South Africa’s Descent into Chaos

[@VICENews]

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[@Marcel204_]

Yes.

[@FilterChain]

please dont arrive at conclusions for views, let us decide what the reasons are for the issues , show the issues we decide what the causes are , reporters always leading the witness

[@jackstander4519]

Get rekt you MUPPET

[@DingospoDa]

Vice news = fake news! Lol what a bunch of very cheap liars 😂😂😂

[@thepyramidsisblackmade-gu8wb]

there is word that looting from smaller shops will start soon. they are making groups on social media to copy Americans mob theft

[@octaviolove]

Imagine rioting because of Zuma who everyone know is the biggest and most corrupt politician for decades. The man had like 20 houses and 500 mistresses and did nothing for SA and people are protesting on his behalf! Really!!

[@fullmetaltheorist]

A lot of the protesters were using Zuma as an excuse to loot.

[@willgridahmahiaini]

Yes, Zuma is just an excuse. Its just simmering anger

[@MinecraftKid120]

What’s wrong with 500 mistresses

[@thedevine7963]

Ask yourself why they are protesting for him. You might possibly be missing something?!?

[@chrisellingson123]

Don't forgot State Capture as well as the other 800 something charges.

[@ryawncawdor6381]

You have a man dressed up as Batman cleaning up trash with a broom and you don't even talk to him.

[@rachelreid7461]

AMERICA IN 10 YEARS

[@mikemeadows2046]

He disappeared mysteriously into the shadows shortly after being noticed.

[@stormlah]

i reckon ay but hey we all know vice dropped it standards a long time ago, i think they need to go back and find batman

[@GarrySkipPerkins]

Batman does the job that needs to be done.

[@stormlah]

@@GarrySkipPerkins garry knowss.....

[@DavidJones-ih1cp]

The irony of the poor protesting on behalf of the guy who literally took the food off their tables.

[@fartingfury]

That's what mystifies me most about all this ...

[@yaj1v]

@Brandon May stfu

[@elcubano8843]

That's the power of propaganda and brainwashing

[@andy.morris]

It’s just like in the US, where trump is the most popular among the poorest and least educated Americans, even though he literally raised their taxes and reduced food stamps.

[@topranked5465]

Sounds like trumpism

[@paolopetrozzi2213]

Blaming Apartheid is only a way to never take responsibility.

[@deadlegs187]

Did you expect any less?

[@123batina]

Apartheid has been gone for 30 years now effectively. I see plenty of black ppl in their parlament, I dont see this as a "white man" or segregation problem anymore. Even tho - I believe this kind of riots will be sparking more renewed segregation with places behind strong walls and machine gun turrets like in those post apocalyptic movies very very soon.

[@brother1ray]

You expect anyone to admit that this is Mandela's legacy??? Be serious!

[@HartmutJagerArt]

@@brother1ray - Mandela had nothing to do with the current chaos - the fault lies with the present incompetent and / or corrupt government !

[@johndavid5618]

"The only have them selfs to blame. 🤷‍♀️

[@Canaris]

Everybody: Riots against politicians that are corrupt South Africa: Riots because a corrupt politician is being investigated

[@lowerastral1963]

Well, that's what happened here in the U.S. on January 6, 2021, although, it wasn't as massive or widespread and was contained relatively quickly.

[@jerrycurl637]

@@lowerastral1963 I know!! still waiting for Biden and his son's laptop to be investigated.

[@RetroHabit82]

Peaceful Protest

[@RetroHabit82]

@@lowerastral1963 you mean that comedy show , best acting I've seen in a long time.

[@tonihill6889]

THIS COULD HAPPEN WHEN DON THE CON TRUMP GO TO JAIL

[@connorwestgate]

"looting because of hunger" shows food smashed on the ground with people leaving with designer clothes and tvs lol

[@incorrectstuffthingy5647]

Shhhh stop thinking for yourself, let the media do that for you.

[@lepetitchat123]

They can sell them for money

[@ThatBrubakerFellow]

SerpentZA

[@UrielX1212]

That premise is complete and utter baloney as you pointed out.

[@noahwalters2732]

@@lepetitchat123 Who is gonna buy them? The burned down stores?

[@calvinsmith1295]

Lets not forget 38 schools were also burned to the ground. What this has to do with "hunger" is beyond me.

[@moviesforrandy]

keeping them uneducated. if they want to be dumb then let them be stupid

[@mfundongobese8391]

If u think it's only about "hunger" . Then indeed it's beyond you.

[@calvinsmith1295]

@@mfundongobese8391 Loot everything you can lay hands on then totally destroy what's left. If you can explain that to the world then we're all listening.

[@mfundongobese8391]

@@calvinsmith1295 sir, it's beyond you.

[@calvinsmith1295]

@@mfundongobese8391 Sir.....anachy is obviously beyond your comprehension.

[@Volcre]

South African here. These riots were the last straw for me. Not long after I took my family and emigrated. It has been difficult but there hasn't been one day where I've regretted my decision to move

[@peterhunter6040]

which country did you immigrate to?

[@thinkcasting3182]

Get as far away from the black as you can. The sicko who now owns Vice "News", Soros, is also funding these color revolutions.

[@dianet888]

You should have done it looooong ago.

[@Mustang1984]

Amazing how society cab break down like this. I'm worried we'll see this in the US if the communists get power.

[@megmucklebones7538]

Where did you go, just about every country in the world is suffering now, but I would think SA is probably worst than most.

[@seancushway6959]

"The scars of apartheid reappear" 10 seconds later shows a black guy saying "this has nothing to do with race"

[@imonlyamanandiwilldiesomed4406]

really tells you what you need to know about Vice news.

[@seancushway6959]

@@imonlyamanandiwilldiesomed4406 I know their agenda😂😂😂I disliked before watching

[@bartwilson2513]

The man was speaking about the destruction of that particular storage unit, not the struggle at large. But folks like you always feel the need to deny racism exists or that it still affects us.....that is one of the most pernicious forms of racism. We see you.

[@Ypre3]

All the shop owners white. Repatriation!!

[@calculator5909]

@@bartwilson2513 And to folks like you, any kind of disagreement with your opinion is just "another form of racism". Lol

[@firstthoughts3511]

Watching people slip on food while taking fridges speaks volumes.

[@jambro18]

This is poetic

[@anon2916]

Youd take some food instead of a fridge?

[@fullmetaltheorist]

They don't have neither now cause police tracked down the stolen goods and destroyed them. It's a loss in both sides.

[@samd1405]

so does your choice of comment

[@iloatheyoutoo]

Ugh food goes bad, a fridge saves food. Who's the smart one again?

[@Maxobillion]

The private security force looks more professional than the real South African police.

[@kevdaag2523]

They have a clear, simple mission: protect this building. For the police: restore order. Good luck with that

[@blumoogle2901]

There are more than 10 times as many private security officers in South Africa as there are police, private security is often better trained, better paid, better motivated, more trusted and occasionally better armed than police, usually have high membership from the local community, better and more sophisticated PR machines, lower corruption, more modern and expensive tech and better community support. Of course they are more professional; it's far harder to get a job with a private security firm than the police given unemployment rates and the nature of government service culture and far easier to set arbitrary high standards for conduct of private contractors and hold them accountable. Any private guard worth hiring probably has a dozen certifications from different independent certification authorities and possibly a university degree if they have a higher rank, police probably have a high school diploma and a police college certificate.

[@drifty_grifty]

Free market Vs socialism 101

[@hautakleightontam771]

@@drifty_grifty Private security can be extremely corrupt as well. Look up what G4S and Blackwater (now Academi) has done.

[@drifty_grifty]

@@hautakleightontam771 the difference is you can get rid of private security and hire a different company. You can't do that with a public police force.

[@heldinahtmlhell]

Unfortunately, some cultures build, some destroy.

[@gttv406]

This is so insane these stories need more coverage

[@Fvtfvt]

Do they because it was called a peaceful protest in the U.S

[@Big_AlMC]

No

[@TrollaCoasta]

T.I.A.

[@gingerlee618]

they never report South Africa.. because it would infringe on some political parties in the free world for they are doing the exact same mistakes as south Africa and do not want anyone to stop them. You can not resolve racism by creating reverse racism. an eye for an eye but what is happening is one persons eye gets damaged they want to damage all people that look similar to the one that damaged their eye causing incent victims and children to br brought up with very wrong backwards ways of thinking which cripples their future.

[@narata1541]

True, I feel if there is more coverage, more people will pray to Jesus Christ for them. I'm currently praying so this will end NOW! Please, anyone reading this, pray with me so He will know!

