Published 16 July 2021 at 12.44
Abroad. Acute food and fuel shortages have hit parts of South Africa following recent unrest, looting and arson. It writes the New York Post.
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Violent chaos in South Africa
- South Africa deploys 25,000 troops to stop violence
- The chaos in South Africa is compared to the & quot; Walking Dead & quot;
- Here the police walk through the ravaged Johannesburg
- & quot; Post-apocalyptic & quot; scenes in the chaos of South Africa
In recent days, thousands of South Africans have taken part in the looting, which has left shopping centers and factories smashed and in flames. The police have not been able to stop the violence. Important thoroughfares have been blocked and burnt-out car wrecks line the roads. on the east coast of the country, but also Johannesburg.
– We are eating each other, says a resident of a suburb of Johannesburg to the Financial Times.
According to a report, there is a risk of cannibalism in the worst affected areas when people do not have food to eat. More than a hundred people have already died in the chaos. But with limited food stocks and no new deliveries, it is far from everyone who can buy food.
The government has deployed 25,000 soldiers to stop the violence, but critics say it is a little too late. The extensive devastation is already a fact.