How much was really lost in KZN's looting and arson: A look at the numbers

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On a realistic note, it is going to take quite a while for us to rebuild and truly replace the livelihoods, financial investments, and years of hard work that the #KZNShutdown brutally and so easily burned down in more or a less a week.

We are painfully looking at an overall amount of a R20-billion taint on KwaZulu-Natal's GDP - in simple terms, this means that our economy has lost that much money. The producers, the businesses, the government, and the consumers are all affected, therefore this weakens our economy even more with this hard knock.

Take a listen to how hard a knock
21 Jul 2021 3AM English South Africa Society & Culture · Daily News

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