Daily Sun (October 31 2013) - CHAOS broke out in central Cape Town yesterday as hundreds of protesters filled the streets to demand housing. When they got no joy from Premier Helen Zille, some of the crowd looted stores and stalls.
IT WAS THE SIEGE OF ZILLEVILLE - AND IT BROUGHT THE CITY TO A STANDSTILL FOR TWO HOURS!
Ranks of armed cops stood by and although no arrests could be confirmed, several people were loaded into police vans and driven away.
Shops and offices closed and kept staff inside for safety.
But it was the hawkers who suffered from the violence.
They complained that cops didn't do enough to protect them or their businesses.