South Africans will never forget the scenes of unrest that swept across large parts of the country last month.
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In KwaZulu-Natal, a large blue sofa that was taken during last week’s looting had Twitter sleuths digging around.
According to filmmaker Anthony George Kirkwood, “no one could train you for what we have witnessed on the frontline”.
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If you’re tired of reading about the looting and destruction, which is understandable, then I would recommend one final story on the matter.
It doesn’t seem to matter that the cameras are rolling, because it’s been total and utter anarchy in parts of the country.
Western Cape Premier Alan Winde said that widely shared messages talking about seven Cape malls being targeted “drove me mad last night”.
The tool tracks incidents of violence, looting, arson, protests, and other instability using only credible, verifiable reports.
It’s easy to blame those stoking the fires on social media, and they do shoulder a large burden of responsibility, but there are also forces operating in the shadows.
When your citizens have so little, for so long, and their pleas for assistance go unanswered, desperation sets in. Some of the looting, however, was indefensible.
The past few weeks, South Africans have seen many videos of shops being looted. This time, the shop owners fought back.
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