As the looting continues in some parts of KwaZulu Natal, other parts are fighting back and yet others have been left with nothing
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The organisation serves 1 250 registered organisations around South Africa, including old age homes, homeless people shelters, centres for abused women, orphanages and healthcare facilities, providing food for 650 000 people daily
Natjoints reports 1 234 arrests, including two police reservists and N Cape and Mpumalanga offenders
People plundering shops and malls has spread, leaving a trail of devastation and loss of income and jobs
The ongoing taxi war in the Western Cape claimed the lives of three more people on Tuesday as the province braces itself for the possibility of the looting that has rocked Gauteng and KwaZulu-Nata
The private security guards were also first responders in some cases, and their helicopters provided information on emerging hotspots
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This is not a protest, it is a ripple effect of poverty
The pillaging and destruction, which started in KwaZulu-Natal in reaction to former president Jacob Zuma’s incarceration, has been hijacked by residents and non-ANC members
Ramaphosa said opportunistic acts of criminality had no grievance or political cause that can justify violence and destruction
Any gains made at the beginning of the year could be undone as the protests and the ongoing Covid-19 lockdown threaten business confidence