After 2021: reimagining South African shopping malls

SOURCE: HSRC Review
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2021
TITLE AUTHOR(S): G.Ralphs
KEYWORDS: KWAZULU-NATAL PROVINCE, PROTEST MOVEMENTS, RETAIL TRADE, VIOLENCE
DEPARTMENT: Centre for Science, Technology and Innovation Indicators (CESTII)
Web link: http://www.hsrc.ac.za/en/review/hsrc-review-dec-2021/reimagining-south-african-shopping-malls
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 12858
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/19075
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/19075

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Abstract

In the torrent of media coverage that accompanied the widespread looting and violence in South Africa's Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal provinces in mid-2021, a key voice to emerge was that of Soweto community leader Nhlanhla "Lux" Dlamini. Over the course of one week, Dlamini and others guarded Pimville's Maponya Mall, an established Soweto shopping centre with an assortment of hundreds of restaurants, banking facilities, and both local and global retail stores.