
Clean-up operations are under way at the UPL chemical plant in Cornubia, Durban.
Thabiso Goba
As businesses in KwaZulu-Natal, Gauteng and around the country count the cost of last week's unrest, it is clear that the only certainty that arises from the bedlam is that the damage wrought to businesses, jobs and the economy will be felt for years to come.