South African President Cyril Ramaphosa was due to visit KwaZulu-Natal province - one of the flashpoints of a spasm of violence and heartland of support for his predecessor Jacob Zuma - on Friday as the unrest appeared to abating.
Some companies worked to restart operations after days of looting and arson that destroyed hundreds of businesses and left more than 100 people dead.
Ramaphosa's office said the president would visit KwaZulu-Natal to assess the impact of the violence. It swiftly degenerated into looting and destruction, driven by widespread anger over the poverty and inequality that persist nearly three decades after the end of white minority rule. But pockets of unrest remained, with eNCA television reporting that a business park was torched overnight in Isipingo, a town south of Durban in KwaZulu-Natal.
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