* Vigilantes have formed groups to protect shops from looting and said they are 'prepared to die' while doing so
* Raging unrest first erupted last Friday after former president Jacob Zuma was jailed over corruption charges
* Law-abiding citizens formed queues outside supermarkets amid fears of food shortages caused by the riots
* The national health service warned it was also running low on oxygen and drugs due to chaos on the streets
* Body of boy, 13, discovered today outside a mall that vigilante taxi drivers have been protecting from looting
Vigilantes have said they are 'prepared to die' defending shops from looters as South Africa's lawlessness entered its seventh consecutive day and the government mobilised 25,000 troops to quell the chaos.
Armed locals started defending shops after thousands were ransacked in riots across the country after former president Jacob Zuma was jailed on Friday for failing to appear in court on corruption charges.
At least 72 have so far died during the chaos, with police forces totally absent or in some cases, officers participating in looting.
Vigilantes in Soweto have rallied around Maponya Mall, one of the few shopping centres still standing after 200 others were ransacked, defending it from looters in an effort to end the unrest.
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WNU Editor: The death toll is now at 117 .... South Africa Violence, Looting Ebbs but Death Toll up to 117 (US News and World Report/Reuters).
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