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'IT'S A WAR ZONE' South Africa riots – Starving rioters say they are ‘on verge of eating each other’ after violence sparks food shortages
sun.com ^ | 7/15/21 | Imogen Braddick

Posted on 07/15/2021 6:36:44 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal

Chaotic protests have erupted across the country after former president Jacob Zuma was handed a 15-month jail term last week for failing to appear at a corruption inquiry.

At least 75 people have died and more than 1,200 arrested as the country's consumer goods body estimated more than 800 shops had been ransacked.

Many of the deaths were caused by stampedes as thousands of people raided shops, stealing food, electrical appliances, alcohol and clothes, cops said.

Shocking images showed hundreds of people running towards a warehouse on Wednesday and tearing through containers as the violence battered the country for a sixth day.

(Excerpt) Read more at the-sun.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: blm; genocide; georgefloyd; minneapolis; riots; southafrica; war
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1 posted on 07/15/2021 6:36:44 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal
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To: Roman_War_Criminal
Starving rioters say they are ‘on verge of eating each other’

"Ewwww, with a gammy leg?"

2 posted on 07/15/2021 6:37:38 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

And Zimbabwe here he come.


3 posted on 07/15/2021 6:38:28 PM PDT by Jonty30 (Just because I coughed on you does not mean that I have covid. It means that we have covid. )
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

Back to their roots, eh?


4 posted on 07/15/2021 6:38:38 PM PDT by Noumenon (The Second Amendment exists primarily to deal with those who just won't take no for an answer. KTF)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

5 posted on 07/15/2021 6:39:10 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal (Jesus + Something = Nothing ; Jesus + Nothing = Everything )
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

It’s not a melanin thing.

It is a Marxism thing.

Gee, thanks a lot Nelson Mandela.


6 posted on 07/15/2021 6:39:41 PM PDT by jdsteel ("A Republic, Madam, if you can keep it." Sorry Ben, looks like we blew it.)
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To: Jonty30

Probabaly...Pray for South Africa!

I’m digging your tagline BTW..


7 posted on 07/15/2021 6:39:59 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal (Jesus + Something = Nothing ; Jesus + Nothing = Everything )
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

They were so happy when they ran out the Indians/Asians and gave them all of their businesses.

How did that work out for ya?


8 posted on 07/15/2021 6:40:32 PM PDT by CrappieLuck
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

Looks like Minneapolis after Floyd.


9 posted on 07/15/2021 6:40:38 PM PDT by miserare ( Respect for life--life of all kinds-- is the first principle of civilization.~~A. Schweitzer.)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

This, children, was the reason there was Apartheid in the first place.


10 posted on 07/15/2021 6:41:43 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy." ― Mao Zedong)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

Feral descendants of the Voortrekkers again.
PW Botha was right


11 posted on 07/15/2021 6:41:59 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Free Republic: The Internet's 1st social media platform. Since 1996.)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

Maybe Lady Gaga can go on tour to brighten their day.

#MeatDress


12 posted on 07/15/2021 6:42:16 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Lean on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity.)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

They’re going to eat each other but it’s only been a week!


13 posted on 07/15/2021 6:42:24 PM PDT by Greetings_Puny_Humans (I mostly come out at night... mostly.)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juc593U4RZA

Well I read the bible from stem to stern
To see what a fella like me could learn
Well the times get harder and the cities burn
It ain’t no different than the caveman times.

Danny Barnes


14 posted on 07/15/2021 6:42:25 PM PDT by posterchild
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Yep.


15 posted on 07/15/2021 6:43:00 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Free Republic: The Internet's 1st social media platform. Since 1996.)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

The looting continued tonight in the Durban area. This is a South African Broadcasting Corporation video report...

https://youtube.com/watch?v=yifR9PlRsxA


16 posted on 07/15/2021 6:43:38 PM PDT by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERYBODYS BUSINESS, REMEMBER PASTOR NIEMOLLER)
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To: metmom; SaveFerris

Prep ping...


17 posted on 07/15/2021 6:46:06 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal (Jesus + Something = Nothing ; Jesus + Nothing = Everything )
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

Pure democracy in action???


18 posted on 07/15/2021 6:46:41 PM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (I miss out mean tweeting, man spreading, room owning President…)
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To: gov_bean_ counter

I would agree with your premise.


19 posted on 07/15/2021 6:47:34 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal (Jesus + Something = Nothing ; Jesus + Nothing = Everything )
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

Sometimes black lives don’t matter—antifa-blm.


20 posted on 07/15/2021 6:51:55 PM PDT by Mark (Celebrities... is there anything they do not know? Homer Simpson)
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