Food shortages expected in South Africa after looting in KZN and Gauteng

[rpm]

Major food shortages expected in South Africa

South Africans are expected to face major food shortages in the wake of days of violent unrest across two key provinces, as rioters upend supply chains by looting supermarkets and torching goods trucks.

 

[joshuatree]

" appropriated "

 

[HelterSkelter]

Exchange a flatscreen for a can of pilchards.

 

[namzsteve]

A lot of things are going to go south in the coming months after all this.

 

[ponder]

Watch prices skyrocket.

 

[borro]

Duh.

 

[6spdmanual]

Hence the panic buying. The local Pick n Pay was the fullest I have ever seen it. Never seen a line outside it like that before.

 

[Herr der Verboten]

Hence the panic buying. The local Pick n Pay was the fullest I have ever seen it. Never seen a line outside it like that before.

I'm sorry I took the literal last duck breast from one of the stores

 

[namzsteve]

Watch prices skyrocket.

Use discount code ZUMA and get 100% off for everything you want

 

[Enzo Matrix]

Use discount code ZUMA and get 100% off for everything you want

The code doesn't work on food items. Only applicable to flatscreen tvs

 

[Drifter]

Can concur. Our Shoprite is jam packed. Shelves are emptying and no deliviries imcoming. Queues outside are very long. Our local Engen has no 95 octane left, no deliviries either.

This is in Vereeniging.

 

[rvZA]

Government should act real fast to get food to stores. Somehow. The violence that will ensue when no food is available will be 1000 times worse than what we have experienced the past week.

 

[ScottulusMaximus]

Great, now I have to deal with panic buying idiots for the next few days.

 

[rvZA]

Great, now I have to deal with panic buying idiots for the next few days.

It will be good for business. No reasons to complain. Problem is, our local Spar notified clients that they will have stock, hopefully till the end of the week and will then close down until they get deliveries again in Gauteng. So, panic buying now may not be a bad idea. Not sure for how long we will be affected by shortages. Natal already no longer have access to things like bread, milk and some areas meat.

 

[The_Ogre]

Maybe you guys should mention your town/city if you are trying to warn others.

 

[Looney]

The code doesn't work on food items. Only applicable to flatscreen tvs

I thought it was also applicable to KFC?

 

[Sideshow Bob]

Great, now I have to deal with panic buying idiots for the next few days.

Good for "your" business though?

 

[rvZA]

Good for "your" business though?

I would have thought so too....

 

[namzsteve]

I thought it was also applicable to KFC?

Bucket of unprepared chicken, and their TVs

 

[mr_norris]

The food shortage is already here in KZN. If you aren't lucky enough to have a stocked fridge or gave the luxury to wait in crazy long lines, you are screwed.