In South Africa, large-scale riots continue as the poverty of the poor deepens due to the spread of the new coronavirus and restrictions on going out.
The government has announced that it will send 25,000 military soldiers, but things have not settled and financial damage has spread.
In South Africa, some of the participants in the protests against the imprisonment of former President Zuma became mobs, which led to the looting of shops and the arson of warehouses.
The government has announced that it will increase the number of troops deployed from 5,000 to 25,000, and on the 15th, looting has subsided in the southern part of Johannesburg, the largest city, and residents have begun cleaning up debris.
However, looting is still ongoing, including in Durban in the southeast, and the government has reported that a total of 117 people have died so far.
In addition, the impact on the economy is becoming more serious, and local officials in Durban say that the economic loss of the entire region due to the plunder of goods and the destruction of infrastructure will be 16 billion rand, or about 120 billion yen in Japanese yen. I showed my point of view.
In South Africa, the number of new coronavirus infections is increasing, and it is in the third wave. WHO = Secretary-General of the Africa Regional Secretariat of the World Health Organization said at a meeting on the 15th, In addition to the spread of the disease, there is a delay in vaccination. "