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Further serious riots in South Africa: Looters set this shopping center in Pietermaritzburg on fire. Armed streets blocked the port city of Durban, and looters also destroyed shopping centers here. The violence continues to spread. In addition to the provinces of Kwazulu-Natal and Gauteng with Johannesburg and the capital Pretoria, it also reached the provinces of Mpumalanga and North Cape overnight. According to police, there were more than 70 dead by Tuesday evening and more than 1200 people were arrested.
Soldiers should bring the chaotic situation under control.
So far they seem powerless with their rubber bullets against the looters who respond with stones.
South Africa's largest oil refiner in Durban has closed, as have shops and gas stations.
Defense Minister Mapisa-Nqakula is still ruling out the declaration of an emergency.
The trigger for the protests was the imprisonment of ex-President Jacob Zuma, who had refused to testify in a corruption process.
27 years after the end of apartheid, social inequality and anger about it remain high in South Africa.
Because of the Corona restrictions, the country's economy is severely affected. Almost a third of the population was unemployed earlier this year, a new record. South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa warned of an impending food and drug shortage.
