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Black Friday takes Malawians by surprise: shoppers fight for toilet papers in South Africa

Shoppers across the world have turned out in their droves on Black Friday, with chaotic scenes in stores on every continent.

In Malawi the situation is the same especially at Chichiri shopping mall and Limbe where shoppers are seen tussling in long queues.

The toilet rolls sparked a scramble as shoppers tried to get their hands on a bargain

FaceofMalawi reporter rushed to Chichiri shopping mall and found shoppers scrambling for groceries such as Kamba puffs, popularly known as ‘Cha abambo’ and other goods.

A video from South Africa shows the scramble for multipacks of toilet paper.

It was taken at a supermarket in Roodepoort, to the west of Johannesburg, where satisfied-looking shoppers got their hands on a bargain.

A metal cage containing the loo rolls was wheeled out onto the shop floor, where dozens of people attempted to grab them, jostling each other to get close to the goods.

At one stage a staff member resorted to hurling them through the air as customers leapt to catch them.

The footage from Roodepoort, to the west of Johannesburg, shows people scrambling for multipacks of toilet roll

Across the world, Black Friday has brought shoppers out in their thousands hoping to pick up a bargain.

Pictures taken in Sao Paulo, in Brazil, this morning, show customers competing to get their hands on cheap television sets.

There were chaotic scenes in Sao Paulo, Brazil, as shoppers reached out for reduced-price television sets

And roads were blocked in Greece as thousands bucked falling wages and joblessness to take join the country’s first ever Black Friday.

Huge queues formed outside department stores as shoppers took advantage of 80 per cent discounts.

Pictures from Hungary and Tokyo also show the huge worldwide response to the day of discounts.

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Robert Ngwira
Robert Ngwira
Attended Our Future Private Secondary School in Rumphi from 2006-2009 Holder of Diploma in Journalism from Malawi Institute of Journalism (MIJ) Hobbies, reading newspapers, going out with friends, listening to radio and watching football. Email: info@faceofmalawi.com

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