{"id":11839,"date":"2013-11-20T08:46:57","date_gmt":"2013-11-20T08:46:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/praag.org\/?p=11839"},"modified":"2013-11-20T08:46:57","modified_gmt":"2013-11-20T08:46:57","slug":"s-african-blacks-loot-foreigners-shops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praag.org\/?p=11839","title":{"rendered":"S. African blacks loot foreigners&#8217; shops"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/protests.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-11840\" alt=\"protests\" src=\"http:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/protests-300x168.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/protests-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/protests-70x40.jpg 70w, https:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/protests.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Shops owned by foreigners have been looted during protests in Thokoza, east of Johannesburg, Gauteng police said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The looting took place on Tuesday afternoon, Captain Godfrey Maditsi said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;We did not get any reports of anyone injured,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Wednesday morning the situation in Thokoza was under control, with no incidents reported overnight.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">No further arrests had been made since three people were detained for public violence on Tuesday, after residents protesting the removal of illegal electricity connections barricaded roads.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The protest began on Monday when the Red Ants and police went to Imbeliseni informal settlement looking for illegal electricity connections.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Ekurhuleni metro said on Tuesday it had intensified its campaign to remove illegal connections in the municipality.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It said in a statement that over 17,000 illegal connections had been removed since the campaign started two months ago.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Municipal spokesman Sam Modiba said illegal connections saw the city losing R36 million per annum.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;This translates to losses of about R2.8m to R4.9m per month,&#8221; Modiba said. &#8211; Sapa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shops owned by foreigners have been looted during protests in Thokoza, east of Johannesburg, Gauteng police said on Wednesday. The looting took place on Tuesday afternoon, Captain Godfrey Maditsi said. &#8220;We did not get any reports of anyone injured,&#8221; he said. On Wednesday morning the situation in Thokoza was under control, with no incidents reported &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/praag.org\/?p=11839\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;S. 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