JULY RIOTS, ONE YEAR LATER: Business and communities still struggle to recover from July 2021 while alerts issued to avoid another insurrection

  • 📰 dailymaverick
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 23 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 13%
  • Publisher: 84%

Nigeria News News

Nigeria Nigeria Latest News,Nigeria Nigeria Headlines

In July 2021, violent unrests ripped through KwaZulu-Natal and, to a lesser extent, Gauteng. As South Africans reflect on the events a year later, and while communities and businesses are still picking up the pieces, security experts are warning against...

The government was warned about the July 2021 riots months in advance. They didn’t listen. Daily Maverick spoke to several sources with ties to the State Security Agency, Police Crime Intelligence, the military and the Hawks. All spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of their positions. They predict a terrifying scenario: a repeat insurrection, likely driven by the pro-Zuma RET faction and marked by guerilla-style sabotage.

The initial trigger for the violent upheaval that ensued was the incarceration of former president Jacob Zuma exactly one year ago – on the evening of 7 July, 2021 . He had been sentenced to 15 months in jail for contempt of court.The small business owners that Daily Maverick spoke to said the latest figures ‘seem more believable’ than those previously released, which had placed the damage at R20bn in eThekwini and KZN, and about R50bn nationally.

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.

Unrest in Natal? Ask Cele and he proudly states that the 'powerful' SAPS managed to make cases against 17 people and that they are ALL out on bail. The government and Cele seems to be content with major crime and destruction in SA. And our wet fart president looks on.

We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 3. in NG

Nigeria Nigeria Latest News, Nigeria Nigeria Headlines