Looting was a dominant feature in the recent unrest in KZN and Gauteng – in stark contrast to what usually happens during service delivery protests in SA, according to Municipal IQ.
A burnt truck blocks a road in Durban on July 12 2021. There may be stricter protection of national roads and truck drivers given the potential for such incidents to spiral and compromise economic activity, says Municipal IQ. File photo.Looting was a dominant feature in the recent unrest in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng, which stands in stark contrast to what usually happens during service delivery protests in SA.
This is according to Municipal IQ, a local government data and intelligence organisation that collects information on service delivery protests staged against municipalities to quantify and better understand the nature and trends of such events. “While recent civil unrest and looting were not directed directly against municipalities, Municipal IQ has databased major incidents to allow for a comparison of last week’s events against service delivery protests,” said Municipal IQ.
According to the organisation, while service delivery protests in any given month are spread across SA, the vast majority of recent unrest took place in KZN and Gauteng , and in metros . “As of the end of June, 22% of 2021’s service delivery protests took place in KwaZulu-Natal, and 46% were in metros spread around the country. This is in sharp contrast with the concentration of unrest in KwaZulu-Natal and in particular eThekwini, Johannesburg, Ekurhuleni, Msunduzi and uMhlathuze, which together accounted for 75% of incidents,” said Kevin Allan, MD of Municipal IQ.
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