The Cleanup

Led by churches in Pietermaritzburg, the city centre and the Camps Drift factory area were cleaned up by hundreds of volunteers in the wake of the #ZumaUnrest insurrection. On Saturday July 18, 2021 hundreds of volunteers together with municipal workers decended on Camps Drift to clean up in the wake of the destruction. Such events have occured all over the province of Kwazulu-Natal.

The Cleanup

Led by churches in Pietermaritzburg, the city centre and the Camps Drift factory area were cleaned up by hundreds of volunteers in the wake of the #ZumaUnrest insurrection. On Saturday July 18, 2021 hundreds of volunteers together with municipal workers decended on Camps Drift to clean up in the wake of the destruction. Such events have occured all over the province of Kwazulu-Natal.

Citizen Protectors

In the wake of the #ZumaUnrest insurrection in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng certain that saw the destruction of retail stores and factories, communities across the province organized local militias to aid the police and security forces that were overwhelmed and to ensure safety and security for communities and for the remaining retail outlets that could become targets for the looters. In many cases South Africans of all colours often from neighboring communities banded together to protect their food and fuel supply rotating shifts 24-hours per day. As law and order is restored their presence will no longer be needed. However, the relationships that have been built and the shared objectives are likely to remain.

The Carers

In the wake of the #ZumaUnrest insurrection, churches and community organisations in Hilton and Sweetwaters outside Pietermaritzburg banded together to create a rapid response to the looming food security crisis. The insurrection sought to destroy food and fuel supply lines. Communities most hard hit were the poorer communities where sources of food such as grocery stores and spaza shops were looted and often burnt down. Business, individuals and churches all gave toward the response. At the Hilton Baptist Church the food parcels were collated and then distrubuted to various communities in the periurban surrounds of Hilton including Sweetwaters, Hilton Estate, Emandleni, Khayakahle and others.

Bheki Zuma of Hlalakahle community leads the distribution of the food. Here he addresses the families gathered to receive the food.

In the wake of the #ZumaUnrest insurrection in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng that saw thousands of looters strip and, on occasions, burn down retail stores, residents have had to queue for food at retail outlets that open up only under heavy guard from private security companies and police. In the weeks to come there is expected to be widespread food insecurity as the supply chains for many communities, particularly in the rural areas and townships will need to be rebuilt from scratch. Communities across economic and colour lines are already uniting to build capacity to feed hungry communities.

The Cleanup

Led by churches in Pietermaritzburg, the city centre and the Camps Drift factory area were cleaned up by hundreds of volunteers in the wake of the #ZumaUnrest insurrection. On Saturday July 18, 2021 hundreds of volunteers together with municipal workers decended on Camps Drift to clean up in the wake of the destruction. Such events have occured all over the province of Kwazulu-Natal.

The Cleanup

Led by churches in Pietermaritzburg, the city centre and the Camps Drift factory area were cleaned up by hundreds of volunteers in the wake of the #ZumaUnrest insurrection. On Saturday July 18, 2021 hundreds of volunteers together with municipal workers decended on Camps Drift to clean up in the wake of the destruction. Such events have occured all over the province of Kwazulu-Natal.

The Cleanup

Led by churches in Pietermaritzburg, the city centre and the Camps Drift factory area were cleaned up by hundreds of volunteers in the wake of the #ZumaUnrest insurrection. On Saturday July 18, 2021 hundreds of volunteers together with municipal workers decended on Camps Drift to clean up in the wake of the destruction. Such events have occured all over the province of Kwazulu-Natal.

The Cleanup

Led by churches in Pietermaritzburg, the city centre and the Camps Drift factory area were cleaned up by hundreds of volunteers in the wake of the #ZumaUnrest insurrection. On Saturday July 18, 2021 hundreds of volunteers together with municipal workers decended on Camps Drift to clean up in the wake of the destruction. Such events have occured all over the province of Kwazulu-Natal.

The Carers

In the wake of the #ZumaUnrest insurrection, churches and community organisations in Hilton and Sweetwaters outside Pietermaritzburg banded together to create a rapid response to the looming food security crisis. The insurrection sought to destroy food and fuel supply lines. Communities most hard hit were the poorer communities where sources of food such as grocery stores and spaza shops were looted and often burnt down. Business, individuals and churches all gave toward the response. At the Hilton Baptist Church the food parcels were collated and then distrubuted to various communities in the periurban surrounds of Hilton including Sweetwaters, Hilton Estate, Emandleni, Khayakahle and others.

