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Extreme violence in South Africa over jailing of ex-president Jacob Zuma

By Aviyukta Adlakha

Crowd set shopping malls on fire in cities across South Africa in a clash with police on Tuesday. Dozens of people are reported killed after grievances unleashed by the jailing of ex-president Jacob Zuma boiled turned into the worst violence in years.

More than 45 people have so far been killed during the unrest Poverty has increased by severe social and economic restrictions put to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Petrol pumps are forcefully closed. 757 people had been arrested so fa Violence especially looting has spread from Zuma’s home in KwaZulu-Natal province to the country’s biggest city Johannesburg and surrounding Gauteng province and to the Indian Ocean port city of Durban.

Zuma, 79, was sentenced for defying a court order to give evidence at an inquiry investigating high-level corruption during his nine years in office until 2018. He also faces trial on charges including corruption, fraud, racketeering, and money laundering. He refused to agree to these charges.

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Aviyukta Adlakha

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