Vodacom and MTN forced to close stores due to looting and violence
South Africa’s major mobile network operators have closed a number of their stores and call centres due to the raging public violence across KwaZulu-Natal.
Shops across the province and in the areas of Durban and Pietermaritzburg, in particular, have been hit by rampant looting in the last few days.
Under the guise of the #FreeZuma campaign, which is calling for people to take to the streets in support of former president Jacob Zuma, many people have ransacked stores for food, clothing, electronics, and general goods.
Videos on social media even show opportunistic plunderers making off with big-screen TVs and stripping cars at a vehicle dealership of their engines and wheels.
A number of shops have also been badly damaged and set alight.
South Africa’s major mobile network operators have closed a number of their stores and call centres due to the raging public violence across KwaZulu-Natal.
Shops across the province and in the areas of Durban and Pietermaritzburg, in particular, have been hit by rampant looting in the last few days.
Under the guise of the #FreeZuma campaign, which is calling for people to take to the streets in support of former president Jacob Zuma, many people have ransacked stores for food, clothing, electronics, and general goods.
Videos on social media even show opportunistic plunderers making off with big-screen TVs and stripping cars at a vehicle dealership of their engines and wheels.
A number of shops have also been badly damaged and set alight.