[@Furrynavel]

what blows me away is that none of this is being shown on American media. This is absolutely insane. How have I not heard about this?

[@rogerfrith7551]

Because the Yanks are TERRIFIED the same thing will happen there.....

[@mattm1854]

@@rogerfrith7551 Were not terrified, because were all armed. Unfortunately, for other countries this could become a reality.

[@Reelix]

In America, no countries outside of America exists, unless America is involved. There are 195 countries in the world, with things going on every day in every single one of them, and I can guarantee that you know about almost none of them.

[@cringefest1749]

Might just want to focus on your own country's problem before worrying about other countries

[@megatron184]

Vice is an American media company.

[@StarvingPixels]

They attacked farmers and then complain about a food shortage while running with stolen electronics.

[@MrPlenty1]

They massacred farmers. There’s a good book called “Kill the Boer” that goes into details of some of the crimes. It’s crazy. Stabbing a farmer around 20 times in the neck with a pitchfork.

[@Christmas-dg5xc]

"They attacked farmers and then complain about a food shortage..." This is because farming has nothing to do with food. It's a common myth. Food is materialized by politicians, and all they need is to elect the right ones, who will then legislate it into existence.

[@knell18897]

@@Christmas-dg5xc Hell yeah, right for magic user. I'm with you.

[@mrmister500]

@1:27 -- "We must think of how to escape." *Translation:* Let's move to *AMERICA* and do the same nonsense there! 🙄

[@V0YAG3R]

Mr Mister Or Europe, going to either place as "poor, innocent refugees" and turn any host country into the fifth world, dystopian glory🕳 they escaped from, rinse and repeat elsewhere👌🏻

[@johnanderson5644]

How hungry do you have to be to eat flat screen tv's fridges cloths x boxes etc ??? Didn't see much food being looted / stolen.

[@lizkimani9576]

Did Zuma ever tell his followers to stop this madness or did he sit in his air conditioned jail cell and enjoy watching the chaos on his tv....pure shame...

[@itsa-itsagames]

he was probably hoping it would lead to his jail being over run and him let out!

[@snsn7251]

Just shut the hell up

[@saveriopersichilli1129]

He should be jailed

[@NeilDuly]

Nope. He didn’t nothing. Probably loved it

[@lwazimsimango8924]

Fusegani nonke mqundu

[@cjg6364]

Looting is like pissing in your pocket. At first, the relief is welcome then shortly thereafter, the stench and discomfort become difficult to live with. And so goes South Africa - descending into stench and discomfort for what will likely be an extended period of time.

[@purdysanchez]

Not sure why this comment doesn't have 10k upvotes

[@frankrichard3060]

@@purdysanchez likes

[@carlhicksjr8401]

Well, you can bet that the businesses [including vital ones like grocery stores and gas stations] won't be coming back. As you say, it's like shitting down your own well.

[@wildamerican2771]

I’m still over here trying to picture how to piss in my own pocket.

[@billiamc1969]

No worries...the USA is quickly devolving as well...

[@segatendo4705]

This is what I imagined a dystopian apocalypse would look like as a kid

[@S.o.13]

We're getting closer

[@lolasonner5051]

Imagine what it's like for all the kids who are actually there

[@igkslife]

I believe this is the future of the USA if we are not careful.

[@sarthak.roy013]

No, this is what comes right before a dystopia, an apocalypse!

[@Ethiixx]

@White Knight How can you say that with such pathetic knowledge on the History of South Africa lmao.

[@4FYTfa8EjYHNXjChe8xs7xmC5pNEtz]

Notice how they blame "the scars of apartheid" about two minutes in

[@TomGodson95]

and then proceeds to say its at its worst since then

[@notknown6605]

Why would they not when it’s the truth. Brutalised people become…brutal.

[@Grind03]

@@notknown6605victim mentality, very sad

[@collea94]

​@@Grind03But it is. Look at Botswana with the most black people. They don't experience things.

[@joenoah9906]

As long as there is blatant, widespread corruption, this nightmare will never end for the people of S. Africa.

[@pogolaugh]

So wealth inequality and the states gang keeping the unemployed hungry get no blame?

[@sjappiyah4071]

@@pogolaugh No not necessarily wealth inequality, plenty of states have wealth inequality and don’t end up with deadly protests like this. Corruption and state gang violence is to blame

[@elih9700]

@@qwertzuiop1978 Pretty standard behaviour in Russia, not a black Government there dude.

[@thesilentgamer1195]

@@pogolaugh - "states gangs" Do you understand what corruption is, sir? I don't think you do. Corruption is responsible for wealth inequality too.

[@elih9700]

@@justicewarrior9187 'Charity' is part of the problem. 'Aid' from the west prevents African countries and peoples from developing their own process and methods of accountability. Help should only be given when natural disasters happen.

[@ed209inCA]

Stop calling it "Unrest." Me sleeping on a lumpy mattress and waking up in a cranky mood is unrest. This is flat out dystopia.

[@nyk3334]

That’s the word. You’re taking it literally.

[@AnnHexTheCryptoSpace]

I feel sorry for all the hard working Europeans in the country who have to put up with this. Sad

[@stevejohnson978]

@@AnnHexTheCryptoSpace I love the sarcasm lol

[@lucaskp16]

@Elijah Newton the violence is about economics. any country with so many people unemployed is a ticking bomb people don't wait in their homes until they starve. the fact that the average white in sudafrica is richer than the average black is generational wealth mostly but not the main point. a poor person will feel resentment of a wealthier one no matter the race or place but when you have you necessities covered that resentment is just mild but if you cant get medicine or food it explodes. i only make 280 USD a month in Argentina but I am not going to go looting even if I am mad about how our currency lost 90% of its value in 6 years... now if I were to lose my job and couldn't find one in half a year and there was not gov help i would need to resort to things like this to survive i wouldn't like it but that is how things are. ofc that cant happen here getting a job is rather easy(for MOST people) even with bad salaries so no reason for people to go to that extreme.(to don't get a job here you have to have some serious problem like alchoism or drugs or violent demeanor)

[@ArnoBach]

@@lucaskp16 you are wrong, it is about morals and the lack of accountability. I have been to poorer parts of Africa and felt safer.

[@Soooooooooooonicable]

Destroying your only local access to food probably isn't the best idea. Do they expect these stores will be rebuilt the following day?

[@NRH111]

I mean its not like they could afford the prices anyway i think its far past just access to things its a socio economic issue now the wage gap in SA is insane in comparision to the US where im from and its even hard here i can only image what these folks are going through

[@Froggy-nv7ep]

@@NRH111 Nope they can afford it that's the only reason they are still alive because they buy food from grocery stores.we have middle class people stealing as well so it's nothing to do with poverty.Its just culture as has always been. Plus you don't see this in other poor African countries or in India or China. In South Africa stealing is from top to bottom.Politicians to people on the street to police extorting money from foreign Somalian and Zimbabwean people . There's no excuse

[@NRH111]

@@Froggy-nv7ep an entirely fair assesment. I agree with the top to bottom thievery as well it happens alot here in the US also, though only the poor and middle class get charged with crimes for it. The story always remains the same throughout history the powerful exploit the little guy and barely ever get a slap on the wrist for it

[@nehuen9587]

don't you understand they couldn't access that food anyway?

[@_RobBanks]

They don’t really think beyond tomorrow.

[@toonarmy8524]

This is what happens when you let people run a country who have no idea.

[@JamesBrown-of1rq]

Also, why "democracy" cannot work with a majority uneducated population.

[@toddharig8142]

​@@JamesBrown-of1rq Which is why it is so important to invest in education, especially in areas where the population is lagging behind.

[@JamesBrown-of1rq]

@@toddharig8142 Absolutely! But I still think even with education there has to be more emphasis on training or teaching practical skills, preparing the youth for meaningful employment, rather than just acquiring esoteric "knowledge" . In South Africa, particularly, at this time, there should be heightened focus on teaching modern farming practices.

[@jamesthompkins8935]

@@toddharig8142education will not work.

[@toddharig8142]

@@jamesthompkins8935 Education is one of the few things that will work.

[@girlhappy6442]

Smashing food around and then complaining and moaning about “looting for food” makes no sense

[@Marc98338]

When did Vice ever make sense.

[@jamesgraham2192]

Yes theyre all just runni g around risking thier lives being shot at just for fun Im sure theyre just making the whole thing up lol

[@eternaldarkness3139]

This argument is both technically accurate and completely ignorant at the same time...

