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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Jason Burke

South African police disperse crowd calling for aid after flooding

Residents collecting water from pipe under subsided road
Residents collecting clean water from a broken pipe sticking out from a collapsed embankment on the side of a road in Amaoti, north of Durban. Photograph: Marco Longari/AFP/Getty

Police in South Africa have used stun grenades to disperse a crowd calling for more and better official aid for victims of the lethal floods earlier this week.

The demonstration on Thursday briefly blocked a major highway in the eastern city of Durban, where more than 300 people have died in flooding in recent days.

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