Rioting and looting occur over time in every country.. It only takes a trigger for looters to overpower stores and shopping malls. Looters most often opportunist do hijack the pertinent grievances of protesters to loot and destroy both private and government properties.

In 2011 Salford and Manchester, UK saw unprecedented riots and looting that shook the nation. A protest on Police discrimination spiralled into riots and looting with destructions running into millions of pounds within days..

In Europe Paris and other French cities have seen the worst of riots, looting and arsons ..Legitimate protests either on educational rights by students or political reforms by the population do get hijacked by the discontent of social injustice. This is true of the 2018 yellow vests political protests that left several luxury shops looted and burnt. The violence was unprecedented..

In Nigeria the recent End SARS protest a legitimate grievance against the now defunct rogue police unit got hijacked by looters. The most amusing scenes were of people in the Oba of Lagos personal effects. A man wore his customised slippers why another carried his staff of office away. The were other shocking scenes of a kid dressed in a DPO's outfit, and shops looted.


South Africa is no amateur to riots, looting and violence. For many years the ANC fought the minority whites for its freedom. Despite the abolishment of apartheid the huge social injustice and divide is obvious and greatly disadvantaging the blacks. Atsuch poular discontent like the jailing of Zuma, a popular apartheid fighter with a huge rural fan base couldn't be settled no other way but by looting violence..


That said the images and destruction going on has been nothing but a mix of amusement, shock and horror. When I first watched images on nairaland of a man riding home a coffin I choked my ribs. The one of a Love Machine looked more of an out of context picture.

However as the South African President threatened looters on TV, the broke into the SANBS blood bank carrying away sachets of blood. I have never been this shocked. Where is the rational..

Lesson number 1...learn how to respect and value your country .

South Africans have shown the world that they're not just hungry but they're also very dumb

Are they going to drink the blood?

Typical