South Africa Unrest: Food & fuel supplies running short | Latest World English News

South Africa Unrest: Food & fuel supplies running short | Latest World English News

Moving on now, unrest continues to rage in South Africa for the 6th straight days since former president Jacob Zuma began his 15-month jail term.

Protests that swiftly turned violence have stoked fears of food and fuel shortages.

72 people have died and more than, 1200people have been arrested after looting spread through Durban, residents lined up outside shuttered shops to get whatever food was available.

This after the government announced that days of protests, looting and riots could lead to food and medicine shortages.

In the next few weeks, the government has been under pressure to increase boots on the ground to quickly put a lid on the violence.

Pummeling an already struggling economy, it has now sought to deploy around 250 troops to curb the disorder.

Dozens of men took matters into their own hands and cracked down on looters.

Undeterred by security forces, looting has hit supply chains and transport links, especially in the southeastern province of KwaZula Natal.

The violence has escalated, wrecking hundreds of businesses.

Dozens of cars have been burnt.

Many small, medium-sized and micro enterprise businesses have been destroyed in the unrest.

The country's consumer goods regulatory body estimated that more than 800 retail shops had been looted following the extensive disruption of food, fuel and medicine supply chains.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has cautioned that parts of the country may soon be running short of basic provisions.

The one way that summarizes the impact is catastrophic because even before the pandemic started and the current mayhem started, SMEs were already undergoing some deep conditions.

Already buckling under the pressures of the COVID-19 pandemic and high unemployment, small businesses are the hardest hit and may not recover from the unrest.

The South African Property Owners Association has revealed that more than 200 malls have been looted or destroyed and over 600 stores burned or damaged so far.

A 15-year-old boy was killed by a stray bullet in a Johannesburg township.

Acting minister in the presidency has appealed for calm, asking residents to resist the urge to stock upon supplies to avoid spreading covert 19 we urge members of the public to remain calm and exercise restrained during these trying times.

The government is working with the National Consumer Goods Council to ensure food security.

If we have members of the public flocking into the shops and malls to buy foodstuff, we're also risking the spread of covered.

19 we understand the concern for community, for their safety and their need to protect their properties.

We would like to urge these communities to work with the law enforcement agencies to stop diluting and violence and to operate within the rule of law. The violence has also disrupted the coronavirus vaccine rollout and medicine deliveries to hospitals with more than two 2 million infections, the country is in the midst of a brutal virus. Third Wave.

We would like to urge these communities to work with the law enforcement agencies to stop diluting and violence and to operate within the rule of law.

The violence has also disrupted the coronavirus vaccine rollout and medicine deliveries to hospitals with more than two 2 million infections, the country is in the midst of a brutal virus. Third Wave.

The violence has also disrupted the coronavirus vaccine rollout and medicine deliveries to hospitals with more than two 2 million infections, the country is in the midst of a brutal virus.

Third Wave.