Bheki Zuma, who comes from the Hlalakahle community, addresses the community ahead of the handout of food parcels. Key to the success of the intervention has been people from the communities leading the response in partnership with churches and community members from Hilton and other neighbourhoods in the Umgeni municipality.

The Cleanup

Led by churches in Pietermaritzburg, the city centre and the Camps Drift factory area were cleaned up by hundreds of volunteers in the wake of the #ZumaUnrest insurrection. On Saturday July 18, 2021 hundreds of volunteers together with municipal workers decended on Camps Drift to clean up in the wake of the destruction. Such events have occured all over the province of Kwazulu-Natal.

The Cleanup

Led by churches in Pietermaritzburg, the city centre and the Camps Drift factory area were cleaned up by hundreds of volunteers in the wake of the #ZumaUnrest insurrection. On Saturday July 18, 2021 hundreds of volunteers together with municipal workers decended on Camps Drift to clean up in the wake of the destruction. Such events have occured all over the province of Kwazulu-Natal.

The Cleanup

Led by churches in Pietermaritzburg, the city centre and the Camps Drift factory area were cleaned up by hundreds of volunteers in the wake of the #ZumaUnrest insurrection. On Saturday July 18, 2021 hundreds of volunteers together with municipal workers decended on Camps Drift to clean up in the wake of the destruction. Such events have occured all over the province of Kwazulu-Natal.

The Cleanup

Led by churches in Pietermaritzburg, the city centre and the Camps Drift factory area were cleaned up by hundreds of volunteers in the wake of the #ZumaUnrest insurrection. On Saturday July 18, 2021 hundreds of volunteers together with municipal workers decended on Camps Drift to clean up in the wake of the destruction. Such events have occured all over the province of Kwazulu-Natal.

Calm seems to rest over Pietermaritzburg after days of looting and plundering as part of the #ZumaUnrest insurrection. Already under pressure as a city having been put under administration for failure to govern itself properly, the insurrection has added the burden of needing to rebuild a shattered economy.

The Cleanup

Led by churches in Pietermaritzburg, the city centre and the Camps Drift factory area were cleaned up by hundreds of volunteers in the wake of the #ZumaUnrest insurrection. On Saturday July 18, 2021 hundreds of volunteers together with municipal workers decended on Camps Drift to clean up in the wake of the destruction. Such events have occured all over the province of Kwazulu-Natal.

In the wake of the #ZumaUnrest insurrection in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng that saw thousands of looters strip and, on occasions, burn down retail stores, residents have had to queue for food at retail outlets that open up only under heavy guard from private security companies and police. In the weeks to come there is expected to be widespread food insecurity as the supply chains for many communities, particularly in the rural areas and townships will need to be rebuilt from scratch. Communities across economic and colour lines are already uniting to build capacity to feed hungry communities.

The Carers

In the wake of the #ZumaUnrest insurrection, churches and community organisations in Hilton and Sweetwaters outside Pietermaritzburg banded together to create a rapid response to the looming food security crisis. The insurrection sought to destroy food and fuel supply lines. Communities most hard hit were the poorer communities where sources of food such as grocery stores and spaza shops were looted and often burnt down. Business, individuals and churches all gave toward the response. At the Hilton Baptist Church the food parcels were collated and then distrubuted to various communities in the periurban surrounds of Hilton including Sweetwaters, Hilton Estate, Emandleni, Khayakahle and others.

The Carers

In the wake of the #ZumaUnrest insurrection, churches and community organisations in Hilton and Sweetwaters outside Pietermaritzburg banded together to create a rapid response to the looming food security crisis. The insurrection sought to destroy food and fuel supply lines. Communities most hard hit were the poorer communities where sources of food such as grocery stores and spaza shops were looted and often burnt down. Business, individuals and churches all gave toward the response. At the Hilton Baptist Church the food parcels were collated and then distrubuted to various communities in the periurban surrounds of Hilton including Sweetwaters, Hilton Estate, Emandleni, Khayakahle and others.

