Wealthy KwaZulu-Natal residents chartered private planes and fled the province this week amid looting and fires, and ahead of impending food, medication and fuel shortages.
Wealthy KwaZulu-Natal residents hired private planes to fly them out of the province to escape the violence and destruction this week. File photo.Wealthy KwaZulu-Natal residents chartered private planes and fled the province this week amid violent looting and fires which rocked the province and ahead of impending food, medication and fuel shortages.
Pilots at Virginia Airport in Durban North told TimesLIVE they had been overwhelmed with private trips for clients due to the unrest which gripped areas in the city. “For a flight to Cape Town, which costs R150,000 one way, we’re taking families of up to six people, some with their pets. We’ve done about seven of those flights so far and we have more lined up.”
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