[@girlhappy6442]

@@Marc98338 I know right. That’s why I dislike their videos and never subscribe to them

[@ianh7301]

Events in South Africa teach us an important lesson. During real uncontrollable crises, the government is no where to be found.

[@littlesushie]

Or behind it

[@larsstougaard7097]

ANC will fix it 😋

[@gulagga371]

Actually they behind it. Former government especially.

[@char252]

Seems like kleptocracy

[@larsstougaard7097]

@@char252 Rampant corruption has seriously damaged South Africa’s economy and people’s trust in the government, President Cyril Ramaphosa testified Wednesday at a judicial inquiry into graft in the county. Ramaphosa was speaking at the commission investigating “state capture,” the term for the corruption under former President Jacob Zuma’s tenure in which his associates in the Gupta family allegedly won control of the much of the state and its finances. “State capture and corruption have taken a great toll on our society and indeed on our economy as well,” Ramaphosa said. “They have eroded the values of our constitution and undermines the rule of law. If allowed to continue they would threaten the achievement of growth, development and transformation of our country.”

[@KabirSingh-vj3tc]

Citizens did more defending than the government has. We had a break in, and my Ill father was home, they brutally injured him. Thankfully he is alive, but the crime is horrid!

[@CCAGENT008]

May God keep you and your family blessed, safe and in good health. Peace, prosperity and prominence of happiness surround you and your loved ones always!

[@anna-gt1ne]

God bless your family. I’m so sorry you had to experience that.

[@spookycat314]

Hope he is fine now 🙏

[@JohnSmith-ho8up]

All the very best to u

[@ayhanayhan9658]

Bu ülkede yaşadım çok güzel ülke ama insanlari çok kotu.İstsnbul a döndüğüme sevindim

[@Ronsta229]

"Motivated by hunger and unemployment"...why steal a fridge if you have nothing to put in it?

[@Hammie_Hammie]

Because it can be stripped down and the parts individually sold for a profit or the metal parts scrapped and sold for a profit

[@Ronsta229]

So the theft can't be motivated by hunger or unemployment if it's done for profit.@@Hammie_Hammie

[@john-darrenesterhuizen9008]

You can sell it for money and buy food…

[@dimitrivforvictory271]

@janviljoen9554only the white part was first world, don’t kid yourself. The problem is during apartheid the whites were corrupt too, but they kept the country functional, now the Africans took over and they learned from the best at how to be corrupt.. This is what happens, how did the old saying go? ‘absolute power corrupts absolutely’ I believe.. Anyway, over population, poor regulation, stealing from the government coffers instead of investing in the country… it’s an absolute shame but they money is there because the country is rich in resources..

[@JohnDorian-j7x]

@@Hammie_Hammie bro... stop it. you ain't getting shyt for money for "parts" and "scraps"... either the whole unit gets sold, or you'll make almost NOTHING from piecing and scaping a fridge out... its literally garbage except for maybe the compressor. You ain't getting anything more than mayyybe single dollars for "scraps"... and that's coming from someone who used to "scrap" for money all the time (rule of thumb: if its not copper, don't waste your time). Don't make EXCUSES for this shyt bro... you didn't even go for the most OBVIOUS excuse, which is just selling the fridge for MONEY as a single working appliance! And you didn't say that one because you knew it would go against your argument. DO NOT MAKE EXCUSES FOR THIS TYPE OF BEHAVIOR!!!

[@perroraton9515]

"We cannot allow people to become so disinvested in their communities, that they feel like they want to destroy everything"

[@sondrad8163]

Powerful quote.

[@hushai5154]

Please......... people reverting to kind.

[@kenward6230]

Corporate greed

[@justicewarrior9187]

1:18 "It's not about race"??? YESSSS IT IS PAL!!! You're literally the only race that does this no matter which country you are!!!

[@lindseytchappi1329]

@@justicewarrior9187 which race?

[@therupoe]

When the law doesn’t follow the law there is no law

[@cheekloins4126]

Well there is, but it only selectively applies, and they are more than okay with this. Most policemen/authority in these countries owe not only their livelihood, but the livelihood of their entire family to the government. If such a holy body orders action one may deem morally unjust, it’s either their own morals or their families livelihood one must sacrifice. For most, family usually tips the scale, even if that means they’d be resented for the very actions that they blindly believe will secure them.

[@cheekloins4126]

@@james_chatman Any law that ends in a fine or fee is a law that is aimed at the poor. Places more structured than South Africa have been doing it longer than South Africa has existed as a country by name.

[@kennethwatts4390]

Sounds familiar...America

[@dariangregory6182]

@@james_chatman Its been working that way ever since wealth and power became a thing. It will go on and on because it's the Human condition and Humans collectively around the World will never unite as 1 people to change it. Too busy counting our differences and even if the People did overthrow the Power, another would rise and back to square 1. That's the unfortunate nature of Human Herd Animals.

[@blackfolkssavior3294]

@@cheekloins4126 Those same people should be put to ☠️ as I have always said or at best inprisoned for some years u cannot screw people over and enforce “laws” which u know are complete no greater than 💩 and then expect mercy the atrocities the west have done mixed with these enforcers can never be forgiven

[@Saku19]

"It's people fucking around, simple as that..."

[@slawterworld4023]

How when half the country below the poverty wouldnt you want nice things?

[@markevans1760]

@@slawterworld4023 I have to wonder, when those nice things are gone, will they come back?

[@theanonymousmrgrape5911]

Did they find out?

[@JEBOTEIME]

@@slawterworld4023 I have a good job and I earn well. I can't afford a Ferrari but I would really love one. Should I steal it?

[@kingboji958]

@@slawterworld4023 nice things as my house burning down? Very nice i like 👍

[@petramucnjak7872]

I grew up in South Africa during the early eighties. True, the apartheid did cause segregation but the country had ORDER. The citiies were clean, we could walk around town safely with our parents and friends at night and the economic situation was flourishing! Everybody seems to have forgotten that, economically, South Africa had been shoulder to shoulder with the U.S back then. There were no water problems, no load shedding and black people who worked for the "oppressive white man" were fed, clothed and sheltered. What brought this beautiful country to it's current state was the greed for World domination, masked as a fight for democracy, and promises of a better life given to people who (still) have no leadership skills as well as no clue as to run the country. I mean... please, folks, it's been THREE DECADES since apartheid was abolished and look what they've done!

[@notknown6605]

3 decades to fix how many years of oppression? Did black people feel safe during apartheid, with all the police brutality? Have they received reparations and been given back stolen land?

[@WinfriedBerger-l8e]

Very true Africa with the colons... .meant work schools hospitals and security for the population now insecurity hospitals with no medicines run down.schools very few jobs corruption civil wars and dictators 😂

[@ethanendemann1089]

It is honestly so sad that this is happening to my beautiful country. My father was stabbed 6 times during the unrest but is now healing, please South Africa, don't be a doos

[@dineomasia7110]

Really sorry 😞

[@pdillon7]

Praying for you and your Father.

[@waterproof4403]

❤ God have mercy

[@sandersloo-gonzalez8247]

Look at all the things that are going on and yet the strongest military in the world don't go and help the people of this country,I just agreed with god to send me to hell in exchange for world peace.

[@MikeSmith-vl5em]

@@sandersloo-gonzalez8247 they aren’t the strongest military in the worlds now... not with the weakest commander and chief that’s ever sat in their sad little office

[@im_that_guy]

Respect to all those banding together and trying to hold stability and civility in their neighbourhoods.

[@iamra8826]

Hi

[@mactown91210]

Respect to those who get out of Africa and go back to their own country. Give the people their land back and go back to where ever they came come.

[@kayleekat8895]

@old wolf last of his pack Know XD

[@imperatoraurelian8015]

@King King First time I’ve seen a racist goon say go back to Europe instead of go back to Africa. Spoiler Alert: both lines of thinking lead to institutionalized racism.

[@andrewweber2010]

@@mactown91210 Just don't coming running to our countries when yours has turned into a toilet like soooooo often happen in africa.

[@kiwitalkspodcast]

It's weird how residences can do a better job than the actual government

[@yosephbuitrago897]

Flash Vinnig yeah and you had countless crimes going on and communities warring and feuding with other communities.

[@kiwitalkspodcast]

@Flash Vinnig still tho they're doing better than the government

[@samuelkaye6682]

Yep but those business owners arnt my friends. Hmm I WONDER WHY

[@eganc1976]

@Abdulaziz Mohammed lol...nice try u 🤖

[@j.v.malley5882]

Well they've had a black run govt for almost 30 years. This last guy would sing songs about killing white farmers and their animals. Wtf. The blatant racism is astounding.

