Not less than six people have been killed and dozens injured in South Africa’s ongoing protest against the jail sentence of the country former president Jacob Zuma.
The protest is said to have started on Thursday 8 July, in Zuma’s home province of KwaZulu-Natal in the country’s east.
However, the protest against former President Jacob Zuma’s imprisonment had rocked South Africa for days, with some turning violent.
On Monday morning, a large shopping centre in the country’s east was set on fire, while numerous shopping centres, stores, and cash machines were looted in Gauteng.
According to a government spokesperson, the riots caused damage worth 100 million rand (7 million dollars).
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Protesters in Johannesburg also shut down bus and rail services and barricaded streets in the city centre leaving thousands of commuters stranded.
Reacting to the incident South Africa’s government on Monday said it has deployed soldiers in two provinces where the violent protest is ongoing.
The government said it had also formed a political crisis team to deal with the unrest.
While officials from the government have also described the violence as ethnically motivated and opportunistic.
According to a military spokesman on Twitter, the military will assist police in the northern province of Gauteng, which includes the economic powerhouse of Johannesburg, as well as in eastern KwaZulu-Natal.
Six killed and dozens injured…