A church leader in Freedom Church, Colin Nichols greets and then prays for community members after they have received food parcels while Bheki Zuma, who led the food distribution looks on.

The Cleanup

Led by churches in Pietermaritzburg, the city centre and the Camps Drift factory area were cleaned up by hundreds of volunteers in the wake of the #ZumaUnrest insurrection. On Saturday July 18, 2021 hundreds of volunteers together with municipal workers decended on Camps Drift to clean up in the wake of the destruction. Such events have occured all over the province of Kwazulu-Natal.

The Cleanup

Led by churches in Pietermaritzburg, the city centre and the Camps Drift factory area were cleaned up by hundreds of volunteers in the wake of the #ZumaUnrest insurrection. On Saturday July 18, 2021 hundreds of volunteers together with municipal workers decended on Camps Drift to clean up in the wake of the destruction. Such events have occured all over the province of Kwazulu-Natal.

The Cleanup

Led by churches in Pietermaritzburg, the city centre and the Camps Drift factory area were cleaned up by hundreds of volunteers in the wake of the #ZumaUnrest insurrection. On Saturday July 18, 2021 hundreds of volunteers together with municipal workers decended on Camps Drift to clean up in the wake of the destruction. Such events have occured all over the province of Kwazulu-Natal.

The Carers

In the wake of the #ZumaUnrest insurrection, churches and community organisations in Hilton and Sweetwaters outside Pietermaritzburg banded together to create a rapid response to the looming food security crisis. The insurrection sought to destroy food and fuel supply lines. Communities most hard hit were the poorer communities where sources of food such as grocery stores and spaza shops were looted and often burnt down. Business, individuals and churches all gave toward the response. At the Hilton Baptist Church the food parcels were collated and then distrubuted to various communities in the periurban surrounds of Hilton including Sweetwaters, Hilton Estate, Emandleni, Khayakahle and others.

The Carers

In the wake of the #ZumaUnrest insurrection, churches and community organisations in Hilton and Sweetwaters outside Pietermaritzburg banded together to create a rapid response to the looming food security crisis. The insurrection sought to destroy food and fuel supply lines. Communities most hard hit were the poorer communities where sources of food such as grocery stores and spaza shops were looted and often burnt down. Business, individuals and churches all gave toward the response. At the Hilton Baptist Church the food parcels were collated and then distrubuted to various communities in the periurban surrounds of Hilton including Sweetwaters, Hilton Estate, Emandleni, Khayakahle and others.

The Cleanup

Led by churches in Pietermaritzburg, the city centre and the Camps Drift factory area were cleaned up by hundreds of volunteers in the wake of the #ZumaUnrest insurrection. On Saturday July 18, 2021 hundreds of volunteers together with municipal workers decended on Camps Drift to clean up in the wake of the destruction. Such events have occured all over the province of Kwazulu-Natal.

In the wake of the #ZumaUnrest insurrection in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng that saw thousands of looters strip and, on occasions, burn down retail stores, residents have had to queue for food at retail outlets that open up only under heavy guard from private security companies and police. In the weeks to come there is expected to be widespread food insecurity as the supply chains for many communities, particularly in the rural areas and townships will need to be rebuilt from scratch. Communities across economic and colour lines are already uniting to build capacity to feed hungry communities.

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.

The Cleanup

Led by churches in Pietermaritzburg, the city centre and the Camps Drift factory area were cleaned up by hundreds of volunteers in the wake of the #ZumaUnrest insurrection. On Saturday July 18, 2021 hundreds of volunteers together with municipal workers decended on Camps Drift to clean up in the wake of the destruction. Such events have occured all over the province of Kwazulu-Natal.

The Cleanup

Led by churches in Pietermaritzburg, the city centre and the Camps Drift factory area were cleaned up by hundreds of volunteers in the wake of the #ZumaUnrest insurrection. On Saturday July 18, 2021 hundreds of volunteers together with municipal workers decended on Camps Drift to clean up in the wake of the destruction. Such events have occured all over the province of Kwazulu-Natal.

