Citizens armed with guns, many from South Africa's white minority, blocked off streets to prevent further plundering, Reuters TV footage showed. Other residents crowded outside supermarkets waiting for them to open so they could stock up on essentials.
Plumes of black smoke rose from a burning warehouse in Durban, while nearby people loaded up with goods scattered on the roadside. Overnight the chaos spread to two other provinces - Mpumalanga, just east of Gauteng, and Northern Cape, police said.The unrest also disrupted hospitals struggling to cope with a third wave of Covid-19.
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