{"id":118262,"date":"2021-07-15T13:42:38","date_gmt":"2021-07-15T13:42:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/?p=118262"},"modified":"2021-07-15T13:42:38","modified_gmt":"2021-07-15T13:42:38","slug":"photos-show-south-africa-riots-in-the-wake-jacob-zuma-arrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/politics\/photos-show-south-africa-riots-in-the-wake-jacob-zuma-arrest\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos show South Africa riots in the wake Jacob Zuma arrest"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Protests erupted in South Africa last week after former President Jacob Zuma handed himself in to police.<\/li>\n<li>Experts have suggested that underlying issues such as &quot;rampant unemployment, widespread inequality and discontent with Covid-19 related restrictions are the powder keg.&quot;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Protests erupted in South Africa last week after former President Jacob Zuma handed himself in to police to serve a 15-month jail term for contempt of court.<\/p>\n<p>The government is now preparing to deploy more troops to tackle widespread riots and looting concentrated in the densely-populated Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal provinces, with 72 people now dead and more than 1,200 arrested, according to a police statement.<\/p>\n<p>Experts have suggested that while the former leader&#x27;s arrest was the trigger for civil unrest, underlying issues such as &quot;rampant unemployment, widespread inequality and discontent with Covid-19 related restrictions are the powder keg.&quot;<\/p>\n<h2>A man carries a fridge on his head that was looted from the Lotsoho Mall in Katlehong township<\/h2>\n<h2>Smoke rises from a Makro building set on fire overnight in Umhlanga, north of Durban<\/h2>\n<h2>Looters take away few items left to grab in a vandalised mall in Vosloorus<\/h2>\n<h2>A fire engulfs Campsdrift Park, which houses Makro and China Mall, following protests that have widened into looting in Pietermaritzburg<\/h2>\n<h2>Religious leaders carrying South African flags walk near a looted shopping mall<\/h2>\n<h2>A Johannesburg Metro Police Department (JMPD) officer walks between burnt cars\u00a0<\/h2>\n<h2>South African Police Services (SAPS) members arrest a looter at the Gold Spot Shopping Centre in Vosloorus<\/h2>\n<h2>Locals and family members of 15-year-old Vusi Dlamini stand next to his body after he has been allegedly shot outside a mall where looting was taking place<\/h2>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/07\/15\/photos-south-africa-riots-in-the-wake-jacob-zuma-arrest.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Protests erupted in South Africa last week after former President Jacob Zuma handed himself in to police. 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