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On July 14th, the South African government is mulling increase the military deployment to curb unrest to 25,000 personnel.
The initial number was 2,500, then it was increased to 5,000 but that evidently has no effect.
The violent riots and looting are in their sixth day, amid fears of food and fuel shortages as disruption to farming, manufacturing and oil refining began to worsen.
Seventy-two people have died and more than 1,200 people have been arrested, according to official figures, since former president Jacob Zuma began a 15-month jail term, sparking protests that swiftly turned violent.
The government said 208 incidents of looting and vandalism were recorded on July 14th alone, as the number of troops deployed was initially doubled to 5,000.
Defense Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula told parliament she had “submitted a request for deployment of plus-minus 25,000” soldiers. Troop deployments are authorized by the president.
Luca16 commented on MailOnline: We need help! We are trapped in our towns, they have blocked the roads. The shops are closed or looted. We are… https://t.co/d6s12Q20jX #SouthAfricaIsBurning #Durban
— NewEraNews (@_NewEraNews_) July 15, 2021
Look at this mess in Durban#ShutdownSouthAfrica #ShutdownSA #SouthAfricaIsBurning pic.twitter.com/RcHARPP4lB
— john vaselyne (@vaselyne) July 15, 2021
Over the 6 days, the country’s consumer goods regulatory body estimated that more than 800 retail shops had been looted.
President Cyril Ramaphosa met leaders of political parties and cautioned that parts of the country “may soon be running short of basic provisions following the extensive disruption of food, fuel and medicine supply chains”.
State-owned logistics operator Transnet declared a “force majeure on a key rail line that links Johannesburg to the coast because of the unrest.
In the port city of Durban, hundreds of people queued outside food stores hours before they opened, as lines of cars also formed outside fuel stations, an AFP photographer saw.
Images of crowds of looters hauling away refrigerators, large televisions, microwave ovens and crates of food and alcohol have been a visceral shock for many South Africans.
The new king of the Zulu community, Misuzulu Zulu, said violence had brought “great shame” on his people.
“This chaos is destroying the economy, and it is the poor who will suffer the most,” warned the monarch, who has moral influence over Zulus but no executive powers.
“This is unprecedented economic damage that is taking place,” Mohale agreed.
Now I understand the reason why Zim government deploy soldiers in the streets very quickly when there is demonstrations#SouthAfricaIsBurning pic.twitter.com/WL5vyNNYB7
— Cheesebouy (@CheesebouyM) July 15, 2021
I came across this video too.#ShutdownSA #SouthAfricaIsBurning #SouthAfricaShutDown
pic.twitter.com/PZm7TjFVCd— WHOOPTY (@Whoopting) July 15, 2021
A escala de saques e destruição na #África do Sul é difícil de entender. Parece #MadMax, #WorldWarZ ou #WalkingDead. Uma coisa é certa, #SouthAfricaIsBurning. É uma questão de tempo até o mesmo acontecer nos EUA e na Europa Ocidental também. pic.twitter.com/0orkYOJfIb
— Davi (@ivabdavi) July 15, 2021
It could be that potentially the violence is subsiding, as people can be seen attempting to gather and clean up and restore some order.
Diepkloof Community embark on Operation Clean Up this morning at Diepkloof Square #SouthAfricaIsBurning pic.twitter.com/liogPnBQpe
— Shaz (@Shaz_Seretlo) July 15, 2021
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The army is bancrupt from corruption.
Okay now boys and girls, stop the looting, burning, killing and mayhem. You had your fun. Now go back to being South Africans and stop acting like the savages in the thousands of violent, crime-infested, degenerate, unlivable American ghettos.
Mad Max Fury Road is a Tuesday in SA.
This is entirely Western liberalism/Marxism at work. When the country was run by Whites it was prosperous and safe. Now the jungle bunnies have rein and guess what comes with jungle bunnies? That’s right, the jungle.