South Africa’s Descent into Chaos 

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You have a man dressed up as Batman cleaning up trash with a broom and you don't even talk to him.

"looting because of hunger" shows food smashed on the ground with people leaving with designer clothes and tvs lol

Blaming Apartheid is only a way to never take responsibility.

South African here. These riots were the last straw for me. Not long after I took my family and emigrated. It has been difficult but there hasn't been one day where I've regretted my decision to move

The irony of the poor protesting on behalf of the guy who literally took the food off their tables.

Imagine rioting because of Zuma who everyone know is the biggest and most corrupt politician for decades. The man had like 20 houses and 500 mistresses and did nothing for SA and people are protesting on his behalf! Really!!

"Motivated by hunger and unemployment"...why steal a fridge if you have nothing to put in it?

This is what happens when you let people run a country who have no idea.

Everybody: Riots against politicians that are corrupt South Africa: Riots because a corrupt politician is being investigated

The private security force looks more professional than the real South African police.

Blaming apartheid for this is just unreasonable. Apartheid has now left South Africa for nearly 50 years, race has nothing to do with it.

Notice how they blame "the scars of apartheid" about two minutes in

They attacked farmers and then complain about a food shortage while running with stolen electronics.

"The scars of apartheid reappear" 10 seconds later shows a black guy saying "this has nothing to do with race"

How hungry do you have to be to eat flat screen tv's fridges cloths x boxes etc ??? Didn't see much food being looted / stolen.

Unfortunately, some cultures build, some destroy.

Lets not forget 38 schools were also burned to the ground. What this has to do with "hunger" is beyond me.

Watching people slip on food while taking fridges speaks volumes.

If you want to see a real face of someone,just give them the freedom to do whatever they want. Period.

South Africa is done. Leave if you can. Look who's running the country now. There is your answer.......

Destroying your only local access to food probably isn't the best idea. Do they expect these stores will be rebuilt the following day?

"We cannot allow people to become so disinvested in their communities, that they feel like they want to destroy everything"

My family moved from Joburg in 2009. It’s so sad to see the country I grew up in fall into absolute chaos

My research tells me that South Africa lost its best police and army officers by 2005. They forced the older ones to retire, and then replaced them with ANC fighters who were not qualified. More resigned because they would not serve under unqualified officers. I have friends who lived in Johannesburg, and they said that you need private security in your neighborhood if you want to live.

This is what I imagined a dystopian apocalypse would look like as a kid

Who could have predicted that? Literally everyone with a brain.

Hot take: South Africa was better under apartheid. Look at what they’ve done with the place since :(

For minute there, I thought this was being filmed in Oakland California.

what blows me away is that none of this is being shown on American media. This is absolutely insane. How have I not heard about this?

Look's like Batman is serving his community in a different way these days.

South Africa will never recover...fact. Call me pessimistic, call me whatever you want. Let's meet here again in 50 years and you'll see I was right.

I'm surprised it lasted this long. Once Mandela was in power it has gone downhill ever since. I was there in the 70's and it was just about the safest place in the world. Now look what it has become.

Smashing food around and then complaining and moaning about “looting for food” makes no sense

As long as there is blatant, widespread corruption, this nightmare will never end for the people of S. Africa.

"the scars of apartheid" hmmm idk man it seems like the apartheid guys were kinda right about the whole ANC and Zuma and EFF thing

And sth africa is taking israel to court what a joke

Did Zuma ever tell his followers to stop this madness or did he sit in his air conditioned jail cell and enjoy watching the chaos on his tv....pure shame...

"It started out politically, but then people just did it stupidly, honestly" BARS

As a fellow African i'm dying to understand why some South Africans are willing to destroy their country for a corrupt man? please help me understand

this will happen to Europe if we keep our borders open. Already you have this in cities of Sweden , Germany, Britain, France etc.

Looting is like pissing in your pocket. At first, the relief is welcome then shortly thereafter, the stench and discomfort become difficult to live with. And so goes South Africa - descending into stench and discomfort for what will likely be an extended period of time.

Narrator: It's about racial inequality. Actual South African who had his livelihood destroyed: It's not about race, it"s not about race.

No one will ever admit it, African countries were better off when European countries colonized them.