[@chrisdingley9277]

My family moved from Joburg in 2009. It’s so sad to see the country I grew up in fall into absolute chaos

[@louisbornman]

How has this got anything to do with Apartheid?! Zuma gets jailed for looting the country, which causes mass looting...

[@non_da]

@@einfelder8262 racist much?

[@FMAxBrotherhoodXx]

a whole lot of em here in the comments

[@einfelder8262]

@@non_da So you're one of the non-whites who are racist against whites, I'm tipping. Funny, I didn't see any whites looting and burning in this article.

[@einfelder8262]

@@sadsenmmxvi Well that makes sense - not.

[@awesomeautomotives1567]

@@einfelder8262 They just pointed out your racism, yet you’re trying to reverse the blame. Accept that was racist.

[@niel19861]

For that interviewee that said apartheid is still in the mindset of people. You can't change the minds of the people when there are political parties actively fuelling the racial divide in the population and are getting endless media coverage to spread their message.

[@nigelkhan5331]

Well said indeed my friend The same thing happens in Trinidad & Tobago where i live

[@patrikpass2962]

@Michael Fitzpatrick do you mean real liberalism that focus on peoples freedom to how to live. Or do you mean the new capitalist liberalism where they made it mean: freedom for corporations to take your liberty from you.?

[@patrikpass2962]

@Michael Fitzpatrick the globalists corporate right wing "liberals"? They just stole the word liberal so that you cant fight for your freedom. You do realise the statue of liberty is about just that?

[@Icanlogonnow]

Its up to the individual to choose what they listen to and believe in. You can listen to and entertain an idea without supporting it.

[@nigelkhan5331]

@Michael Fitzpatrick Just imagine they are content with being sheep It boggles the mind

[@lean.2366]

"It started out politically, but then people just did it stupidly, honestly" BARS

[@Mr_Rabbit]

Super hot fyre

[@goer3148]

Nah this is the work of racism.

[@Mr_Rabbit]

@@goer3148 0:20 you right, poor people blaming employers for not giving them jobs, even though they have no worthwhile employability skills or intelligence. Super racist. 2:55

[@RockNRollSurf]

@@goer3148 Cringe

[@AvonBarksdale411]

@lean I can hear dem BARS in my head going to a beat lol

[@jamesedmonds926]

For minute there, I thought this was being filmed in Oakland California.

[@timfromdurban]

I've been a Police Officer for the last 26 years in Durban and I thought I had pretty much seen everything. But working through that period I saw things that I never thought I would see. Honestly speaking, we in Law Enforcement were so overwhelmed by the sheer scale of it and if it weren't for the people manning the checkpoints, we would have lost the suburbs as well. Special thanks to all those who helped. Your time, effort and dedication is deeply appreciated.

[@firstname7020]

Is this still occurring?

[@michaelotieno6524]

@@firstname7020 The Army we brought in to assist.

[@michaelotieno6524]

Do you the policewoman in the video

[@firstname7020]

@@michaelotieno6524 oh so the army got sent into quell the violence.

[@timfromdurban]

@@michaelotieno6524Sorry, I don't know her.

[@craigthompson4878]

Who could have predicted that? Literally everyone with a brain.

[@PostalFerretWithRum]

First it was alcohol and duty free bans, police beating people back into their homes to become poorer and starve, now it's arrested please political leaders and mindless burning of the economy by it's very own citizens... Never really was about any virus in S.A unless that virus is the Nazi regime of the bullshitery people.

[@AmyyMay]

@@PostalFerretWithRum pop lplo

[@Twiztactix]

@Shlomo Shekelberg based

[@tcr333]

@@PostalFerretWithRum it's not Nazism that's run down south Africa. It's left wing PC that has bought the nation to its knees. It will do the same to Europe soon if the EU technocrats aren't reigned in.

[@SagaciousNihilist]

But we wuz kangz?

[@sebastiankristiansen8852]

"it has nothing to do with race!" - doc continues to talk about apartheid and how its about race.

[@arikalamari19]

the looting and the chaos is interrelated with the political corruption today and the lived violence years after years

[@arikalamari19]

we can be happy people didn't start murdering each other for their appearance

[@helenagalvin615]

Hello dear

[@cccCCCccc123ccc]

@@arikalamari19 That's been happening to the Boers for years. The Muslim and Indian communities were also attacked during the riots. I'm talking murder and attempted murder.

[@timberwolfe1645]

I noticed that a LOT

[@Rhenadhis]

As a fellow African i'm dying to understand why some South Africans are willing to destroy their country for a corrupt man? please help me understand

[@BoiStudio]

It’s because that man is a Zulu and he runs propaganda in the slums like nobody’s business.

[@yourfriendlyneighbourhoods8202]

They’re uneducated

[@Mahlak_Mriuani_Anatman]

Illiteracy

[@injaye-game9014]

We voting for him now use your brain

[@Rhenadhis]

@@injaye-game9014 Not my circus, not my monkeys

[@ernestmahlangu6218]

The South African media and the president say its Zuma's fault. I'm glad the international media is holding the ANC accountable

[@mattbrown1897]

The international media have hardly acknowledged it

[@aodhanxavier]

The thing is, these people blame looting on no jobs and poverty but if they want change, why do they keep voting for the ANC

[@larryforeman7576]

No no no bro it's the foreigners fault those damn Dutch people

[@abbyalphonse499]

@@larryforeman7576 You mean the Afrikaners?

[@larryforeman7576]

@@abbyalphonse499 same thing

[@EKJ79980284217]

This is pure anarchy and chaos. I thought it existed only in movie's , but looking at this is absolutely terrifying.

[@lauradelregno99]

Get ready. It's going to be worldwide anarchy.

[@blizzard1198]

And cool

[@blizzard1198]

People should take shots for movies and pics

[@JasonAstraea]

@@lauradelregno99 Not gonna happen. Also, your profile don't fit what you just said.

[@janslezak8335]

@@lauradelregno99 Global collapse in one, two, maximaly three decades. One big chapter of humanity is coming to its end.

[@antonvanschalkwyk2570]

"I left my kids for this nonsense" - that hit hard

[@davecullins1606]

Who said that and when?

[@Imeggscelent]

@@davecullins1606 Around 5:10 in the video the female officer says it

[@tokyoolympicreviews1876]

100%

[@Scallycowell]

Yeah, but she’d also smash innocent people’s heads in if given the order, so let’s not pretend that this situation suddenly makes her free of an moral obligation. Cops are people, but at the end of the day they’re still cops and cops have no issue with following unlawful orders for a paycheck.

[@tojesake4564]

@@Scallycowell You don't know her personally so you can't factually say that about her.

[@lazarusblackwell6988]

If you want to see a real face of someone,just give them the freedom to do whatever they want. Period.

[@logoutandrew4569]

Narrator: It's about racial inequality. Actual South African who had his livelihood destroyed: It's not about race, it"s not about race.

[@seekingishwara737]

Yeah, that gave me cognitive dissonance.

[@dislikebutton1718]

@@evrlastngcherry7727 its not about race its about the lockdowns that squeezed too hard and no one could work.

[@jlv3x]

@@evrlastngcherry7727 the country is almost 80% black, with over 50% of the country living below the poverty line all of the poor people are probably black. This is not an issue of race as you saw black people's businesses were looted and burned too. This is a conflict between the haves and the have nots, the poor verses the rich. The extremely poor people consider even middle class people to be rich.

[@GreatRusio]

its not race but multiple tribe like groups fighting eachother due to a corrupt government. It obviously is prejudice but not exactly race Racism in south Africa is really bad though. People have described it as one of the most racist places on Earth

[@sudabadri7051]

You chose to focus on the one guy that said that, there was also another who said its about apatheid. All the shop owners are white and you think that has nothing to do with it??

[@daveeveryman6633]

Look's like Batman is serving his community in a different way these days.

[@sladecolonel9261]

He's not the batman that we deserve but the batman we need. "Swear to me Where are the trash bags!!!! "

[@tariqfeedseednasneed2682]

Sex farms will solve this Zuma problems the black lives matter community were having a nostalgia about the Buck Breaking Age (BBC) formerly Buck Breaking Chronicles

[@NARKISDUDE]

look's?

[@tariqfeedseednasneed2682]

@@NARKISDUDE Don't correct him mind your own business

[@RawkL0bster]

Martha.

[@rossfraser4668]

Teach a man to fish and he will feed himself forever. Allow a man to steal fish he will kill the fisherman starve and find someone to blame for his actions.

