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Is the 2021 Lions Tour Doomed?
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<blockquote data-quote="unrated" data-source="post: 1048115" data-attributes="member: 45773"><p><strong>TLDR: The Lions player safety is guaranteed. The Tour can go ahead secluded from covid, secured from the impending civil war. </strong></p><p></p><p>Tonight's rugby game will be a nice break from reality. They must keep the tour going. The Lions will be well protected and out of harms way, its likely that it will stay in Cape Town from now on. </p><p></p><p><strong>A Backstory: </strong></p><p>It's mainly in KZN and Gauteng but the government has lost control here, communities are now defending themselves. it's crazy, all men with guns and even those without are busy defending key infrastructure such as supermarkets, estates for the elderly, hospitals etc. Its mainly the Zulus rampaging through everything as They feel their Zulu Leader Jacob Zuma needs to be released from Prison. Then the Mob mentality kicked in when the looting started and everyone just went crazy, looting and burning down buildings, it was a domino effect with non-participants feeling they were missing out on free flat-screen TVs and other items up for grabs. Gauteng is the second most affected province because they have the second-highest concentration of Zulus after Kwazulu-Natal. </p><p></p><p>Literally last week, my family and friends were all living normal lives, going to work, travelling, braaing on the weekends and now its a warzone. We are taking shifts manning road blockades to ensure the looters and Mobsters wont reach residential areas with our women and children. It's slowly becoming a race war in KZN, with the Indians and whites teaming up and arming with live ammunition. Our section has spikes in the roads with haybales covering them, along with lights and zigzag obstacles to slow down approaching vehicles. The Army sent a total of 10 people to our area, we cant count on then it's up to the residents to defend themselves, for now, we are succeeding in defending what we need to defend while working on food security for the community after the warehouses and logistics trucks were burned down. Fuel has now been depleted in KZN and no trucks can bring in new supplies.</p><p></p><p>With that said, Its mainly KZN and the other provinces such as where the Lions are now in the Western Cape are untouched. Never thought it would become like this in what I considered a developed African economy. Our N3 corridor for exports and trucking logistics is completely closed. Looking forward to the SA A game vs the Lions tonight I scheduled my shift after the game. No one can go to work all shops and businesses have been closed, we are taking turns with coffee shop owners, Farmers and all kinds of community members in a surreal environment. </p><p></p><p></p><p>If anyone wants to see videos of these things just check out the R/South Africa subbreddit. I know we aren't supposed to link to other websites, but it's the only way I can think of to publicly share the hundreds of videos around at the moment to foreign interested parties.</p><p></p><p>Sorry that I bring negativity on a rugby forum. The situation in South Africa is in such a state that rugby is of no importance. </p><p></p><p>Some videos, </p><p></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]11cSPlGoN2k[/MEDIA]</p><p></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]OoG7IpzrXAg[/MEDIA]</p><p></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]Uyi5FXajl3o[/MEDIA]</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.news24.com/news24/video/southafrica/news/watch-zumaunrest-a-birds-eye-view-of-a-city-on-fire-as-ethekwini-looters-run-rampant-20210712" target="_blank">click here for Aerial shots mayhem</a></p><p></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]YAnoI18RtkI[/MEDIA]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="unrated, post: 1048115, member: 45773"] [B]TLDR: The Lions player safety is guaranteed. The Tour can go ahead secluded from covid, secured from the impending civil war. [/B] Tonight's rugby game will be a nice break from reality. They must keep the tour going. The Lions will be well protected and out of harms way, its likely that it will stay in Cape Town from now on. [B]A Backstory: [/B] It's mainly in KZN and Gauteng but the government has lost control here, communities are now defending themselves. it's crazy, all men with guns and even those without are busy defending key infrastructure such as supermarkets, estates for the elderly, hospitals etc. Its mainly the Zulus rampaging through everything as They feel their Zulu Leader Jacob Zuma needs to be released from Prison. Then the Mob mentality kicked in when the looting started and everyone just went crazy, looting and burning down buildings, it was a domino effect with non-participants feeling they were missing out on free flat-screen TVs and other items up for grabs. Gauteng is the second most affected province because they have the second-highest concentration of Zulus after Kwazulu-Natal. Literally last week, my family and friends were all living normal lives, going to work, travelling, braaing on the weekends and now its a warzone. We are taking shifts manning road blockades to ensure the looters and Mobsters wont reach residential areas with our women and children. It's slowly becoming a race war in KZN, with the Indians and whites teaming up and arming with live ammunition. Our section has spikes in the roads with haybales covering them, along with lights and zigzag obstacles to slow down approaching vehicles. The Army sent a total of 10 people to our area, we cant count on then it's up to the residents to defend themselves, for now, we are succeeding in defending what we need to defend while working on food security for the community after the warehouses and logistics trucks were burned down. Fuel has now been depleted in KZN and no trucks can bring in new supplies. With that said, Its mainly KZN and the other provinces such as where the Lions are now in the Western Cape are untouched. Never thought it would become like this in what I considered a developed African economy. Our N3 corridor for exports and trucking logistics is completely closed. Looking forward to the SA A game vs the Lions tonight I scheduled my shift after the game. No one can go to work all shops and businesses have been closed, we are taking turns with coffee shop owners, Farmers and all kinds of community members in a surreal environment. If anyone wants to see videos of these things just check out the R/South Africa subbreddit. I know we aren't supposed to link to other websites, but it's the only way I can think of to publicly share the hundreds of videos around at the moment to foreign interested parties. Sorry that I bring negativity on a rugby forum. The situation in South Africa is in such a state that rugby is of no importance. Some videos, [MEDIA=youtube]11cSPlGoN2k[/MEDIA] [MEDIA=youtube]OoG7IpzrXAg[/MEDIA] [MEDIA=youtube]Uyi5FXajl3o[/MEDIA] [URL='https://www.news24.com/news24/video/southafrica/news/watch-zumaunrest-a-birds-eye-view-of-a-city-on-fire-as-ethekwini-looters-run-rampant-20210712']click here for Aerial shots mayhem[/URL] [MEDIA=youtube]YAnoI18RtkI[/MEDIA] [/QUOTE]
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