South Africa Mops Up After Violent Protests Shake the Nation

  • Social, economic toll still being measured; over 200 dead
  • Ramaphosa deploys thousands of troops to restore calm

Empty shelves inside a Shoprite Holdings Ltd. USave supermarket following rioting in the Soweto district of Johannesburg.

Photographer: Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg
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Clean-up operations continue in South Africa after violent unrest was stemmed by military intervention, with major roads reopened across KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng provinces.