[@taiwoolaleye6333]

no, thats dumb

[@silentdogfart4892]

@@taiwoolaleye6333 Unless you're a Democrat in which case it's policy.

[@mayhemamigos4766]

These people are being faced with the choice of stealing or starving. The capitalist system is exploiting 50% of the populations labour, keeping them in perpetual poverty. They are owing paid a fraction of the value of their labor because of the authoritarian structure of the economy.

[@ltpetrenko]

@@mayhemamigos4766 hopefully the burning and distraction fed them well. You hire - you exploit. By definition. Plumber, barber, doctor, entertainer, maid. You buy goods - you indirectly exploit labor.

[@ltpetrenko]

@@mayhemamigos4766 fortunately, with automation advancements less and less population will be “exploited”.

[@etloo1971]

South Africa had transformed from 1st World to 3rd World the opposite of Singapore. Apartheid ended over 3 decades ago yet South Africa cannot progress.

[@mfs353]

I was worried about the situation in South africa but when I saw Batman with a broom, I knew right then and there that everything was under control

[@heloveskoko]

This COMMENT HAS ME IN TEARS RN😭😭😭😭😭

[@kivakarmen8628]

Dayum!😆😆😆

[@jking3684]

Exact thoughts , Batman took all the seriousness out that video for me

[@hellalpha]

But its Affleck Batman from the Snyderverse....

[@CARLIN4737]

Its no jokes man but it was a rare glimmer of hope and sunshine to see Batman turn up.

[@mm5478]

It’s says a lot when the local HOA has its own APC.

[@gabeitches8903]

@scubatable mallcop too stupid to put two and two together?

[@xancypillosi9497]

Hoa - home owners association APC - armored truck u ain’t Fcking with

[@agentcooper6179]

@scubatable mallcop Eas of use in conversation. 🤷‍♂️

[@Spiffy35]

@scubatable mallcop 😂😂😂 they're everywhere bro. Get used to it.

[@TheUsername217]

Mega Karens

[@PASTRAMIKick]

So this is what District 10 looks like, kinda grim.

[@abilawaandamari8366]

I feel like those alien shrimp would make SA better at this point.

[@Hygix_]

I remember that movie lmao and this is accurate

[@titanfighter12]

If I'm not mistaken Blomkamp (D9 director) is from SA lol

[@Freyia935]

Nice racist comment

[@matamba6774]

Nice racist comments. You guys are realy Esau

[@D-Boss-1958]

I'm surprised it lasted this long. Once Mandela was in power it has gone downhill ever since. I was there in the 70's and it was just about the safest place in the world. Now look what it has become.

[@DresdenMedia]

" i left my kids for this nonsense ..fokof" sis going crazy

[@lekholokoelekotsoanamoloi9593]

Yes

[@uzithedreadpoet6777]

She was pissed!! 😎

[@katlehokronus]

People like here are what's wrong with this country. She's willing applied to be civil servant but is so ungrateful that she at least got the job and opts to walk around like she's owed favours.

[@richyoung4051]

@The Shah of Iran yea like for fucking real how the hell can you blame her??

[@Seth9809]

@@katlehokronus She's also likely not paid on time too.

[@caz1764]

I was born in South Africa, but my parents moved the family overseas when I was very young. Despite all the ANC's promises, they didn't believe much would change with the new government. Watching this makes me cry for my birth country, but everyday makes me grateful that my parents chose to move for the chance of a better life.

[@toptierdiscordmod7806]

Anyone with half of a brain cell and enough money knows to leave the country I don't understand people who are obsessed with loving a failed country Your parents made the logical decision

[@echodelta2172]

@@toptierdiscordmod7806 what do you do when there's nowhere else to run

[@DMC33]

i hope you didn't move to Seattle

[@dangerzone3483]

Futsek

[@dangerzone3483]

U should move to Afghanistan 🙂

[@Roses_4_life]

I left South Africa 21 years ago... I was 22. Despite being educated I could not find work as a young woman. It was difficult to leave everything I knew and move abroad on my own. I now live in peace in a safe country and my family and children are safe. I feel sorry for those stuck there with no way to escape poverty. 😢

[@poisonousbadge126]

where do you live?

[@jamesanderson5862]

@@poisonousbadge126 get him deported

[@poisonousbadge126]

@@jamesanderson5862 hehe

[@jimrtoner7673]

Smart. Brave move. South Africa is the titanic and will sink to the level of the rest of africa

[@poisonousbadge126]

@@jimrtoner7673 if we all leave it will sink faster

[@kaylat63]

This administration is putting many families in difficult situations. A lot of people are financially struggling to live, put a roof over their head and put food on the table. Things are getting worse these days, if you don't find means of multiplying your money you might wake up a day to realise you didn't plan well for yourself and family…

[@AllisonSherman657]

I agree with you and I believe that the secret to financial stability is having the right investment ideas to enable you earn more money, I don’t know who agrees with me but either way I recommend either real estate or bitcoin and stocks..

[@face2lune]

I keep wondering how people earn money in financial markets, i tried trading on my own made a huge loss and now I'm scared of investing more.

[@kaylat63]

@@face2lune Understanding your financial needs and making effective decisions is very essential. If I could advise you, you should seek the help of a financial advisor. For the record, working with one has been the best for my finances...

[@face2lune]

Mind if I ask you to recommend this particular coach you are using their service? Seems you've figured it all out.

[@kaylat63]

@@face2lune I get guidance from *Susan Tori Davis* Most likely, the internet should have her basic info..

[@okuhle5820]

As someone who was in Durban when the looting started, it was not about Zuma, although it was politically motivated, then the extremists and opportunists made it easy. I wish Vice had actually reported the truth instead of just sugar coating. You overlooked a lot of details and instead decided it was motivated by poverty.

[@peaches1535]

@Maxim N I think she’s implying these people saw an opportunity and used it to their advantage as far as looting goes

[@sambo6088]

I hope you and your family are okay... This seems terrible.

[@PuffOfSmoke]

@Maxim N True. If Okuhle knows what's up she better explain it.

[@reillyg8178]

Please explain then. What causes the looting? Oppression? Racism? Culture? Why didn't I see any whites looting? I would like I know more please

[@celewign]

@@reillyg8178 you’re asking a loaded question, but I’d the video implies that whites are not members of the oppressed class in SA. I think this is why they mention echoes of apartheid. Poor people get frustrated and sometimes it all boils over? Have you ever been poor? It is very difficult to be poor.

[@kgandrala]

Bro that policewoman was terrifying. "I left my kids for this". That honestly sums up the whole situation

[@TonyDracon]

nah

[@kgandrala]

@@TonyDracon If you have asian or African parents, they have no fear when they pissed

[@alexmwasi5350]

i agree smh. I hope SA gets better man!

[@cenobitecyborgkratch9669]

Can we Notch down the "bro talk" it's getting cringe

[@BigUpVideo]

Go be a mother, leave mans work to men . - Kevin samuels.

[@bertbollen]

I am pretty sure that a lot of people who can be considered as being poor didn’t loot and were disgusted by the looting. What I missed was an interview with the looters: “Show me what you took and why you needed that.”

[@iphgfqweio]

we do not negotiate with terrorists, bro. also don't give them a voice. we know they love corrupt Zuma

[@bertbollen]

@@iphgfqweio I hope you understood I was being cynical about their intentions 😎

[@butwait]

" I needed that new tv, the fridge, 3 microwaves, 21 phones, designer bags, and 2 trolleys filled with random stuff, I was hungry"

[@anazron805811]

Well maybe they just wanted it. I mean, poor people get stolen from all the time, but nobody cares about that. And, frankly, these rich people can afford to have a bit of their wealth taken. Sorry if you don't like that, but that's what happens when poor people get treated like this.

[@BigDaddy-vq5ks]

Lmfao buddy you’re so detached from reality it’s hilarious lol

[@hughventer2934]

Blaming apartheid for this is just unreasonable. Apartheid has now left South Africa for nearly 50 years, race has nothing to do with it.

[@yourfriendlyneighbourhoods8202]

30 years but your point still stands

[@willlander7838]

50 years, yet the races remain highly segregated. Look at the maps showing where different races live in SA and it will become evident that apartheid’s scars have and will not leave us for a long time.

[@TomGodson95]

​@willlander7838 Bullshit, they said the violence has gotten worse since then

[@TheKnowledgeMan101]

Actually it does. While personal responsibility is also partly responsible, its also the after effects of Apartheid, The ANC simply have failed in bringing most black people out of poverty, if you have had centuries of racist policies and then decades of apartheid, its gonna have some after effects.

