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757 suspects arrested, dozens killed in South Africa unrest amid Zuma appeal

by Jungle Journalist
July 14, 2021
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Dozens of people have been killed during the unrest in South Africa, officials report indicated yesterday.

People initially took to the streets in the country to protest the imprisonment of former President Jacob Zuma last week. Since then, the protests have rapidly escalated into looting and riots.

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According to state and provincial authorities, the death toll is at least 45 people. This includes 19 deaths in Gauteng and 26 in KwaZulu-Natal. Gauteng includes the cities of Pretoria and Johannesburg, while KwaZulu-Natal in the east is Zuma’s home state. Police Minister Bheki Cele, however, put the official death toll at 10.

The bodies of 10 people were found on Monday evening after a stampede at a Soweto shopping mall, said Gauteng’s premier, David Makhura.

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Military patrols began in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal yesterday to assist local law enforcement agencies, but rioting continued.

In Durban, the provincial capital of KwaZulu-Natal and a major import-export hub, hundreds of looters raided warehouses and supermarkets.
Aerial footage from local channel eNCA showed black smoke rising from several warehouses and debris on the streets.

The regional government said the protests could cause problems with municipal utility services such as the water supply, as urgently needed repairs could not be carried out.

KwaZulu-Natal regional premier Sihle Zikalala estimated that 1 billion rand ($68 million, €57.5 million) worth of damage had been caused.

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Police Minister Cele said 757 people had been arrested so far. He added that the government would act to prevent unrest from spreading further and warned that people would not be allowed “to make a mockery of our democratic state.”

The government has stopped short of declaring a national state of emergency, but has deployed troops.

Makhura called for calm in a tweet on Tuesday. “The gains we have made in revitalizing our economy are being reversed by the destruction and shutting down of businesses,” he said.

The protests initially started out as support for Zuma, who last week on Wednesday began a 15-month sentence for contempt of court.

He was handed jail term for defying a constitutional court order to give evidence at an inquiry investigating high-level corruption during his nine years in office until 2018.

The jail sentence marked a significant fall for Zuma, who was a prominent anti-apartheid activist and leader of the liberation-movement-turned ruling party, the African National Congress (ANC).

But his core supporters, including many in KwaZuli-Natal, were moved to protest, angered at Zuma’s sentence. They claim that he is the victim of politically-motivated harassment by allies of his successor and current president, Cyril Ramaphosa.

Dissatisfaction is rife more generally in South Africa, however, not least because of an unemployment rate north of 30% and youth unemployment figures that are higher still.

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