# South Africa Unrest ## Megathread of videos from the unrest [https://twitter.com/FaeceSocietatis/status/1414702084851650563?s=19](https://twitter.com/FaeceSocietatis/status/1414702084851650563?s=19) ## Quillette: "Why Violence and Looting Have Exploded Across South Africa" https://quillette.com/2021/07/16/why-violence-and-looting-has-exploded-across-south-africa/ ## S.African govt plans troop surge to quell unrest -reports https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/south-african-crowds-rampage-overnight-defying-calls-end-violence-looting-2021-07-14/ Reuters July 14, 2021 ## Info from Twitter - Former president was imprisoned - Protests arose as a result and turned violent - Killed more than 70 people during the unrest - [Looting shopping malls](https://twitter.com/MrAndyNgo/status/1415552579736637440?s=20) - [Burning warehouses and homes](https://twitter.com/RitaPanahi/status/1415576914253606912?s=20). - [Streets full of litter](https://twitter.com/GillianMcKeith/status/1415566259635249153?s=20) - "I know quite a few White South Africans and they tell me that the White South Africans are fleeing." [tweet](https://twitter.com/Aaron_Macleod18/status/1415577665331892224?s=20) - Someone's commentary (seems legit?): "They have been slowly doing it for years now. The writing was on the wall. After Mandela died the whole Ubuntu ideal went to the trash can and white farmers started to be murdered without consequences (more frequently) while socialist policies were cranked up to 11." [Tweet](https://twitter.com/rciafardone/status/1415591120243990530?s=20) - Another commenter: "I have friends there. Cannot contact them. Their parents were farmers that were executed for their farm. Yes they are white" [Tweet](https://twitter.com/stillwaters777/status/1415592694689288195?s=20)