2021 is destined to be an extraordinary year. Large scale riots have taken place in many countries, which have a great impact on the country's politics and economy. In terms of supply chain, the impact is also huge.

The recent massive riots in South Africa have caused great damage to the country's supply chain.

Fuse: former president of South Africa jailed

In 2018, Zuma, then president of South Africa, was defeated in the political struggle and had to resign as president. But the opposition tried to sue him, but Zuma refused to admit the charges.

Recently, the Supreme Court of South Africa sentenced Zuma to 15 months' imprisonment for "contempt of court", and he was also forced to go to prison. He is also the first South African president to be jailed since Mandela.

But Zuma won many supporters during his term of office. They were very dissatisfied with the result, so they marched one after another. At first, it was rational, but gradually, the March turned into turmoil.

The violence caused the port to suspend operation

According to relevant media reports, due to the impact of this large-scale turmoil in South Africa, the person in charge of the port of Durban in South Africa said that it will suspend operation, and the opening hours will depend on the situation.

Transnet, a large logistics company in South Africa, announced that it would suspend the delivery of goods to Durban port.

As we all know, the port of Durban is the largest container port in South Africa. If the port stops operation, a large number of goods will pile up in the port, causing serious congestion.

Maersk also issued a statement saying that at present, a large number of warehouses have been closed, and the dock workers and equipment at the port of Durban are stagnant, which makes the import and export have to be interrupted.

The port of Durban, South Africa, has gradually resumed operation

Last week, Transnet issued a new statement that the riot was gradually brought under control and the operation of the port of Durban began to recover, which is expected to return to normal levels this week.

The company said that in Richards Bay, they are processing the goods previously piled up in the warehouse, and now they have basically cleared all the piled up goods.

However, the road leading to the port of Durban has not been completely unsealed, so there is still a backlog of goods in the port.

However, some relevant people said that roads near the port of Durban will be unsealed one by one in recent days, hoping to deal with these goods as soon as possible to avoid port congestion.