David A. Larsen
#ZumaUnrest
A historic meeting takes place between parties from neighbouring communities in the parking lot of the Quarry Centre in Hilton, KwaZulu-Natal.
In the wake of the #ZumaUnrest insurrection in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng certain communities in KwaZulu-Natal have seen an extrordinary coming together of neighboring communities, rich and poor, of all colours, to guard against the plunderers and to ensure food and fuel security in the weeks to come. In the wake of the insurrection, hundreds of thousands of people in rural communities will be vulnerable to hunger as supply chains have been destroyed and will take time to rebuild. Already plans are being made to mitigate the hunger crisis that is to come.
One such initiative is in the town of Hilton outside Pietermaritzburg where Founder of Mining Community Development, Lucky Mbanjwa is heading up the joint initiative that brings Sweetwaters and Hilton together to ensure security, food and fuel security in the Umgeni and Msunduzi municipalities. He speaks of Hilton as the only economy still standing in the area. The initiative brings churches, civil society, government, business and the taxi associations together to protect the business hub of Hilton that has remained intact largely due to the intervention of citizens to protect the area from the marauding mobs that laid waste to towns and cities across the province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Mbanjwa said taxi bosses have undertaken to protect convoys of food and fuel that will be coming into the area.
#ZumaUnrest
A historic meeting takes place between parties from neighbouring communities in the parking lot of the Quarry Centre in Hilton, KwaZulu-Natal.
In the wake of the #ZumaUnrest insurrection in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng certain communities in KwaZulu-Natal have seen an extrordinary coming together of neighboring communities, rich and poor, of all colours, to guard against the plunderers and to ensure food and fuel security in the weeks to come. In the wake of the insurrection, hundreds of thousands of people in rural communities will be vulnerable to hunger as supply chains have been destroyed and will take time to rebuild. Already plans are being made to mitigate the hunger crisis that is to come.
One such initiative is in the town of Hilton outside Pietermaritzburg where Founder of Mining Community Development, Lucky Mbanjwa is heading up the joint initiative that brings Sweetwaters and Hilton together to ensure security, food and fuel security in the Umgeni and Msunduzi municipalities. He speaks of Hilton as the only economy still standing in the area. The initiative brings churches, civil society, government, business and the taxi associations together to protect the business hub of Hilton that has remained intact largely due to the intervention of citizens to protect the area from the marauding mobs that laid waste to towns and cities across the province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Mbanjwa said taxi bosses have undertaken to protect convoys of food and fuel that will be coming into the area.