Looting becomes part of Plett protest action

PLETTENBERG BAY NEWS - Plettenberg Bay has been plagued by protest action in recent weeks and on Monday June 12, one such riot took a criminal turn when several protestors started looting local businesses.

During the course of the evening on Monday several Qolweni residents staged a protest on the N2 just outside the coastal holiday town. They blocked the N2 by setting several objects alight, including tyres.

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Olivier said some protestors broke into Diamond Liquors where they started looting the liquor store.

He added that the situation was eventually brought under control, but it was then discovered that several businesses and factories had been burgled.

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PLETTENBERG BAY NEWS - Plettenberg Bay has been plagued by protest action in recent weeks and on Monday June 12, one such riot took a criminal turn when several protestors started looting local businesses.

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konfab said:

12 Months time:
Protesters are burning down their houses because of a lack of jobs.

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21 people arrested as protests spread to Riebeek Valley

Twenty-one people were arrested during housing protests in the towns of Riebeek-Kasteel and Riebeek West in the Western Cape on Monday.

Three of the men arrested will face charges of business robbery, while others face charges of public violence. This after what started as a protest march on Sunday spiralled into an angry crowd of about 600 people protesting in the two towns from Sunday into Monday.

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Fulcrum29 said:

Yet, while the media talks about the 'criminal' action in town, they don't mention anything about the wineries being looted, one set alight.

This country is systematically turning heel.

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R.V said:

In 48 months....

The poor flocking in their millions to Gauteng in search of food and land.

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