Sounds truly awful and we can only hope that your family come through it safely. Is there any concerted response yet from the authorities?
Buckman, Hope your family come through this unscathed.
My mother comes from Durban, but luckily all her family moved back to the UK many years back. I was offered a job there some years ago, but declined as even then things were always dubious and now seem to be far worse.
My mother comes from Durban, but luckily all her family moved back to the UK many years back. I was offered a job there some years ago, but declined as even then things were always dubious and now seem to be far worse.
They have deployed some SADF (Army) personnel to protect the police, but army cannot actually get involved in preventing the looting for obvious reasons as it will reflect back to the old apartheid days.
I should add that this is mostly confined to the Kwazulu Natal and Gauteng regions. Either region is about the same size as England. There are other sporadic incidents in the Eastern Cape.
I am getting regular video footage from relatives and it is totally shocking the needless destruction never mind the looting. This is going to make decades for SA to recover as losses are estimated at the billions of Rands and this is in addition to the loss of life.
Thanks to all those that offered sympathies. Last night they were able to have a night's sleep as looters have moved on nothing left to steal. They are going to try and get bread and milk today as yesterday the quote was 4 hours long and then the shop had to close early so going back today. Quite a long drive to the shop and back especially when there is no fuel available. They are safe which is the main thing!
Buckman, glad it has quietened down for your family, when We lived in Nigeria during problems , we always had frezzers filled with enough food for a month, at least 6 barrels of fuel for the landrover, ensured the armed gate guards had food, and their immidate families were inside our compounds.
Our house had two generators, with fuel for two weeks
Safe rooms, with power and water, 1000, Litres. On the roof. .
I will admit that it looked pretty nasty.
As I say, glad your family are safe. Not great when your not there to help.
Our house had two generators, with fuel for two weeks
Safe rooms, with power and water, 1000, Litres. On the roof. .
I will admit that it looked pretty nasty.
As I say, glad your family are safe. Not great when your not there to help.
Although it has quietened down in their area due to there being no goods to loot, the looting is still going on in other areas. Apparently they are bring milk and bread down to Kwazulu Natal using heavily armed police escort. There may be light at the end of the tunnel. This whole scenario was totally unexpected and caught every one on the back foot.
As a follow up on the situation with food etc. The bank where daughter's hubby works as a contractor gave them two large food parcels. Every employee at the bank got exactly the same for their family. The food parcels were very substantial even had some luxury items.
The food parcels were brought down from bank's head office in Pretoria by a heavily armed escort. More parcels are on the way as no supermarkets are opening at present as no stock and they need to cleared up first.
The food parcels were brought down from bank's head office in Pretoria by a heavily armed escort. More parcels are on the way as no supermarkets are opening at present as no stock and they need to cleared up first.
Time for your family to be concentrating their efforts on getting to a safe country now hopefully Buckman.
Kev
Kev
They were looking at emigrating to NZ but Covid stopped that and now there is a very long delay. Now easier to look at moving to UK due to British ancestry.
TBH I think it is the beginning of the end! I do not generally read this newspaper, but read here and decide. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...fear-fresh-wave-of-violence-by-zuma-loyalists
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