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Police in Pietermaritzburg have confirmed to Newswatch that between 10 and 15 shops in the city centre have been looted in streets including Piet Maritz, East and West Streets.
Police have been deployed to bring the situation under control. A number of shops are said to be closed and no injuries have been reported.
Click here for footage showing the aftermath of yesterday's stand-off between foreigners and police in Durban's CBD.
Newswatch has also received calls saying parents have been told to fetch their children from school.
This woman was driving near Retief Street when she witnessed the mayhem, which she says came out of nowhere.
"My car's been stuck for an hour in gridlock traffic. They're rioting on either side and trying to open my car doors. They were hitting my car with knobkerries, slapping my car and looking in my car. They're even stealing things off the back of bakkies. And they're fighting and running away.
They're hitting people with sticks. The scariest thing is being gridlocked in that and not being able to get out of you car. Literally for an hour I've been stuck with that form of intimidation," she said.
Earlier, police have confirmed that the violence had also occurred in Verulam where five people were seriously injured. Shops wned by foreign nationals were targeted through the city including areas such as Umlazi, KwaMashu and Chatsworth.
Yesterday, foreign nationals took to Point Road in the Durban CBD to allegedly retaliate against the foreign-inspired attacks that have spanned over four weeks.
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http://www.ecr.co.za/post/foreigners-attacked-pmb/
 
Pietermaritzburg CBD at a standstill as looting spreads

Pietermaritzburg - The Pietermaritzburg CBD came to a standstill on Wednesday after looters ransacked foreign-owned shops, forcing owners to close doors in fear of further xenophobic attacks, The Witness reported.

People in the city centre along Church, East and Retief streets were left in a state of panic as police vans swarmed the streets, monitoring the escalating situation.
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http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/N...D-at-a-standstill-as-looting-spreads-20150415

My parents live in Pmb. My mum thankfully isn't anywhere near that mess but my Dad is in the center of it. My mom has spoken to him but I can't get through to him. He tried to call me back once but I have the feeling he is trying to get out of town right now.
 
Nothing to do with foreigners, its just another convenient excuse to steal
 
ellyally said:
Nothing to do with foreigners, its just another convenient excuse to steal
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Piggyback on the wave of #xenophobia elsewhere... and this is why the government will continue to resort to their rhetoric that it is a criminal element and not xenophobia.
 
zolly said:
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My parents live in Pmb. My mum thankfully isn't anywhere near that mess but my Dad is in the center of it. My mom has spoken to him but I can't get through to him. He tried to call me back once but I have the feeling he is trying to get out of town right now.
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Hopefully your dad is fine and safely home?
 
Hoekachaka said:
Do you want to make Africans look bad or what? Stupid post of yours.
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I don't 'want' to, but a spade is a spade not matter what colour you paint it. I call it as I see it, and we've seen this before over the years. A couple of foreigners get killed, media reports #xenophobia, flood gates open for free looting around the country under the guise of #xenophobia. Majority of these looters don't give a damn about foreigners in the country, they just see it as a convenient way to get free stuffs. Less chance of being caught if 100 people next to you are stealing too, cops can't chase all at the same time.
 
McT said:
Hopefully your dad is fine and safely home?
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Yeah. He's a doctor at one of the clinics so he just waited it out. My bro spoke to him last night but he was having a fat chat with all his other friends about the drama when I tried to call, so I'll find out what happened tonight.
 
The problem is you have the **** stirrers and then the poor people who are just tagging along in the hope that they'll get some free stuff.
 
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