Riots in South Africa

[Ill_Evan]

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Violent protests in South Africa linked to last week’s arrest of former President Jacob Zuma have spread to Johannesburg, the nation’s economic hub, with another major road shuttered.

That followed the closure of a key trade route in the country’s eastern KwaZulu-Natal province after trucks were torched on Friday night. Parts of the N3 Toll Route, which links the port city of Durban with important business districts in the Gauteng province, have reopened, yet access to the M2 highway in Johannesburg is restricted in some areas after violence erupted in the city overnight.

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Things are looking hectic, I'm not convinced it's all about Zuma, rather more opportunistic crowds of people who have been at home without work for far too long due to lockdowns and businesses flopping, as well as the truck drivers pushing against foreign workers. Although there are large swaths of people who genuinely believe Zuma was imprisoned without trial, which is total bs. His foundation is spreading the lie that is he was imprisoned without trial and they should be held accountable for the damage currently being caused. 

With the army getting involved, I hope it doesn't come to a situation like in Eswatini. The SANDF in these situations are to act in tandem with the SAPS but with the SAPS being stretched so thin (and in some videos, even looting for themselves) the army will have to act independently, and we saw how well that went during the initial lockdown last year. Marikana 2.0 anyone? 

Here's wishing safety to our members in the KZN and Joburg city areas. There is talk of a state of emergency being announced due to these riots and immediate curfew being implemented. Kinda getting an Arab Spring vibe actually 

[GreenGrow Garden Route]

Yeah man this his outa hand.. Keep safe guys and gals..

[John Stonedwell]

19 minutes ago, Ill_Evan said:

Things are looking hectic, I'm not convinced it's all about Zuma, rather more opportunistic crowds of people who have been at home without work for far too long due to lockdowns and businesses flopping, as well as the truck drivers pushing against foreign workers. Although there are large swaths of people who genuinely believe Zuma was imprisoned without trial, which is total bs. His foundation is spreading the lie that is he was imprisoned without trial and they should be held accountable for the damage currently being caused. 

With the army getting involved, I hope it doesn't come to a situation like in Eswatini. The SANDF in these situations are to act in tandem with the SAPS but with the SAPS being stretched so thin (and in some videos, even looting for themselves) the army will have to act independently, and we saw how well that went during the initial lockdown last year. Marikana 2.0 anyone? 

Here's wishing safety to our members in the KZN and Joburg city areas. There is talk of a state of emergency being announced due to these riots and immediate curfew being implemented. Kinda getting an Arab Spring vibe actually 

Very well said man. And your analysis of the current socio-political dynamic is spot on.

Hope all our members in those areas are safe.

[420SA]

Very worrying

A civil war was always on the cards if JZ went to jail but you definitely right, we've reached the tipping point for a country that's on its knees. Was a matter of time before there was major revolt, it just needed a catalyst.  The Zuma situation may not be entirely to blame for all this mess but there are elements connected to him that will find ways to motivate the people to do this shit. Those very elements that allowed JZ and his buddies to flourish when he was in power... which he still holds a lot of to this day. That same propaganda engine is firing at all cylinders now

This country's poorest have been looking for a real reason to release their frustrations and many reasons are being thrown at them now. Very volatile right now

Next up, Malema and his "fighters"...