Nxumalo, executive director of Junxion Pharmacies, was counting his losses in Katlehong, Gauteng. Junxion Pharmacies has three branches, in Spruitview, Katlehong and OR Tambo International.
In Katlehong, the pharmacy was burnt to the ground, while the OR Tambo branch was unscathed. On Tuesday Nxumalo was still trying to save what was left of the other pharmacy. He tells Spotlight besides the medicine, all the computers were taken, including the USBs on which their backup files were stored.
Nxumalo says there is already anxiety from patients about medicine. “I’m just trying to save what I can,” he says in between shouting orders of what to pack up and what to leave in the looted pharmacy. ....

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