As a South African, I remember this time clearly. It was a shocking time for us all, not too long ago. My family member's friend lived in a house next to (on - as we say) the main road where the looting occurred at an 'upper class' suburban mall in KZN. She was extremely traumatized and fearful while sitting in her house at home while she could see the chaos and fire from her window. She prayed that her family would be left alone, she even hid her newborn baby in the ceiling at one point when groups of protesters passed her house, chanting violently with trollies of stolen goods. A few days later they traveled (escaped) to the western cape. They stayed at a quiet beach resort in a quiet town in wc, but couldn't enjoy it due to the trauma and nightmares. Sometimes, like every second year, things become very dark in South Africa. The world NEEDS to know what happens here. It becomes like a violent video game, and nobody is completely safe. I remember when this was happening, I was shocked that it wasn't on goodmorning America , all over BBC, and fellow South African Trevor Noah who then hosted the daily show, didn't even mention it once! That was truly shocking to me, instead, he made unrelated jokes about South Africa on his show at the VERY SAME TIME this was happening in SA. South Africa is beautiful! WC, Cape Town is beautiful. The garden route is beautiful... I just feel that foreigners should not come here and bring their money and boost our tourism, until the government does more to ensure our safety and the safety of visitors in our county. Many tourists get robbed, unfortunately a few murdered. I remember when their was an extreme violence against women spree in SA just 3/4 years ago, the government made many promises as we mourned the lives of slain woman and teenagers, but still they have not fulfilled their promises. As someone who has been a victim of SA's alarming statistics of violence against woman, I know first hand, they are not just statistics. A good school, a good neighbourhood and being an upstanding person - doesn't always protect you from criminals and predictors who are protected by an unjust and largely corrupt government and systemically sick communities. Thanks to Jesus, we are strong. Us woman of South Africa are strong, because we also have to be. Innocent, then shocked and traumatized, then strong. With many tears in between, but also looking back the road to stronger happened fast - just. Like. That. Sink or swim here in South Africa. I think our country must impose the death penalty on major and removal of a limb for petty crimes. It saddens my heart to say that, but my heart is more sad for the hundreds of woman assaulted daily and people (many innocent children) murdered every week in South Africa. There will only be one or two examples, then people will stop. I don't agree with MANY of the UAE policies but one thing is for sure - the citizens are safe in their houses, at the mall, at the parks. It just takes one or two examples and then people stop, first they stop due to fear of punishment and overtime people enjoy the comfort of a safer community, even the former criminals enjoy knowing their wives and little children will grow up safe - protected from crime retaliation. The government made an example of people who said racial slurs by imprisoning a few, now that has stopped to a large extent. Same should be the case with violence. I pray for this nation. God bless you all. Thanks Vice for the coverage.

Stop calling it "Unrest." Me sleeping on a lumpy mattress and waking up in a cranky mood is unrest. This is flat out dystopia.

How has this got anything to do with Apartheid?! Zuma gets jailed for looting the country, which causes mass looting...

South Africa had transformed from 1st World to 3rd World the opposite of Singapore. Apartheid ended over 3 decades ago yet South Africa cannot progress.

muliculturism at its peak performance.

Citizens did more defending than the government has. We had a break in, and my Ill father was home, they brutally injured him. Thankfully he is alive, but the crime is horrid!

It is honestly so sad that this is happening to my beautiful country. My father was stabbed 6 times during the unrest but is now healing, please South Africa, don't be a doos

SA has been decending into chaos since 1994

South Africa once 🇿🇦 had a chance to be like Australia 🇦🇺

Teach a man to fish and he will feed himself forever. Allow a man to steal fish he will kill the fisherman starve and find someone to blame for his actions.

When the law doesn’t follow the law there is no law

Africa descends back into its darkness.

I grew up in South Africa during the early eighties. True, the apartheid did cause segregation but the country had ORDER. The citiies were clean, we could walk around town safely with our parents and friends at night and the economic situation was flourishing! Everybody seems to have forgotten that, economically, South Africa had been shoulder to shoulder with the U.S back then. There were no water problems, no load shedding and black people who worked for the "oppressive white man" were fed, clothed and sheltered. What brought this beautiful country to it's current state was the greed for World domination, masked as a fight for democracy, and promises of a better life given to people who (still) have no leadership skills as well as no clue as to run the country. I mean... please, folks, it's been THREE DECADES since apartheid was abolished and look what they've done!

