2021 South African unrest
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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.[21]: 52 Resulting protests against the incarceration triggered wider rioting and looting, much of it said to be undertaken by people not in support of Zuma[26] and fuelled by job layoffs and economic inequality worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic policies.[27][28] The unrest began in the province of KwaZulu-Natal on the evening of 9 July,[29] and spread to the province of Gauteng on the evening of 11 July,[30][31] and was the worst violence that South Africa had experienced since the end of Apartheid.[32]
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An aerial view of the aftermath of looting from the unrest in Springfield, Durban, Kwa-Zulu Natal. SANDF deployment in South Africa during the 2021 South African unrest. Looting during the unrest at a local mall in Dlamini, Soweto, Gauteng Province. | |||
Date | 9 – 18 July 2021 (1 week and 1 day) | ||
Location | South Africa
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Death(s) | 354[21]: 35 | ||
Arrested | 5,500[22] |
Zuma was taken into custody after declining to testify at the Zondo Commission, an inquiry into allegations of corruption during his term as president from 2009 to 2018.[33] The Constitutional Court reserved judgment on Zuma's application to rescind his sentence on 12 July 2021.[34][35][36] The South African government reported that 354 people had died in the riots.[21] As of 12 August 2022, 5,500 people had been arrested, in connection with the unrest.[22]