[@dallassegno]

They just need trans rights tho

[@mountainous_port]

Half of the population lives in poverty under Zuma's term. They should know who is the true robber.

[@maxflores3276]

The white people who pay him to keep those people poor.

[@yourcontentguy2107]

@@maxflores3276 What?

[@satriah3216]

@@maxflores3276 tf?

[@fayaazalibhai4665]

@@maxflores3276 lol wasn't it actually some indian dude's

[@777morgan3]

remember pw botha he and his people killed millions and left millions in despair took land wealth etc ...this is what u get after a couple hundreds years of colonization it just dosent.... go away....the brits ruled india took 47trillion in todays money out of india into brittian the recorded history states , yes the kept records...how much wealth came from africa, china, the americas, austrilia, polanesia and other places ,,,,these nations are still recovering from the rule of europe andd now infighting civil war islam terror etc superstition

[@jesperburns]

"It's not about race" say the people in the video Vice: You don't get to decide that.

[@bryanaa196]

Hahahaha

[@InstigatorDJ]

Well it isnt about race, its about tribal issues. Zulu vs Xhosa.......

[@OnlyInhuman90]

Black and white just don't mix and that's been proven million times throughout history

[@hemcharan9242]

He is right it's not about race its about money

[@vonversace]

More about $$$

[@slickTurboS]

This video makes no mention of how those allied with Zuma (Including his family) instigated and organized the protests via social media.

[@skylersampsell716]

Same thing coming to the US within 8 years if we don't change things soon

[@loudigity0]

@@skylersampsell716 except the US citizens has more guns then any citizens in the world more theb likely don't quote me lolol

[@laurenbeeton9528]

As a South African, I remember this time clearly. It was a shocking time for us all, not too long ago. My family member's friend lived in a house next to (on - as we say) the main road where the looting occurred at an 'upper class' suburban mall in KZN. She was extremely traumatized and fearful while sitting in her house at home while she could see the chaos and fire from her window. She prayed that her family would be left alone, she even hid her newborn baby in the ceiling at one point when groups of protesters passed her house, chanting violently with trollies of stolen goods. A few days later they traveled (escaped) to the western cape. They stayed at a quiet beach resort in a quiet town in wc, but couldn't enjoy it due to the trauma and nightmares. Sometimes, like every second year, things become very dark in South Africa. The world NEEDS to know what happens here. It becomes like a violent video game, and nobody is completely safe. I remember when this was happening, I was shocked that it wasn't on goodmorning America , all over BBC, and fellow South African Trevor Noah who then hosted the daily show, didn't even mention it once! That was truly shocking to me, instead, he made unrelated jokes about South Africa on his show at the VERY SAME TIME this was happening in SA. South Africa is beautiful! WC, Cape Town is beautiful. The garden route is beautiful... I just feel that foreigners should not come here and bring their money and boost our tourism, until the government does more to ensure our safety and the safety of visitors in our county. Many tourists get robbed, unfortunately a few murdered. I remember when their was an extreme violence against women spree in SA just 3/4 years ago, the government made many promises as we mourned the lives of slain woman and teenagers, but still they have not fulfilled their promises. As someone who has been a victim of SA's alarming statistics of violence against woman, I know first hand, they are not just statistics. A good school, a good neighbourhood and being an upstanding person - doesn't always protect you from criminals and predictors who are protected by an unjust and largely corrupt government and systemically sick communities. Thanks to Jesus, we are strong. Us woman of South Africa are strong, because we also have to be. Innocent, then shocked and traumatized, then strong. With many tears in between, but also looking back the road to stronger happened fast - just. Like. That. Sink or swim here in South Africa. I think our country must impose the death penalty on major and removal of a limb for petty crimes. It saddens my heart to say that, but my heart is more sad for the hundreds of woman assaulted daily and people (many innocent children) murdered every week in South Africa. There will only be one or two examples, then people will stop. I don't agree with MANY of the UAE policies but one thing is for sure - the citizens are safe in their houses, at the mall, at the parks. It just takes one or two examples and then people stop, first they stop due to fear of punishment and overtime people enjoy the comfort of a safer community, even the former criminals enjoy knowing their wives and little children will grow up safe - protected from crime retaliation. The government made an example of people who said racial slurs by imprisoning a few, now that has stopped to a large extent. Same should be the case with violence. I pray for this nation. God bless you all. Thanks Vice for the coverage.

[@Law19157]

Trevor Noah is Progressive Racist Clown, he's not going to cover stories that flies in the face of progressive ideologies.

[@basicinfo1469]

Blaqq lies matter

[@allergictohumansnotanimals5671]

You gotta agree with a good majority of the UAE’s policies if what they’re doing is protecting their country and citizens.

[@HenriettaMRiley]

3mins 30 secs "Many where motivated by hunger....." Yeah go and put some salt on that 55 inch TV. What a load of bollocks - call it for what it is.

[@bruhmode6836]

They sell the tv for money and get food

[@tziirkq]

@@bruhmode6836 Who are they fucking selling it to? You see the same old bull in every looting.

[@KALL_ME_KAPKAN]

@@bruhmode6836 but they smashed all the food on the ground...

[@andrewdunckley]

Why they burned 200 schools during that period is my question...

[@mijack8228]

Those guys are rioting because of Zuma, can't expect much reason from them

[@wolfhunter6711]

@Byush m That is exactly why Democrats in the US are against school choice in the inner cities.

[@Supatrader]

Because those schools teach "white mans knowledge", which is obviously oppressive to Africans

[@jerrywhidby.]

Zuma is a member of the South African Communist Party. The 10th plank of Communism shows that Communist know that control of education is important.

[@eegernades]

@@wolfhunter6711 youd be wrong then. Theres more to it and that isnt even a topic. Wish it was as simple as that tho.

[@iVlainXXVIII]

They should have raided the corrupt politician's houses

[@Jonah_Krsna_47]

word

[@zavye.g]

pretty sad when protests become twisted into just plain rioting and looting. the message is completely lost when they ruin the livelihoods of their own people and not those who actually oppress them.

[@lovesallanimals9948]

Go after the politicians houses and what they own NOT EACH OTHER THAT IS JUST STUPID

[@zavye.g]

@@majesticmajestic7058 braindead take.

[@briantezo9232]

Politicians own businesses directly or indirectly or are controlled by big corporations. So at the end the politicians get affected. But when they target small business they are just hurting themselves.

[@TheAstralftw]

this will happen to Europe if we keep our borders open. Already you have this in cities of Sweden , Germany, Britain, France etc.

[@evsm6197]

You are correct, they don't want to acknowledge the ugly black root of the problem.

[@rice4550]

don't bring your racism into it SA still suffers from the scars of apartheid over 50% of the people still live in poverty this was bound to happen

[@BonVoyage861]

Nah they can't last that many generations in Northern Europe.

[@devanman7920]

Those looters must be seriously hungry if they're gonna try and eat those tv's.

[@ericpeters0n]

You can't carry the amount of bread that will be paid for by that TV. These takes disputing hunger/poverty by pointing to looting of other goods are intentionally bad faith takes.

[@Esq018]

You can sell the TV

[@msaltalola]

@@Esq018 true enough....but who would have the money to buy it? Those people with money aren't going to be spending it to buy stolen goods lol

[@sanmarino8605]

Them 4k tv's are tasty but I think 1080p is the best one's to eat

[@toidIllorTAmI]

"Sell it" you do know this is a third world country right? They don't have eBay out there, let alone rich people.

[@timothywilliams8530]

"Motivated by hunger" Yeah that explains why they broke through long term storage lockers

[@sicsempertyrannisvi4107]

Everyone knows thats where all the food is at

[@justanaverage1762]

Just like blm in america, it s almost as if...looting is in their nature

[@lql1094]

@Danny Archer What stuff tho? Why steal TVs to take to an electricless house? I really don't understand looting for refrigerators (even) when your village has no electricity.

[@Fony_turgeson]

@@justanaverage1762 stealing from stores helps inequality. No one stole food lol

[@syasyaishavingfun]

Lmao tvs don't help hunger

[@tomcranks]

"That which you allow, you encourage."

[@austinmiller7266]

Meet me on the my

[@lloydlovell8431]

Time to get out your times up

[@erazer5685]

Living in Australia, I haven't heard about any of this on the MSM.

[@beardlessodin945]

Hired Private Security has been the de facto police force in South Africa for decades now.

