The past few weeks in SA have been tough, from the jailing of former president Jacob Zuma to the death and destruction that followed, and sad scenes of increasing job and food insecurity.
More than 200 malls have been looted in SA since July 7. The violence erupted in KwaZulu-Natal soon after former president Jacob Zuma was taken into custody to begin serving a 15-month sentence for contempt of court and quickly spread to Gauteng, resulting in a large number of retail properties being damaged and looted in both provinces.
In Soweto all shopping centres and malls were destroyed besides Maponya Mall, which was protected by the community. By the end of last week, hundreds of people had been arrested and more than 200 were dead. We joined shareholder Lesley Nkuna on a walk through the centre, which cost R1.5bn to build, to witness the devastation.
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