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The anti-immigration violence in Soweto and Durban, and Home Affairs' hasty withdrawal of its asylum directive, dominated bulletins and call-ins on every news-carrying station. Navi Pillay's Nobel Peace Prize and the row Donald Trump picked over it offered a striking counterpoint, while looming record fuel prices and repeated bulletins on the Gupta-linked mine rehabilitation convictions kept money and accountability on air. Durban's sporting weekend went ahead despite the unrest, and Sundowns lifted the MTN8.