The Carers

In the wake of the #ZumaUnrest insurrection, churches and community organisations in Hilton and Sweetwaters outside Pietermaritzburg banded together to create a rapid response to the looming food security crisis. The insurrection sought to destroy food and fuel supply lines. Communities most hard hit were the poorer communities where sources of food such as grocery stores and spaza shops were looted and often burnt down. Business, individuals and churches all gave toward the response. At the Hilton Baptist Church the food parcels were collated and then distrubuted to various communities in the periurban surrounds of Hilton including Sweetwaters, Hilton Estate, Emandleni, Khayakahle and others.

The Carers

In the wake of the #ZumaUnrest insurrection, churches and community organisations in Hilton and Sweetwaters outside Pietermaritzburg banded together to create a rapid response to the looming food security crisis. The insurrection sought to destroy food and fuel supply lines. Communities most hard hit were the poorer communities where sources of food such as grocery stores and spaza shops were looted and often burnt down. Business, individuals and churches all gave toward the response. At the Hilton Baptist Church the food parcels were collated and then distrubuted to various communities in the periurban surrounds of Hilton including Sweetwaters, Hilton Estate, Emandleni, Khayakahle and others.

The Carers

In the wake of the #ZumaUnrest insurrection, churches and community organisations in Hilton and Sweetwaters outside Pietermaritzburg banded together to create a rapid response to the looming food security crisis. The insurrection sought to destroy food and fuel supply lines. Communities most hard hit were the poorer communities where sources of food such as grocery stores and spaza shops were looted and often burnt down. Business, individuals and churches all gave toward the response. At the Hilton Baptist Church the food parcels were collated and then distrubuted to various communities in the periurban surrounds of Hilton including Sweetwaters, Hilton Estate, Emandleni, Khayakahle and others.

The Carers

In the wake of the #ZumaUnrest insurrection, churches and community organisations in Hilton and Sweetwaters outside Pietermaritzburg banded together to create a rapid response to the looming food security crisis. The insurrection sought to destroy food and fuel supply lines. Communities most hard hit were the poorer communities where sources of food such as grocery stores and spaza shops were looted and often burnt down. Business, individuals and churches all gave toward the response. At the Hilton Baptist Church the food parcels were collated and then distrubuted to various communities in the periurban surrounds of Hilton including Sweetwaters, Hilton Estate, Emandleni, Khayakahle and others.

The Carers

In the wake of the #ZumaUnrest insurrection, churches and community organisations in Hilton and Sweetwaters outside Pietermaritzburg banded together to create a rapid response to the looming food security crisis. The insurrection sought to destroy food and fuel supply lines. Communities most hard hit were the poorer communities where sources of food such as grocery stores and spaza shops were looted and often burnt down. Business, individuals and churches all gave toward the response. At the Hilton Baptist Church the food parcels were collated and then distrubuted to various communities in the periurban surrounds of Hilton including Sweetwaters, Hilton Estate, Emandleni, Khayakahle and others.

The Cleanup

Led by churches in Pietermaritzburg, the city centre and the Camps Drift factory area were cleaned up by hundreds of volunteers in the wake of the #ZumaUnrest insurrection. On Saturday July 18, 2021 hundreds of volunteers together with municipal workers decended on Camps Drift to clean up in the wake of the destruction. Such events have occured all over the province of Kwazulu-Natal.

The Carers

In the wake of the #ZumaUnrest insurrection, churches and community organisations in Hilton and Sweetwaters outside Pietermaritzburg banded together to create a rapid response to the looming food security crisis. The insurrection sought to destroy food and fuel supply lines. Communities most hard hit were the poorer communities where sources of food such as grocery stores and spaza shops were looted and often burnt down. Business, individuals and churches all gave toward the response. At the Hilton Baptist Church the food parcels were collated and then distrubuted to various communities in the periurban surrounds of Hilton including Sweetwaters, Hilton Estate, Emandleni, Khayakahle and others.

The Cleanup

Led by churches in Pietermaritzburg, the city centre and the Camps Drift factory area were cleaned up by hundreds of volunteers in the wake of the #ZumaUnrest insurrection. On Saturday July 18, 2021 hundreds of volunteers together with municipal workers decended on Camps Drift to clean up in the wake of the destruction. Such events have occured all over the province of Kwazulu-Natal.