[@GodlessMartyr666]

where the hell was the SANDF lol oh that's right - up in the helicopters flying around just watching it all happen

[@yearight5303]

Yea. In white communities.

[@victorgraca9267]

@@yearight5303 nothing worth stealing anywhere else

[@davidcnutt5826]

And once they "defund the police" so will north America

[@ahdsm7155]

@Baby Barbie Your explanation seems to be very misplaced in this context, and missing alot of consideration for South Africa's social and political climate that has inevitably led to this civil unrest taking place. Yes poverty is a factor in what took place, and the pandemic also has contributed to poverty as much as it has in many places around the world, but they're not the sole causes of this as it would seem you're implying. If that was the case then the entire country's poverty stricken would have been engaged in the civil unrest but it was instead mainly concentrated in two provinces in South Africa. No, the looting is not "happenining at perfect timing to the pandemic". The unrest was caused due to it being instigated by a faction in South African society who believe the former president shouldn't be imprisoned due to him willingly being in contempt of court...which is another explanation I won't go into here. And I say "unrest" and not "looting" because the situation was alot more than that. Politicians and political famillies in support of the former president instigated the unrest, and that just triggerred off a chain of madness to follow after. No, food was not the only items mainly being looted, actually you should see the tally of the liquor stores broken into as well as the electronics, hardware, fashion oultets etc. It was alot more than just food, and it wasn't only the poor. People from outside the province drove down in cars and expensive vehicles to join in on the looting. No, they didn't loot in only white areas, the first targets were shopping centres and businesses in townships before it spread to business districts and areas occupied by minorities, all race groups were affected here even if the factions were trying to target minorities in some areas. This was much more than simply starvation as you put it, if it was merely about food then the national roadways wouldn't be blocked, trucks wouldn't be burnt to the ground transporting food to areas, water facilities wouldn't have been targeted, warehouses stocking food wouldn't have been burnt to the ground, along with schools, blood banks and unrelated businesses. South Africa has unfortunately developed a culture of violent protesting in recent years due to years of government neglect and non-service delivery affecting poor communites. It's spread to business forums and regulatory bodies as well, which is why its not so hard to believe that large amounts people would not have an issue with committing these acts at such a large scale, especially since the same protesting tactics were used in the beginning of the civil unrest and urged on by political figures. I can assume your heart is in the right place agreeing with me that this is a bad situation, but I'm sorry... your understanding is just too simple regarding the causes leading to whats taken place over here, and thats coming from a guy on the ground level in one of the most affected districts throughout this time. Theres alot more psychology to it than biological thinking.

[@truthonly2453]

Zuma is to be blamed for his outrageous behavior which caused this to happen. Instead of condemning it he fueled it. He should be arrested for his corruption and put away in jail for a long time.

[@AnkhAnanku]

It almost sounds like you are talking about someone in the United States 🤔

[@akambibouraima2344]

Not only ,even Mandela because he should have been introduce laws to retaken lands and the 90% of the mining indutries from white and indians people becausethei country belongs to the blacks people andthe white and indians have their grand-parents countries

[@misternobody6798]

I am not from South Africa could you please share how he fuelled it further? Was he justifying the rioting initially and later change his tune or something?

[@_theghost96_4]

@@akambibouraima2344 Wrong

[@zonebabrown1474]

Absolutely not. This was coming African people are tired of the overall injustice by whites on their land

[@miaa7097]

The corruption in South Africa is mind-blowing I feel bad for the working class.

[@AbiyeKetema]

Which working class? The one who's protected by the most corrupt?

[@mikehughes8023]

@Govinderan Pillay This madness has been brewing long before the current president.

[@GhostRanger5060]

It's the Middle Class the elites are trying to destroy. At the end of the week, there will be a handout for the poor... and the Middle Class will be robbed to pay for it.

[@ihl0700677525]

IMO the core of the problem is tribalism.

[@lamontkhoza2856]

@@ihl0700677525 nah bruv it's class inequality and corruption. I know this cause I live in South Africa. A lot of people burnt and looted other black people as well(as shown in the video)

[@johnoleary7764]

And sth africa is taking israel to court what a joke

[@joey.9.5]

this has nothing to do with israel buddy

[@SPAZZYok]

Who in their right mind is gonna want to do business there now. The people have made a bad situation worse.

[@edh9746]

I don't know , If I was a manufacturer of guns I would want to do business there .

[@godbodyfitness3158]

I think they want people to leave

[@renchyxii2925]

It was an economic overthrow, right now petrol is so expensive I rather take my bike 20kms to work and back

[@simphiwevilakazi7112]

As South Africans, we are not addressing the elephant in the room. These are the ripple effects of a group of people who were entrusted with the powers of the land, yet have brought misery to its people; further widening the gap between an already conflict bound society. For me, the reality is beyond the unrest. A friend, a family member. We are all affected by the greed to which these MPs are consumed. I cry for South Africa.

[@Mad_scientist_ha_ha_ha]

Tell that to the majority still voting for the ANC

[@avamasquerade]

I knew this isn't political, it's economic because it *always* is.

[@jabberwolf7348]

@@Mad_scientist_ha_ha_ha But the ANC are black --- so that will fix everything right? Chase away and take all they have, that fixes it right ?!?!

[@Randy7201]

@ Simphiwe Vilakazi You couldnt have said it better brother. The real rot in South Africa is not its people,its those in power. South Africans are wonderful warm people, its the actions of politicians that breed hatred, we need a pure dispensation, one aligned to its people and not self greed..

[@reecerox2]

@@Randy7201 So it's the people in power causing all the carjackings and crime?

[@nathanjones9969]

Good to see batman helping out.

[@Automedon2]

As if it didn't look like a movie before he showed up. LOL

[@propane718]

I was like wtf? Lol

[@Lemonuno]

@@propane718 same

[@glitchmanshandle]

he has whipped out the heavy armor suit as well for good measure. I think he is expecting Superman sometime soon.

[@federicoanzola2785]

@@glitchmanshandle stfu

[@mzansianime]

I lived in Empangeni KwaZulu-Natal, 160km north of Durban. We were hit by the riots as well. Our entire CBD was destroyed. But we got very little coverage. Our neighbouring communities like Ngwelezane and Esikhawini were hit just as hard. Also, virtually no coverage.

[@wavemaker2077]

What the reason for the riots there?

[@MrKrabz-fs1qz]

This is what happens when a nation is not really a nation. separate groups that at least don't trust/like each other.

[@Bogeymania]

@@g.r.7562 Maybe California. People would be getting shot where I live.

[@ifp748]

@@g.r.7562 eh we’re still only 13% Africa American our military could handle it if they had to but who knows the Biden administration is likely to pathetic to do anything about it unfortunately. Hopefully it won’t come to that.

[@becky5937]

Finally honesty and intellect.

[@vladiiidracula235]

Indeed. This is a very big problem in post-colonial African nations.

[@HypeBeast764]

Yes and the root cause of this is capitalism

[@mikehogan9265]

In 1994 when the ANC came into power I took my young family and moved from Durban to New Zealand. It was difficult starting again but it was the right thing to do.

[@mikehogan9265]

@@Woodesies I stayed hoping that a solution would be found. It was very evident in 1994 that this would not happen. Time has proved that the ANC is as incompetent and corrupt as I feared.

[@jimrtoner7673]

@@Woodesies bs. Black unemployment was 20 percent then and now it is closer to 60 percent.

[@PooLeeBoo]

@@Woodesies Why?

[@peltimies2469]

@@PooLeeBoo Apartheit state. Thats why.

[@peltimies2469]

@@jimrtoner7673 Black employment has nothing to do with how theyre treated. Did you know that before 1861 black unemployment was at a historical low in the southern USA? Now why could that be?

[@rue3816]

I live in Durban. The lootings were probably the most traumatic thing to happen to my community since Apartheid. People I didn’t even realise owned guns were patrolling the street, barricading the roads and chasing people with cricket bats. The supermarkets were empty for weeks. But the scariest pasty was not knowing when it was going to end, not knowing when it was safe to leave your house again. Durban still isn’t fully recovered from this. My heart breaks while watching this.

[@collenfisher3635]

Bet you want apartheid back....

[@incumbentvinyl9291]

*hasn't

[@bsame]

@@incumbentvinyl9291 does that make you feel better?

[@incumbentvinyl9291]

@@bsame Not to me personally. I hope the OP appreciates it and learned something, but it's doubtful.

[@Pugetwitch]

I live in Seattle and we still haven't recovered fully from Chaz/Chop. The city has descended into madness.

