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  • A member of the anti-immigration vigilante group known as Operation Dudula is arrested by police during a protest staged by the group during the G20 leaders summit near Nasrec in Johannesburg, South Africa. - Ihsaan Haffejee
  • Over a thousand people gathered at Constitutional Hill Precinct in Johannesburg to demonstrate against GBV - Ihsaan Haffejee
  • Demonstrators dressed in black gathered on the Sea Point promenade in Cape Town to show solidarity with those affected by gender-based violence - Ashraf Hendricks
  • Helen Bowden Nurses Home - Matthew Hirsch
  • A photovoltaic power plant near Douglas in the Northern Cape harnesses 22MW of energy from sun, enough to power 14,000 homes. This plant was established by Herbert Solar (owned by Old Mutual, AE AMD Renewable Energy (Pty) Ltd, Exoport 12 (Pty) Ltd, and Herbert Educational Trust No. 1) covers 127 hectares and feeds Eskom’s Herbert power station. - Steve Kretzmann

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