Experts believe the recent looting at shops and vandalism of schools are a mix of sheer criminal activity and people acting out of pure desperation.
He said schools were soft targets because they don’t have sufficient security and they usually have valuable items.
“Sometimes criminals would break into a shop and a desperate person passing by will take part in the looting,” he explained. Police minister Bheki Cele said it was alarming that police officers have been arrested for links to illegal alcohol trade during the lockdown in the Western Cape.Dr Johan Burger, also from the ISS, agreed that the crimes were possibly done by a mix of criminals and those acting out of desperation.
He said some people break into food outlets to get food, and also with the hope to get cash that will allow them to take care of their other obligations, like rent.
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