Thousands of Alexandra residents looted grocery shops, bottle stores and furniture shops in the Pan Africa Mall in Johannesburg, on July 12 2021. (Thulani Mbele)
Widespread protests have erupted across KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng, with shops looted and stores and vehicles torched.
A man caught looting inside a Cambridge Food store in Vosloorus, east of Johannesburg, is arrested by a police officer on July 12 2021. (Alaister Russell/The Sunday Times)
The rioting was sparked by protests around the incarceration of former president Jacob Zuma.
This week's horrific events have cost SA dearly, in loss of life and severe injury, in lives placed in mortal danger, and in jobs and economic opportunities lost, says the writer. (Alaister Russell/Sunday Times)
On Monday, cabinet decided to deploy members of the military in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng to deal with the protests and criminality.
People flee after looting a Cambridge food store in Vosloorus, east of Johannesburg. (Alaister Russell/The Sunday Times)
A police officer arrests a looter inside a Cambridge Food store in Vosloorus on July 12 2021. (Alaister Russell/The Sunday Times)
A police officer walks through a looted store in Vosloorus on July 12 2021. On Friday evening president Cyril Ramaphosa admitted that the country was poorly prepared to deal with the riots. (Alaister Russell/The Sunday Times)
People looting a shop in Durban flee from a police officer on July 12 2021 during the riots in KwaZulu-Natal. (SANDILE NDLOVU/File)
People believed to be supporters of former president Jacob Zuma burned and looted shops in Durban on July 12 2021. (SANDILE NDLOVU)
It is only a matter of time before more transport companies follow suit as the government drags its feet over policy changes in the road freight industry. (SANDILE NDLOVU/File photo)
A torched vehicle abandoned on a road in Durban on July 12 2021. (SANDILE NDLOVU)
