Bakeries in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng have resumed baking bread a week after being forced to close shop as looters targeted their production facilities, keeping staff away from work.

The closure of the N3 highway between Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal also prevented wheat reaching commercial bakeries, resulting in acute shortages and long queues. ..

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