It has been a year since the July 2021 unrest brought on catastrophic damage to businesses through the looting of property, products, and much more in the province of KwaZulu-Natal. According to IOL, a survey conducted by the city of eThekwini has revealed the total value of lost sales and stock was about R40 billion, the value of damage to property was R15bn, and the value of lost equipment and machinery was R20bn. About 16 000 businesses were negatively impacted.