Gallery - Looting in Cape Town’s CBD

131030. Cape Town. Thousands of protesters in Wale street during the Housing Protest. Picture Henk Kruger/Cape Argus

131030. Cape Town. Thousands of protesters in Wale street during the Housing Protest. Picture Henk Kruger/Cape Argus

Cape Town - 131030 - What started off as a housing protest organised by the poo throwers at the provincial legislature turned ugly when groups began running amok around town, looting green market square and stalls in St George's Mall. Photo: Matthew Jordaan

Cape Town-131030. Various communities marched to the Provincial Legislature this afternoon demanding to see Zille about housing demands. She did not appear and a number of impatient marchers marched through the CBD looting stalls and the like. these protesters are seen looting a hat stand in St Georges Mall .Reporter: Daneel Knoetze. Photo: jason boud

Cape Town-131030. Various communities marched to the Provincial Legislature this afternoon demanding to see Zille about housing demands. She did not appear and a number of impatient marchers marched through the CBD looting stalls and the like. these protesters are seen looting a fruit stand just outside the ABSA buildingl .Reporter: Daneel Knoetze. Photo: jason boud

Cape Town - 131030 - What started off as a housing protest organised by the poo throwers at the provincial legislature turned ugly when groups began running amok around town, looting green market square and stalls in St George's Mall. Photo: Matthew Jordaan

Breakaway protesters started looting stalls. Photo: Cape Argus

A man runs down St George's Mall with a stolen handmade cloth. Photo: Henk Kruger/Cape Argus

Looters throw cans after a housing protest in Cape Town turned violent. Photo: Henk Kruger/ Cape Argus

Cape Town-131030. Various communities marched to the Provincial Legislature this afternoon demanding to see Zille about housing demands. She did not appear and a number of impatient marchers marched through the CBD looting stalls and the like. A protester in green is seen here attacking stall vendors on the Grand Parade.Reporter: Daneel Knoetze. Photo: jason boud

A hawker fights back after his stall was looted. Picture: Cape Argus

Cape Town - 131030 - People who work in St George's mall help to pack up one of the stalls - Mohomad Farah, 33 year old Somalian shop-keeper, was assaulted and his store looted. What started off as a housing protest organised by the poo throwers at the provincial legislature turned ugly when groups began running amok around town, looting green market square and stalls in St George's Mall. Photo: Matthew Jordaan

Cape Town-131030. Various communities marched to the Provincial Legislature this afternoon demanding to see Zille about housing demands. She did not appear and a number of impatient marchers marched through the CBD looting stalls and the like. Towards the end of the day the protesters made fires outside the legislature while chanting. the protesters then left Wale st and headed back to the train station where they looted variuos shops en route such as this shop in Adderley st. Reporter: Daneel Knoetze. Photo: jason boud