 South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said the days of protests, looting and riots in the country could lead to food and medicine shortages in the next few weeks. He said the protests led to the cancellation of coronavirus vaccination efforts in some parts of the country and could lead to further disruption of the programme just when the country was picking up the pace to inoculate its citizens. Police said disturbances are intensified as former President Jacob Sumatra leans his 15-month prison term in the country's top court. Ramaphosa described the protests as an opportunistic act of criminality with groups of people instigating chaos merely as a cover for looting and theft. Shops have been looted and infrastructure has been destroyed. This means that our sick cannot get medication from pharmacies, food does not reach supermarket shelves and health workers cannot go to work. We will soon be facing a huge risk of food insecurity and medication insecurity. What we are witnessing now are opportunistic acts of criminality with groups of people instigating chaos merely as a cover for looting and theft. There is no grievance nor any political cause that can justify the violence and the destruction that we have seen in parts of KwaZulu Natal and Khawde.