Criminal proceedings against Mbuso Moloi, who has come to be known as the ‘Mercedes Woolies Looter’, continue.
In order to communicate with one another, many residents used an app that turns your phone into a walkie-talkie of sorts. It wasn’t long before those looking to loot caught on.
South Africans will never forget the scenes of unrest that swept across large parts of the country last month.
Mbuso Moloi, who has come to be known as the ‘Mercedes Woolies Looter’ in the past few weeks, appeared in court again today.
Mbuso Moloi, perhaps best known as the ‘Mercedes Woolies looter’, was caught out in a web of lies after footage showed him leaving a Durban outlet.
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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.
Some KwaZulu-Natal residents paid as much as R180 000 for flights to Cape Town and R90 000 to Gauteng last week.
I know, you probably saw this video last week already. No harm in watching it again before you carry on with your day.
None of this is to excuse what has happened, but it is worth revisiting how gross inequality and poverty have helped fuel the past week’s events.
It doesn’t seem to matter that the cameras are rolling, because it’s been total and utter anarchy in parts of the country.
A video filmed last night has gone viral, showing a man playing the bagpipes in La Lucia, KwaZulu-Natal, as community watch group members stand guard.
Western Cape Premier Alan Winde said that widely shared messages talking about seven Cape malls being targeted “drove me mad last night”.
What we have witnessed this past week or so are not merely random acts of violence, but rather a planned and executed “insurrection”, using social media mobilisation and the know-how of former uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) operatives.
The man filmed exiting a Durban Woolies as it was looted and hopping into a Mercedes-Benz has flatly denied any wrongdoing. Twitter sleuths never rest, though.
Sorry in advance. Feel free to exit stage left if you don’t want to go down this road, or just need a break from all of the negativity.
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.