People across South Africa are surveying the damage caused by recent politically triggered riots; the city of Durban has estimated over $1B in damages and lost goods.
A gas station outside the Ridge shopping center in Durban, South Africa, that was looted during riots.Speakers of Zulu are over a quarter of the population, making it the most common first language in the multilingual nation; nearly 15 percent of people speak isiXhosa.
Black Africans made up the largest proportion of those below the poverty line in 2015 government data, at 47 percent, while white people made up just 0.4 percent. On the other end of the spectrum, Black Africans accounted for 11 percent of the wealthiest households in 2015 despite being 81 percent of the total population.President Cyril Ramaphosa
While Kamato, who is unemployed and lives in Johannesburg, acknowledged the failures of the government, he also said Zuma did a lot of good for the country.Zuma’s administration had said that during his tenure, it delivered millions of houses to the needy, as well as housing subsidies, and provided grants to over 17 million people in poverty.
“We have ports and infrastructure that a lot of countries inland don't have, and that gives us an economic and political advantage,” she said. “I think that's going to be our biggest concern, is how do you rebuild that image of South Africa as a gateway into Africa, and is that still appropriate?”What has been made starkly clear during the last weeks is just how much trust in official institutions has eroded.
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