Chaotic unrest continues in South Africa as rioters loot shops and set fire to buildings, trucks and cars in protests triggered by the arrest of former president Jacob Zuma
Members of the South African Defence Force patrol the looted Diepkloof Square area in Soweto, Johannesburg on July 13, 2021 as a suspected looters stand on the ground.
At least 32 people have been killed in days of unrest that broke out last week when Zuma handed himself over to authorities. "What we are witnessing now are opportunistic acts of criminality, with groups of people instigating chaos merely as a cover for looting and theft," President Cyril Ramaphosa said in an address on Monday night.Zuma, 79, was sentenced last month 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 violence worsened as Zuma challenged his 15-month jail term in South Africa's top court on Monday. Judgement was reserved until an unspecified date.Six of the confirmed dead were in Gauteng, the national intelligence body NatJOINTS, said, and 26 in KwaZulu-Natal, the province's premiere said.
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