The Carers

In the wake of the #ZumaUnrest insurrection, churches and community organisations in Hilton and Sweetwaters outside Pietermaritzburg banded together to create a rapid response to the looming food security crisis. The insurrection sought to destroy food and fuel supply lines. Communities most hard hit were the poorer communities where sources of food such as grocery stores and spaza shops were looted and often burnt down. Business, individuals and churches all gave toward the response. At the Hilton Baptist Church the food parcels were collated and then distrubuted to various communities in the periurban surrounds of Hilton including Sweetwaters, Hilton Estate, Emandleni, Khayakahle and others.

The Carers

In the wake of the #ZumaUnrest insurrection, churches and community organisations in Hilton and Sweetwaters outside Pietermaritzburg banded together to create a rapid response to the looming food security crisis. The insurrection sought to destroy food and fuel supply lines. Communities most hard hit were the poorer communities where sources of food such as grocery stores and spaza shops were looted and often burnt down. Business, individuals and churches all gave toward the response. At the Hilton Baptist Church the food parcels were collated and then distrubuted to various communities in the periurban surrounds of Hilton including Sweetwaters, Hilton Estate, Emandleni, Khayakahle and others.

#ZumaUnrest - The Sufferers

In the aftermath of #ZumaUnrest, many rural towns in KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa, were devastated. Shops, grocery stores, hardware stores, mobile phone shops and other retailers were looted and often burned down and ATM machines were plundered for their cash. Testimonies of locals were that armed police stood by as crowds rampaged down the main street of rural towns. While many shop owners were insured, some, particularly foreigners, were not. For them, businesses that took decades of hard labour to build up were lost in just hours. More than 12 days after the looting started in the towns of New Hanover, Dalton and Wartburg north of Pietermaritzburg, the only food available to the surrounding population were mobile street vendours bringing in food from other towns. That situation is unlikely to change for many weeks.

The Wartburg BuildIt was looted and then burned down during #ZumaUnrest. Owners Craig and Linda Behrens had spent 30 years building up the business from scratch originally started in Craig's gararge. As looting was happening in the rest of the town, Craig made an attempt to use his fork lift to block the entrances to the store with piles of bricks but protesters threw rocks at him as he attempted to do that. He was in the yard when the crowd had completed plundering the other shops and turned as one on the BuildIt. He had to run and climb through the fence at the back of the property to escape. He said what was most heart breaking was seeing his own customers that he recognises, driving away with bukkie loads of his stock.

The Cleanup

Led by churches in Pietermaritzburg, the city centre and the Camps Drift factory area were cleaned up by hundreds of volunteers in the wake of the #ZumaUnrest insurrection. On Saturday July 18, 2021 hundreds of volunteers together with municipal workers decended on Camps Drift to clean up in the wake of the destruction. Such events have occured all over the province of Kwazulu-Natal.

In the wake of the #ZumaUnrest insurrection in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng that saw thousands of looters strip and, on occasions, burn down retail stores, residents have had to queue for food at retail outlets that open up only under heavy guard from private security companies and police. In the weeks to come there is expected to be widespread food insecurity as the supply chains for many communities, particularly in the rural areas and townships will need to be rebuilt from scratch. Communities across economic and colour lines are already uniting to build capacity to feed hungry communities.

#ZumaUnrest - The Sufferers

In the aftermath of #ZumaUnrest, many rural towns in KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa, were devastated. Shops, grocery stores, hardware stores, mobile phone shops and other retailers were looted and often burned down and ATM machines were plundered for their cash. Testimonies of locals were that armed police stood by as crowds rampaged down the main street of rural towns. While many shop owners were insured, some, particularly foreigners, were not. For them, businesses that took decades of hard labour to build up were lost in just hours. More than 12 days after the looting started in the towns of New Hanover, Dalton and Wartburg north of Pietermaritzburg, the only food available to the surrounding population were mobile street vendours bringing in food from other towns. That situation is unlikely to change for many weeks.

The rail siding in the town of Wartburg in the late afternoon light. All is peaceful now, but the shops are still closed and there is nothing to buys apart from what street traders can sell you.

