South Africa violence: Tanks deployed amid looting and chaos after jailing of Jacob Zuma
Telegraph, 13 Jul 2021
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South African authorities have sent troops into two provinces and cancelled all police leave as they struggle to contain a wave of violence sparked by the jailing of former president Jacob Zuma.
At least 30 people have been killed and nearly 500 arrested in a spate of arson attacks and looting that began in Mr Zuma’s home province of Kwa-Zulu Natal after he began his prison term on Thursday night.
The violence was "unprecedented" in post-apartheid South Africa, a visibly tired president Cyril Ramaphosa said in an address to the nation on Monday.
Rioting has also spread to Gauteng, the province that includes Johannesburg, prompting over-stretched police to request army support.
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South African authorities have sent troops into two provinces and cancelled all police leave as they struggle to contain a wave of violence sparked by the jailing of former president Jacob Zuma.
At least 30 people have been killed and nearly 500 arrested in a spate of arson attacks and looting that began in Mr Zuma’s home province of Kwa-Zulu Natal after he began his prison term on Thursday night.
The violence was "unprecedented" in post-apartheid South Africa, a visibly tired president Cyril Ramaphosa said in an address to the nation on Monday.
Rioting has also spread to Gauteng, the province that includes Johannesburg, prompting over-stretched police to request army support.
Read more here:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2021/07/12/south-africa-sends-troops-seven-killed-worst-political-violence/
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