" i left my kids for this nonsense ..fokof" sis going crazy

"I left my kids for this nonsense" - that hit hard

I lived in Empangeni KwaZulu-Natal, 160km north of Durban. We were hit by the riots as well. Our entire CBD was destroyed. But we got very little coverage. Our neighbouring communities like Ngwelezane and Esikhawini were hit just as hard. Also, virtually no coverage.

Left Durban in 1996. My mum pushed for the move overseas. I was heart broken. However seeing the way the place has gone makes me sad. South Africa had potential to be a really properous country full of tourism. Bring back the death penalty. Drastic action is the only way.

"It's people fucking around, simple as that..."

This is so insane these stories need more coverage

Damn Chicago as gone off the rails.

This makes apartheid look desirable now! So how is South Africa better off? I cant even watch this it is so bad.

Half of the population lives in poverty under Zuma's term. They should know who is the true robber.

Events in South Africa teach us an important lesson. During real uncontrollable crises, the government is no where to be found.

Does it surprise you or anyone. Be honest.

Living in Australia, I haven't heard about any of this on the MSM.

11:00 Batman is literally "cleaning the streets of crime"... give him a damn medal already for that humor

Bro that policewoman was terrifying. "I left my kids for this". That honestly sums up the whole situation

Hopefully people of African decent can take control here in the US so we can have proper equity. Right?

It's weird how residences can do a better job than the actual government

"It's not about race" say the people in the video Vice: You don't get to decide that.

I know people that were in the same situation as those folk defending their neighbourhood, they said it was terrifying standing like that all night with weapons, knowing the only other option was to have their area destroyed.

11:04 even batman is cleaning the streets

Old South African Proverb: "I'm so hungry I could steal a TV."

Respect to all those banding together and trying to hold stability and civility in their neighbourhoods.

my cousin left SA in 2016 and returned to Europe, after being there since 2001.

The South African media and the president say its Zuma's fault. I'm glad the international media is holding the ANC accountable

I was worried about the situation in South africa but when I saw Batman with a broom, I knew right then and there that everything was under control

How on earth have we not heard a word about this in the British press and the BBC?????

Take a good look this is what Europe is gonna look at us

Same thing in America. I don't understand how destroying private business and STEALING from them, how that solves political issues? You're just pushing tax revenue and businesses from your community until you have nothing left.

Why they burned 200 schools during that period is my question...

Also, what did that guy mean "the worst violence since Apartheid"? The homicide rate peaked at 30 per 100k people under Apartheid. It peaked at almost 80 per 100k people after Apartheid ended. And the homicide rate has been higher since, year on year, since Apartheid ended, than it was under Apartheid. SA has some of the highest homicide and violent crime rates in the world. And it isn't white people doing the killing, just as it wasn't under Apartheid. 4-5% of ALL deaths in SA are by murder. Think of that. You have a 1 in 20 chance of being killed.

Unfortunately Zimbabwe is right around the corner for South Africa's future...

As someone who was in Durban when the looting started, it was not about Zuma, although it was politically motivated, then the extremists and opportunists made it easy. I wish Vice had actually reported the truth instead of just sugar coating. You overlooked a lot of details and instead decided it was motivated by poverty.

"it has nothing to do with race!" - doc continues to talk about apartheid and how its about race.

Ending apartheid really worked well didn't it?

So south Africa are taking Israel to court but this is happening in there country the hypocrites what are they trying to do divert attention from them

As a South African, I'm so hungry I can steal a 4k TV.

I’m South African, and if it weren’t for armed citizens stopping the chaos, it would’ve been far worse.

Smashing up towns and looting is not going to solve South Africa's problems.

My dog has better manners than these creatures

They should have raided the corrupt politician's houses

3mins 30 secs "Many where motivated by hunger....." Yeah go and put some salt on that 55 inch TV. What a load of bollocks - call it for what it is.

Nothing to do with apartheid. Nor hunger nor unemployment. These people have been called to do so by their political leader, and many other's joined in because they can getaway with it.

There's not a days work in them.

"Motivated by hunger" Yeah that explains why they broke through long term storage lockers