My country is burning

Trevor · July 12, 2021, 06:19:40 PM

The former President of SA Jacob Zuma was sentenced to 15 months jail for contempt of court: violence against authorities was threatened and then this happened:

https://www.news24.com/news24/southafrica/news/live-zumaunrest-durban-high-court-closes-kzn-pharmacies-pause-vaccinations-as-riots-spread-20210712

Widespread looting across two major cities, people have been injured, people have died: cry, my beloved country.

LilCerberus · July 12, 2021, 06:30:57 PM

Stay safe

RCMerchant · July 12, 2021, 06:51:18 PM

Damn.

Looks like the USA.
I'm sorry, man. It's scary sh!t. Stay safe my friend.

bob · July 12, 2021, 10:16:16 PM

stay safe Trevor

Allhallowsday · July 12, 2021, 11:03:03 PM

We are thinking about you. Keep us posted.

lester1/2jr · July 12, 2021, 11:44:32 PM

I'd hightail out there, friend. this may be just the begining

Alex · July 13, 2021, 12:55:46 AM

Sorry to hear about this Trevor. Hope it all calms down quickly.

Trevor · July 13, 2021, 01:15:32 AM

Quote from: lester1/2jr on July 12, 2021, 11:44:32 PM
I'd hightail out there, friend. this may be just the begining

Nowhere to go, unfortunately: I already left one country to make a new life here.

Rev. Powell · July 13, 2021, 07:51:32 AM

Stay safe. I imagine this will boil over.

Trevor · July 13, 2021, 08:17:30 AM

Quote from: Rev. Powell on July 13, 2021, 07:51:32 AM
Stay safe. I imagine this will boil over.

I hope so: Pretoria is on the verge of shutting down later today.

https://www.iol.co.za/pretoria-news/news/mamelodi-mall-looted-while-security-is-beefed-up-around-tshwane-5fedc740-ffe2-4205-9e1b-e5db59f40cd0

And there are soldiers on the streets too.

Trevor · July 13, 2021, 10:18:23 AM

The chaos is breaking news internationally now:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9783815/South-African-looters-raid-Durban-warehouses-riots-escalate.html

What the hell is going on?

Just FYI: the people trying to protect their premises are civilians, not police or soldiers.

pacman000 · July 13, 2021, 12:12:33 PM

Always scary. Stay safe, Trevor. I'll pray for you & South Africa, & peace.

Allhallowsday · July 13, 2021, 02:15:37 PM

I believe things will stabilize. You are in our thoughts.

Newt · July 13, 2021, 02:18:04 PM

Oh no. I had seen some news reports here but hoped things were not as bad as they made them out to be.

Please take care and stay safe, Trevor.

Trevor · July 14, 2021, 12:11:07 AM

Quote from: Newt on July 13, 2021, 02:18:04 PM
Oh no. I had seen some news reports here but hoped things were not as bad as they made them out to be.

Please take care and stay safe, Trevor.

Thanks, Sister: I see over 1200 people were arrested.

My point is SA has been in lockdown in one form or another for 474 days, much longer than a year. Many people have lost their jobs, the lower income groups are suffering, there seems to be no way out other than revolt and Mr Zuma's jail sentence was the spark which lit the fuse. The govt's vaccine rollout has been a disaster and in many cases, we are worse off now than in March 2020 when this started.

I'm not condoning what the people have done but SA people don't like having their liberties impinged upon or taken away and this has happened with no end in sight.

My country is burning

pacman000