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Morning

Yes the situation has improved, however this is part of a much deeper
political agenda and I do foresee many further challenges, riots and governmental challenges into the future, especially with almost 50% of the population under the age of 25 years with unemployment amongst the youth almost at 70%, so yes a recipe for a ticking time bomb.

Sad but true my country is about to become another sad African story.

Hi Veedushi,

As an 暗网禁区 who actually left South Africa because of the riots (my husband who is the one working there stayed) and still have a lot of contact with friends there I thought I鈥檇 share my views.

Short version: it was awful but all is back to normal. Long version follows below.

The riots were certainly scary for us, we lived in Durban, where it all started and the area that Jacob Zuma comes from and lives. He has several grand children at the school my children attended. We received threats and plenty of buildings were burning, and stores looted. Our neighbors, many of them with weapons at home, quickly formed a group that guarded all streets with access to our area. Police or military were no where to be seen in the first days. We were advised by the security expert at my husbands鈥� company to make plans on how to hide and get out of the house quickly. They even made a plan to fetch my husband by helicopter should it be necessary, after I and the kids had already fled along burning roads to the airport. The airport was kept safe, no one was allowed to come near that didn鈥檛 have plane tickets. To see the strength of most of the South African people and how people were sharing food (there was not much left) with each other and offering help through What鈥檚 app groups was heart warming. But we felt we needed to take our children to safety. Had it not been that my husband鈥檚 contract ends soon, we would however probably go back. According to my friends, now, only a few weeks afterwards, all is back to normal. It all just seems like a bad dream to them. But it did happen very quickly and showed that underneath the surface it鈥檚 a fragile country. That said, I love South Africa. I鈥檓 so happy I got to spend a few years there and would definitely do it all over again, despite the difficulties that knocked on the door with the pandemic and the riots during our time there. You have to be aware of the safety issues, but South Africa has so much to offer. So many different cultures, so much life and laughter, great food and amazing climate and beauty.