VIDEO: Isipingo market set alight overnight
The unrest plaguing Gutting and KwaZulu-Natal shows no signs of abating in the latter province.
On Thursday night, after many believed the looting and violence had died down, another fire was lit, this time hitting the Isipingo local food market, located just south of Durban.
Reports indicate a number of fires broke out on Thursday in the eThekwini area, and that the market is the latest to be hit by widespread looting and violence.
Isipingo market KZN on fire. #unrest pic.twitter.com/mGhHkIAm87
— Yusuf Abramjee (@Abramjee) July 15, 2021
Isipingo market burns right now pic.twitter.com/IJUDTtBtCs
— Kobayashi’s Basilisk (@FaeceSocietatis) July 15, 2021
Several malls and small-scale businesses were hit by violent looters this week.
On Wednesday, the damage stood at over R16 billion, with 40,000 businesses affected and over 129,000 jobs lost in eThekwini alone.
5,000 informal traders and 40,0000 formal businesses were hit, many of which may never recover.
Economists estimated it could take up to two decades for the country to recover from ongoing riots.
-The Citizen
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