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Post by spatial on Jul 15, 2021 8:33:27 GMT 10
South Africa looting has got out of hand, police just watch as entire shopping malls looted, warehouses destroyed, police looting themselves, police out of ammunition. Armed militia/neighborhood watch groups patrolling streets arresting looters etc.. All army reserves been called in. Highways blocked power station burning, shops closed and mass shortages...... Government has lost control... some good vids in the link below. www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/south-africa-crumbling-amid-widespread-lootingUpdate (1702ET): Vigilante groups and armed community members patrol Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal, the two provinces hit hard by the social unrest in South Africa. The country could become a failed state as the police and military have yet to quell the violence. Update (1455ET): Social unrest raged in South Africa for nearly a week as food, fuel, and ammo shortages materialized. Farming, manufacturing, and oil refining have gone offline in certain regions as the worst unrest in decades continues. President Cyril Ramaphosa released a statement Wednesday that deployment of the military will expand. Political leaders have requested the president to put more boots on the ground as local police forces are overwhelmed. In some areas, police have looted businesses themselves as the country descends into what could be a failed state. "President Ramaphosa welcomed proposals made by political leaders and said expanded deployment of the South African National Defence Force was being addressed," according to a statement from the president. According to the "Unrest Map" via PolicyLab, the unrest unfolds in two provinces, Gauteng and Durban. Many rioters have crushed massive supply chains and transport networks in Johannesburg and the southeastern province of KwaZulu-Natal. The Port of Durban, the fourth-largest container terminal in the Southern Hemisphere, has been impacted by the looting. Reuters reports looters have hit Durban warehouses and other news outlets say the port area has come to a standstill. "Sadly, South Africa is on its knees. Entire communities have been razed, but more significantly – at least for those trying to calculate what the future might hold – the violence has targeted vital nodes of distribution: logistics capacity in Mooi River; local food and dry good stores throughout eThekwini; large malls and warehouse facilities along the coastline and up into Pietermaritzburg," local newspaper Daily Maverick said.
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Post by norseman on Jul 15, 2021 9:07:37 GMT 10
Been watching this with intense interest over the last few days. The video footage of the South African Police participating in the looting on almost industrial scale is awesome! Another CRACKER!! :- www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9786731/POLICE-caught-looting-goods-South-Africas-descent-lawlessness-continues.htmlFormer President's son says:- 'Please protest and loot responsibly': Jailed Jacob Zuma's son urges father's supporters to show restraint as South Africa's lawlessness spreads and even POLICE are caught raiding shops Duduzane Zuma took to Instagram to call for his father to be freed and the Covid lockdown to end. He warned that with troops deployed SA is 'just one massacre away from a complete spiralling out of control' The 37-year-old said that 'finger pointing' was not going to help because the government must 'feed the poor' He blamed the looting on lockdown-fuelled inequity, saying that many of these looters were 'middle-class' Raging unrest first erupted last Friday after former president Jacob Zuma was jailed over corruption charges But the wanton lawlessness has lost any political ties, with thousands looting their local malls and warehouses Law-abiding citizens formed queues outside supermarkets amid fears of food shortages caused by the riots The national health service warned it was also running low on oxygen and drugs due to chaos on the streets Body of boy, 13, discovered today outside a mall that vigilante taxi drivers have been protecting from looting
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Post by frostbite on Jul 15, 2021 10:09:03 GMT 10
How awesome would it be if that was here.
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Post by norseman on Jul 15, 2021 10:54:06 GMT 10
I'll go dig up some video footage of the cops getting in on it mate they make our boys look like total amateurs!
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Post by Tim Horton on Jul 15, 2021 12:43:36 GMT 10
South Africa looting has got out of hand, police just watch as entire shopping malls looted, warehouses destroyed, police looting themselves, police out of ammunition. Armed militia/neighborhood watch groups patrolling streets arresting looters etc.. All army reserves been called in. Highways blocked power station burning, shops closed and mass shortages...... Government has lost control... ++ ++ ++ This seems it could be the US west coast in another week or less ?? ??
Sarcasm off...
