Soweto is South West Township. During the Apartheid (racial segregation) era various black nationalities/tribes were "given" their own place to live. Guess the townships just continued.
They are peacefully protesting "their" ex-president (who was by all accounts a complete loon) being arrested.
700 Dead(EDIT this number is in serious dispute = some say 70, others say in the thousands. Police are running out of ammunition so the bullets must be somewhere) as of yesterday (officially admitted by the police, probably much higher, we may eventually get an honest number out of the government)
Also known up to yesterday:
Looted & Damaged Stores in SA
*16 Clicks
*1 Foodlovers
*215 Pep Stores
*20 Pick n Pay
*57 Spar KZN
*83 Shoprite
*5 Spar GP
*55 Boxer
*2 Woolworths
*6 Game Store
1 Makro
1 Jumbo
10 Cambridge
Total 471 and counting. Imagine the job losses now.
The main working oil refinery closed. The main road between Durban (port) and Johannesburg (centre of economy) closed. 400 trucks fire bombed.
The list of peaceful protests just carries on.
Twitter accounts give a better picture than the legacy news sites.
https://twitter.com/TheBoilingFrog2
Soweto is South West Township. During the Apartheid (racial segregation) era various black nationalities/tribes were "given" their own place to live. Guess the townships just continued.
They are peacefully protesting "their" ex-president (who was by all accounts a complete loon) being arrested.
700 Dead(EDIT this number is in serious dispute = some say 70, others say in the thousands. Police are running out of ammunition so the bullets must be somewhere) as of yesterday (officially admitted by the police, probably much higher, we may eventually get an honest number out of the government) Also known up to yesterday:
Looted & Damaged Stores in SA
*16 Clicks *1 Foodlovers *215 Pep Stores *20 Pick n Pay *57 Spar KZN *83 Shoprite *5 Spar GP *55 Boxer *2 Woolworths *6 Game Store 1 Makro 1 Jumbo 10 Cambridge
Total 471 and counting. Imagine the job losses now.
The main working oil refinery closed. The main road between Durban (port) and Johannesburg (centre of economy) closed. 400 trucks fire bombed. The list of peaceful protests just carries on. Twitter accounts give a better picture than the legacy news sites. https://twitter.com/TheBoilingFrog2
https://twitter.com/cb________
I wouldn't call dozens of deaths due to a riot caused stampede as "peaceful."
Sorry old chap, British sense of humour 🇬🇧