Organisations providing relief to poverty-stricken communities say they were badly affected in the distribution of meals, as the violent looting continued throughout the week.
Trucks carrying food supplies along Gauteng and KZN's major highways were looted resulting in empty tummies as destinations for deliveries could not be reached.
Gift of the Givers has put its entire machinery into action, in spite of severe restrictions on safe mobility, to respond to the gargantuan crisis created by looters, while FoodFoward SA says they will commence operations in Durban and Joburg.
Gift of the Givers founder Imtiaz Sooliman said: "Their inhuman activity has robbed babies of formula milk, while the elderly and the physically challenged, orphanages and ordinary civilians, of all economic strata, have been denied access to basic foods and medical supplies. "
He said the time has come for the country to unite and fight what has been described as a second pandemic.
"Instead of tearing us apart, the traitors united us more strongly than before …" said Sooliman
FoodForward SA managing director Andy Du Plessis said their Durban branch was badly damaged and looted but they "aim to resume operations in Durban and Joburg tomorrow."