#ZumaUnrest - The Sufferers

In the aftermath of #ZumaUnrest, many rural towns in KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa, were devastated. Shops, grocery stores, hardware stores, mobile phone shops and other retailers were looted and often burned down and ATM machines were plundered for their cash. Testimonies of locals were that armed police stood by as crowds rampaged down the main street of rural towns. While many shop owners were insured, some, particularly foreigners, were not. For them, businesses that took decades of hard labour to build up were lost in just hours. More than 12 days after the looting started in the towns of New Hanover, Dalton and Wartburg north of Pietermaritzburg, the only food available to the surrounding population were mobile street vendours bringing in food from other towns. That situation is unlikely to change for many weeks.

The Wartburg BuildIt was looted and then burned down during #ZumaUnrest. Owners Craig and Linda Behrens had spent 30 years building up the business from scratch originally started in Craig's gararge. As looting was happening in the rest of the town, Craig made an attempt to use his fork lift to block the entrances to the store with piles of bricks but protesters threw rocks at him as he attempted to do that. He was in the yard when the crowd had completed plundering the other shops and turned as one on the BuildIt. He had to run and climb through the fence at the back of the property to escape. He said what was most heart breaking was seeing his own customers that he recognises, driving away with bukkie loads of his stock.

The Cleanup

Led by churches in Pietermaritzburg, the city centre and the Camps Drift factory area were cleaned up by hundreds of volunteers in the wake of the #ZumaUnrest insurrection. On Saturday July 18, 2021 hundreds of volunteers together with municipal workers decended on Camps Drift to clean up in the wake of the destruction. Such events have occured all over the province of Kwazulu-Natal.

The Carers

In the wake of the #ZumaUnrest insurrection, churches and community organisations in Hilton and Sweetwaters outside Pietermaritzburg banded together to create a rapid response to the looming food security crisis. The insurrection sought to destroy food and fuel supply lines. Communities most hard hit were the poorer communities where sources of food such as grocery stores and spaza shops were looted and often burnt down. Business, individuals and churches all gave toward the response. At the Hilton Baptist Church the food parcels were collated and then distrubuted to various communities in the periurban surrounds of Hilton including Sweetwaters, Hilton Estate, Emandleni, Khayakahle and others.

The Carers

In the wake of the #ZumaUnrest insurrection, churches and community organisations in Hilton and Sweetwaters outside Pietermaritzburg banded together to create a rapid response to the looming food security crisis. The insurrection sought to destroy food and fuel supply lines. Communities most hard hit were the poorer communities where sources of food such as grocery stores and spaza shops were looted and often burnt down. Business, individuals and churches all gave toward the response. At the Hilton Baptist Church the food parcels were collated and then distrubuted to various communities in the periurban surrounds of Hilton including Sweetwaters, Hilton Estate, Emandleni, Khayakahle and others.

Bheki Zuma, who comes from the Hlalakahle community, addresses the community ahead of the handout of food parcels. Key to the success of the intervention has been people from the communities leading the response in partnership with churches and community members from Hilton and other neighbourhoods in the Umgeni municipality.

The Cleanup

Led by churches in Pietermaritzburg, the city centre and the Camps Drift factory area were cleaned up by hundreds of volunteers in the wake of the #ZumaUnrest insurrection. On Saturday July 18, 2021 hundreds of volunteers together with municipal workers decended on Camps Drift to clean up in the wake of the destruction. Such events have occured all over the province of Kwazulu-Natal.

The Cleanup

Led by churches in Pietermaritzburg, the city centre and the Camps Drift factory area were cleaned up by hundreds of volunteers in the wake of the #ZumaUnrest insurrection. On Saturday July 18, 2021 hundreds of volunteers together with municipal workers decended on Camps Drift to clean up in the wake of the destruction. Such events have occured all over the province of Kwazulu-Natal.

The Carers

In the wake of the #ZumaUnrest insurrection, churches and community organisations in Hilton and Sweetwaters outside Pietermaritzburg banded together to create a rapid response to the looming food security crisis. The insurrection sought to destroy food and fuel supply lines. Communities most hard hit were the poorer communities where sources of food such as grocery stores and spaza shops were looted and often burnt down. Business, individuals and churches all gave toward the response. At the Hilton Baptist Church the food parcels were collated and then distrubuted to various communities in the periurban surrounds of Hilton including Sweetwaters, Hilton Estate, Emandleni, Khayakahle and others.