Death toll in recent South Africa unrest rises to 337 - minister

Rioting in South Africa this month has claimed 337 lives, the government said on Thursday, marking yet another jump in the death toll from the 276 announced the previous day.

Reuters WORLD

Published July 22,2021

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South Africa's police has revised upwards the death toll from recent unrest to 337, cabinet minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni said on Thursday.

On Wednesday the death toll had stood at 276.