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South Africa: Three More Arrests for July 2021 Unrest Incitement
SAnews.gov.za, 15 August 2022
The Hawks in KZN have over the weekend arrested a further three suspects for the instigation of last year's July civil unrest that caused mass destruction in KwaZulu-Natal and… Read more »
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South Africa: Instigators of July 2021 Unrest to Appear in Court
SAnews.gov.za, 12 August 2022
The twenty people who were arrested for allegedly inciting public violence through social media and other platforms during the period of unrests in KwaZulu-Natal, Gauteng as well… Read more »
Arrests Climb as Suspects in 2021 Unrest Face South African Court
Investigative police unit, the Hawks, have arrested a further three suspects for the instigation of the civil unrest in July 2021 that caused mass destruction in the provinces of KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng. This brings to total number of suspects detained to 25, as of August 15, 2022.
Violence erupted in the two provinces when former president Jacob Zuma began serving a 15-month jail sentence for contempt of court over failing to appear at the Zondo Commission of Inquiry into state capture. Looters vandalised shopping malls, other retail outlets, businesses, factories and destroyed infrastructure.
More arrests are imminent.
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Children stand at the door of a looted shop in Alexandra, Johannesburg in July, 2021.
