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Craig Behrens spent 26 years building a business. Now everything is burned to the ground. How did things go so wrong in South Africa?

Three weeks have passed since the worst unrest since apartheid broke out in South Africa.

Shops were looted. Shopping malls burned to the ground. At least 337 people died.

The material damage amounts to almost NOK 30 billion. A massive cleaning job is underway.

The country is starting to get back on its feet. But the root of the unrest is not gone.

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South Africa rises after weeks of violence and looting. Who is to blame for it going so wrong?

26 years. That was the time it took for Craig Behrens to start his business.

The hardware store became something he could be proud of. It provided food on the table for him, his wife and their four children.

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