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The 2021 South African unrest, also known as the July 2021 riots, [23] the Zuma unrest [24] or Zuma riots, [25] was a wave of civil unrest that occurred in South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng provinces from 9 to 18 July 2021, sparked by the imprisonment of former President Jacob Zuma for contempt of court.
"The 2021 South African unrest, also known as the July 2021 riots,[23] the Zuma unrest[24] or Zuma riots,[25] was a wave of civil unrest that occurred in South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng provinces from 9 to 18 July 2021, sparked by the imprisonment of former President Jacob Zuma for contempt of court.[21]: 52 Resulting protests against ...
The riots coincided with a nation-wide truck driver strike protesting against the employment of non-South African truckers. [28] It also coincided with the publication of a statement by Human Rights Watch that over 200 people (mostly foreign truck drivers) [29] had been killed in South Africa since March 2018.
South Africa deployed the army in four of its provinces Friday after at least 21 trucks carrying goods were set on fire in various parts of the country in the span of five days. The move came amid ...
After loosing 53 cars during xenophobic attacks in South Africa in 2019, Johannesburg car dealership owner Okey Uchendu never thought he would see his business destroyed again by civil unrest in ...
What South Africa was supposed to be … In 1987, I vividly remember dancing to Free Nelson Mandela in college,... View Article The post South Africa’s unrest is something Black people across ...
The protests were sparked by dissatisfaction with the appointment of Thoko Didiza as the incumbent African National Congress's (ANC) Tshwane mayoral candidate in the upcoming South African municipal elections of 2016. [1] [2] By 22 June forty people had been arrested for participating in the riots.
South Africa has closed one of its busiest border crossings with Mozambique following violent post-electoral protests in the neighbouring country. The protests have led to deadly clashes in ...