South Africa violence spreads to Johannesburg in wake of Zuma jailing


  • World
  • Sunday, 11 Jul 2021

FILE PHOTO: A burnt out truck lies beside the road following protests linked by police to former president Jacob Zuma's imprisonment, in Mooi River, South Africa, July 10, 2021. REUTERS/Siyabonga Sishi

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -Shops were looted overnight, a section of highway was closed and stick-wielding protesters marched through Johannesburg on Sunday, as sporadic violence following the jailing of former South African President Jacob Zuma spread.

The unrest had mainly been concentrated in Zuma's home province of KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), where he started serving a 15-month sentence for contempt of court on Wednesday night.

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