[@brianratts1713]

South Africa is done. Leave if you can. Look who's running the country now. There is your answer.......

[@RayniqueVanderwesthuizen-og2bq]

The fact that they text money are going to be used to rebuild the damage done then we complain about money in the country 😂😅😅😂😂

[@notknown6605]

Who is running the country? Elected officials. That’s what happens in a democracy.

[@levishepard3696]

Just causally watching the planet turn into a mixture of the feature films “Idiocracy” and “Mad Max”. We’re so fucked.

[@julius43461]

It was so nice living in the illusion that history is over, and we can only go up from now on.

[@dwray729]

No you're watching the CCP takeover and are too dumb to realize it.

[@levishepard3696]

@Some Guy huh?

[@reinhardvandermerwe6585]

Mad Max is set in 2021..

[@balkantvofficialbackup]

who said we are fucked finally poor countries ruled by israeli owned america are getting back whats theirs

[@DMU386]

Gotta love that woman steeling a refrigerator and theres no food to put in it. Shes probably on the city council

[@dustie455]

Probably going to resell for half the price then get food

[@akshitverma2004]

She belongs to the Communist party I think.

[@demef758]

That's South Africa's vice president.

[@demetriparker5396]

only in chicago

[@dustie455]

@Byron Bredenhann maybe in America but these people live in sheds built in the 60s and cant hold down a job their probably going to re-sell it why would they live shitty lives but have a nice fridge when they can have a more comfortable life but not a second nice fridge it doesn’t make sense

[@lyingeyes5579]

As a South African, I'm so hungry I can steal a 4k TV.

[@drstoned9340]

Yea my guy I'm so hungry I can steal designer clothes and a fridge.

[@lyingeyes5579]

@@drstoned9340 You too?😳

[@PUSSYMONEYWEED75]

And sell it to buy food..genius

[@samyakjain3417]

It happens everwhere i think In america too during blm

[@lyingeyes5579]

@@samyakjain3417 Don't you see a pattern based on race?

[@sunny-gk2mi]

Africa descends back into its darkness.

[@leotimtom6637]

Into their natural state of things. Entropy at work.

[@anthonylluberes4338]

That whole shot at 4:45 was crazy, looks like a scene out of a movie/game, the background,clouds, smoke, you can literally see all the chaos

[@kevindeland9079]

It reminded me of Children of Men

[@agumon1605]

Reminded me the first opening scene from last of us or something

[@MeanDark2]

this whole video reminds me of the division honestly

[@LucidFL]

who would have guessed video games are inspired by real life? idiot

[@MeanDark2]

@@LucidFL why so toxic?

[@allanmanley6340]

When we emigrated 30+ years ago I was told I would be missing out on a great future in S.Africa. I look at this and say "is this that 'future'?" I am so glad I left and made a new life for my family.

[@veryshortclips9039]

there is no future on africa, it's a cursed hell on earth.

[@PureFilth23]

Theres only one solution I can think of to solve the problem.

[@gamercatsz5441]

@@PureFilth23 A « whites only » region? I can imagine that could be the most succesfull region in the entire country. Black politicians have been running SA for decades now, this is the result. Yet in the video the black man blames this on apartheid. Unbelievable really…

[@ABandCalledStoned]

@@gamercatsz5441 Yup. Here in the states, its the same basic result when you don't have white leadership. I've watched a new apartment complex that was extremely nice...turn into a ghetto in less than a year. And yes, it was lived in and ran by non-whites. I hate saying it bc I dont have anything against anyone for any reason other than how they are...but I can not deny what I have observed.

[@f.jideament]

@@ABandCalledStoned this may sound like a non-sense nerd bs for many people BUT I think this will always be the final result regardless to the leader and the reason behind this algorithm is the "human kind" or "humanoids" as a subject. Every single human unit is just reflecting their inner chaos with their actions. Organics will be eliminated in the universal selection, it is obvious as f.

[@florixn_de]

HUGE respect for the people defending stores and infrastructure and also the pilots who flew in essential goods.

[@scascpa4810]

👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏

[@Miester7]

Haha, the pilot bought in 1 persons worth supplies

[@ryanfreeman125]

With GUNS

[@BteamBencher]

The killers, you mean. I doubt there are any right sides to this

[@ryanfreeman125]

@@BteamBencher they're defending the gas station with guns from looters, are you blind?

[@ashleyn1979]

Left Durban in 1996. My mum pushed for the move overseas. I was heart broken. However seeing the way the place has gone makes me sad. South Africa had potential to be a really properous country full of tourism. Bring back the death penalty. Drastic action is the only way.

[@HartmutJagerArt]

...the death penalty will Not save Anything ! Only a Competent Government will !

[@ashleyn1979]

@@HartmutJagerArt Its a culture issue. People need fear instilled. You need drastic measures. Govt for sure needs work as well.

[@lesp315]

I almost immigrated from Poland to Durban, RSA in 1982. I guess I was lucky.

[@Elrond_Hubbard_1]

@@ashleyn1979 It's exactly your kind of attitude that led to this outcome. You've got a small minority of people that hold ALL the material wealth, and the huge majority that has absolutely nothing. You think they're scared of death? They're literally starving you fool. You say people need 'fear instilled in them', well looks like you've got your wish, because that's exactly what's happening right now. And you just want to push harder and harder and grind people into misery even more. It's just going to lead to more violence, more looting and more death.

[@HartmutJagerArt]

@@ashleyn1979 > To use Fear - as a tool to keep people in check or controlled - is the Sign of a Dictatorship ! Jobs, good Leadership and a shared, prosperous economy are the tools and - sign of a peaceful nation ! -

[@nelsonfox3]

So I’m confused. At the beginning one of the citizens says race has nothing to do with it, and at the end, they assert that it has to do with racism.

[@Himijendrix014]

@Heloise O'Byrne I’m confused because reports from respected news outlets in the last 5 yrs showed documentaries on white SAs living homeless or not getting jobs because it had shifted to black SAs finally getting more opportunity after a lifetime of the opposite. In the video we see more black SAs than white looting, unless VICE is just pushing a narrative it seems odd that within such a small time frame somehow it has shifted back & the black SAs feel they are being oppressed. I would think it would be everyone or white SAs based on the reports in just the last 3-5 yrs I believe. Corruption affects everyone typically not just one race as many feel, but like in America it seems black ppl are taken advantage of more & I often believe it’s more about rich & poor, the poor are taken advantage of & due to the black Americans having a higher demographic in the impoverished community it falls on them but there still many many other races that fall victim as well

[@vangoghsseveredear]

@@Himijendrix014 likely vice pushing a narrative. Ive seen those same things, where white SA are forced from their homes, living in fear. Vice hasn't been good at being impartial for years

[@utility432101]

It's persistent and unapologetic Marxism. Which is Vice's stock and trade.

[@Pringlebox]

@@vangoghsseveredear most "news" outlets today are just propaganda machines, it's really quite sad I don't think there's a single place where the news is just the news and not twisted

[@d.l.9517]

It's Vice, what do you expect...

[@vivek-ks5vn]

I’m South African, and if it weren’t for armed citizens stopping the chaos, it would’ve been far worse.

[@3211-r7z]

God Bless and protect every one of you

[@CantThinkofaCoolOne]

Agreed 100%. Shocked and saddened to see how the story here changed and became all about vigilantes in Phoenix. They were only responding to the madness that came to them!

[@mmatrunks8649]

Thank goodness I live in the best province in South Africa western cape ❤💪🏼

[@keighlancoe5933]

South Africa just makes me sad. It was the beacon of Africa once, the example for the rest to follow and try and emulate. The country used to have so much promise, I used to believe that it would one day be as prosperous as an average European country one day but it just didn't happen. There is still hope but it doesn't look so good.

[@roro-on-1463]

White supremacist love amplifying SA issues as if, it proves anything. The problems with Africa is for the most part never created by the Africans. If you live in the Western Hemisphere, you’re benefiting from the mayhem. I personally blame bad African leaders for allowing the problems to happen.

[@maxseptember5312]

WOW, with such citizens and president, South Africa has no need to have any enemies.

[@Mr-ntanzi]

That's why we have the army and police force, it's all to have no enemies

[@thewordoflynx8095]

@@Mr-ntanzi At this point the South African army operates more inside South Africa than outside of it

[@Mr-ntanzi]

@@thewordoflynx8095 Lol I know that 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@Mr-ntanzi]

@Coolsville I don't think so every country in Europe has dictators and If you don't know the name its called Government 🤦🏼‍♂️😂

[@Deontjie]

Just look at our police ministers and chiefs....