Mamelodi School Children Loot Feeding Scheme Truck in TikTok Video

• School children in Mamelodi went viral on social media thanks to a video of them getting out of hand
• The clip of the young students taking advantage of a truck full of food went viral on TikTok
• Many people were unimpressed to see how the school children acted after coming across the delivery vehicle

Mamelodi pupils became viral sensations because of a video of them going wild. The school kids earned serious side eye from South Africa after they got out of hand because of a truck that was in an accident.

The video of the students doing the most for food that may have been intended for them anyway went viral. Many online users were disturbed by the behaviour of the school children in the viral video.

In a TikTok video shared by @newsnexussa, a crowd of school children rushing toward a truck full of food caused a buzz on social media. The pupils were allegedly looting a feeding scheme truck on 5 September 2025. Various children wearing their school uniforms and were picking up food items, while some got inside the truck and started throwing food to students who were outside.

South Africa enraged over school kids looting

Many people were convinced that the children were recreating what they had seen adults do. Online users made reference to the common looting that happens when delivery vehicles get involved in accidents. Netizens also felt that the kids were looting due to poverty. Watch the video of the looting by children and read people's comments below:

marge5804 criticised society:

"Children become who their parents are, so make sure you set good examples for them to follow 💟"

Iqbal Ismail saw a bleak future:

"Another 100 years of freedom and this will never change."

Mfundo Gerald Skosana thought the looting was pointless:

"Wasn’t the food truck on there way to them either way?😭"

Nubia was defeated by another incident of looting:

"I’m tired of defending my people😡 I’m really tired😭"

Bloody Bleksem was disappointed:

"My kids are showing very dark signs of poverty. this is what we've become...while all the other colonized nations strive😒"

Debbievrensburg 🇿🇦 was disheartened:

"And this is our future! Man are we in trouble 💔"

marge5804 warned other parents:

"Children become who their parents are, so make sure you set good examples for them to follow 💟"

Mfundo Gerald Skosana wasn't pleased:

"Wasn’t the food truck on there way to them either way?😭"

Raheema referenced past truck looting incidents:

"Apples don't fall far from the trees."

Other Briefly News stories about looters

• A video of people rushing to a Heineken truck that was in an accident to loot it went viral.
• People were floored to see looters do the most to get their hands on free atchaar that was en route delivery.
• A crowd of looters were eager to collect free meat from a delivery truck on the road.
• South Africans were unimpressed by Cape Town residents who were looting Simba chips.

Source: Briefly News