{"id":505770,"date":"2021-07-14T08:13:57","date_gmt":"2021-07-14T06:13:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=505770"},"modified":"2021-07-14T08:13:57","modified_gmt":"2021-07-14T06:13:57","slug":"clicks-reveals-impact-of-vandalism-and-looting-on-its-business-with-retailers-losing-an-estimated-r5-billion-to-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/trending\/505770\/clicks-reveals-impact-of-vandalism-and-looting-on-its-business-with-retailers-losing-an-estimated-r5-billion-to-date\/","title":{"rendered":"Clicks reveals impact of vandalism and looting on its business &#8211; with retailers losing an estimated R5 billion to date"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pharmacy, health and beauty retailer Clicks has strongly condemned the vandalism and looting of stores at shopping malls and distribution centres across South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>The group said that as a result of protest action, it has had to close all 110 of its stores in KwaZulu-Natal and 130 stores in Gauteng, with a total of 279 stores closed and 52 stores damaged so far nationwide.<\/p>\n<p>106 vaccination sites have been closed across the country, the group said in a statement, as looting and vandalism continued into Wednesday, predominantly in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng.<\/p>\n<p>Clicks has 760 stores and over 600 in-store pharmacies nationally.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The disruption of services means affected Clicks stores will be temporarily unable to administer vaccinations and provide medication to customers, along with public sector medicine pick-up points being temporarily unavailable.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Contingency plans are being put in place to provide alternative arrangements for delivery of chronic medication and rescheduling of vaccinations, where possible,&#8221; it said.<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, Game and Makro holding group Massmart, has been hit hard, with reports that as many as 30 of its stores, along with a distribution centre in KwaZulu-Natal have been vandalised and destroyed amid the ongoing riots.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vFq1ia_3X08\" width=\"640\" height=\"370\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Retailers Shoprite Holdings and Pick n Pay Stores have also closed outlets in the affected provinces &#8211; with images showing empty shelves and ransacked stores emerging over the past several days &#8211; which is likely to impact food security.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">PICK N PAY MAYFIELD. PUTFONTEIN. COE. GP. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jap5LSqLjj\">pic.twitter.com\/jap5LSqLjj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 REZA (@crimeairnetwork) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/crimeairnetwork\/status\/1415049089469849603?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 13, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The unrest began with protests against the arrest and incarceration of former president Jacob Zuma, but has since degenerated into looting and destruction.<\/p>\n<p>Bloomberg reported that rioters have appropriated food, electronic goods and medical supplies from at least 800 stores, and retailers have lost an estimated R5 billion ($340 million) to date, citing the Consumer Goods Council of South Africa, an unprecedented amount.<\/p>\n<p>Clicks said that the cost of the looting and damages to stores is still to be determined given the ongoing unrest.<\/p>\n<p>Defence and Military Veterans minister, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, said that the president will only declare a State of Emergency when the need arises.<\/p>\n<p>While the minister strongly condemned the current looting and damage to infrastructure, she did not believe the situation warrants a State of Emergency.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor now, I don\u2019t think there is an indication that there should be a State of Emergency,\u201d she said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/business\/505678\/pick-n-pay-and-woolworths-on-how-looting-will-impact-shoppers-in-south-africa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pick n Pay and Woolworths on how looting will impact shoppers in South Africa<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pharmacy, health and beauty retailer Clicks has strongly condemned the vandalism and looting of stores at shopping malls and distribution centres across South Africa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":505830,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[4268,26,10387,4067],"class_list":["post-505770","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trending","tag-clicks","tag-headline","tag-massmart","tag-pick-n-pay"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505770","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=505770"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505770\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":505844,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505770\/revisions\/505844"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/505830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=505770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=505770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=505770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}