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Post by spatial on Jul 15, 2021 13:00:05 GMT 10
How awesome would it be if that was here. At least my family is safe but would not mind being out on the streets in the old country (South Africa) _ I have a brother and mother still there. It is not far from Mad Max type scenario. Key learning are that police can’t deal with large scale unrest. In Australia if there is a problem they get police in from other areas to make up the numbers needed. If unrest broke out in Australia in a few spots it would be uncontainable. It is 9 meals (3 days) away from anarchy. Speaking to work colleagues they only have like 2 days of food on hand. When economy goes and there is a banking holiday, won’t be long and Australia will have mass looting. Hehehe with Frostbite suffering from lack of bikini imports – there will soon be other distractions.
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Post by spatial on Jul 15, 2021 13:02:25 GMT 10
South Africa looting has got out of hand, police just watch as entire shopping malls looted, warehouses destroyed, police looting themselves, police out of ammunition. Armed militia/neighborhood watch groups patrolling streets arresting looters etc.. All army reserves been called in. Highways blocked power station burning, shops closed and mass shortages...... Government has lost control... ++ ++ ++ This seems it could be the US west coast in another week or less ?? ?? Sarcasm off... Some articles have come out saying is this the USA future.. Gun violence in cities are at all time record and many are saying the authorities are loosing the big cites to gangs.
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Post by bce1 on Jul 15, 2021 13:47:34 GMT 10
To quote our old friend Texas arcane……. Pack your rice!
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Post by norseman on Jul 15, 2021 13:56:24 GMT 10
To quote our old friend Texas arcane……. Pack your rice! Good ole Tex!! We all need a big dose of Texas Arcane right now!!
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Post by frostbite on Jul 15, 2021 14:55:38 GMT 10
Just a shame that the only time Tex got some alleyway thug action he couldn't pull the trigger because he was too busy vomiting.
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Post by bce1 on Jul 15, 2021 15:45:59 GMT 10
Itz coming!!
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Post by malewithatail on Jul 15, 2021 16:32:00 GMT 10
the net and phones have been switched off as well
And they are trying to jam ham radio on 40 meters as well.
Ram disk is not an installation procedure !
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Post by spinifex on Jul 15, 2021 20:30:23 GMT 10
How awesome would it be if that was here. Not very.
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Post by frostbite on Jul 15, 2021 20:39:40 GMT 10
How awesome would it be if that was here. Not very. Awww, where's your sense of adventure?
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Post by spatial on Jul 15, 2021 21:57:43 GMT 10
Massive que for food all over country. Family members and others say there is no bread except, even in areas not directly affected by riots. Distribution systems failing, with majority of country on poverty, many going house to house begging for food. Whole neighbourhoods closed to residents only and manned by residents. Military in photos are very poorly equipped, we used to take webbing with food, water and a few spare mass, the country got no money all been stolen, security forces very badly equipped one can easily see how thins falling apart www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/its-war-zone-south-africa-deploy-25000-troops-country-brink-civil-war
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Post by norseman on Jul 16, 2021 3:38:26 GMT 10
SANDF personnel "retrieving" looted goods! "Customer Complaint Resolution" South African style:-
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Post by spinifex on Jul 16, 2021 8:48:02 GMT 10
Awww, where's your sense of adventure? For that stuff ... overseas. If'n ya like it that much: charter a plane, load up with tools, and fly right on in there and get involved. Best take good med supplies and your own doctor ... If you do, you can start a new thread here: Frostbites Frontline Diary. Remember to takes plenty of pictures and video to post up!!!
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Post by frostbite on Jul 16, 2021 9:04:31 GMT 10
Awww, where's your sense of adventure? For that stuff ... overseas. If'n ya like it that much: charter a plane, load up with tools, and fly right on in there and get involved. Best take good med supplies and your own doctor ... If you do, you can start a new thread here: Frostbites Frontline Diary. Remember to takes plenty of pictures and video to post up!!! Sounds like a lifelong dream come true. If only some group in SA could organise the flight, the reception and the R4. I'll pick up Norseman on the way. I've always wanted to experience combat, since I was about 10 years old. Must run in my genes. Father, both uncles, grandfather all saw it. Daughter busted a gut to get to Afghan for some real action but only got 8 months in the jungle in Timor. When my careers advisor in y10 asked what I wanted to do after school I replied be a mercenary. They suggested I apply for Duntroon instead. Closest I got was probably when the cops held me at gunpoint during a raid, or when I held a cop (who later turned out to be a private detective) at gunpoint. A lot different to real combat, but what's happening in SA isn't real combat.
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