Brussels 13.07.2021 In South Africa’s most populous province of Gauteng, which includes the largest city, Johannesburg, at least six people had died, officials announced early on Tuesday, July 13. Another 10 bodies were discovered in the aftermath of the looting spree in the Johannesburg township of Soweto. #Looting spree continues in #KZNViolence #durbanriots | Part…
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South Africa: 30 deaths among looters
Brussels 13.07.2021 Protesters clashed with security forces in several areas of South Africa and looters ransacked shopping malls on Tuesday, July 30, as frustrations over poverty and inequality boiled over in to the country’s worst unrest in years, with the death toll rising to more than 30. (Image above: social networks). Tensions are growing as…
Zuma in prison in KwaZulu-Natal
South Africa former President Jacob Zuma has handed himself in to police to begin serving a 15-month jail sentence for contempt of court. Jacob Zuma: Former president hands himself in to South African police https://t.co/bB0EZBVGla — BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) July 7, 2021 The high profile convict was admitted to Estcourt Correctional Centre in his…
South Africa slide to failed state
South Africa faces a precipitous economic and political collapse by 2030 unless it changes its economic model and implements growth-friendly policies, according to Eunomix Business & Economics Ltd. (Image above: courtesy UN photo). South Africa is heading toward becoming a failed state, group says https://t.co/ba6H1zuKyf — Bloomberg Africa (@BloombergAfrica) September 10, 2020 Using a range…
Zuma arrest warrant issued
A South African court has issued an arrest warrant for the former president Jacob Zuma after he failed to appear at hearing on the grounds of a medical treatment. Former South African president Jacob Zuma skipped his graft trial on the grounds of needing medical treatment. The court responded by issuing an arrest warrant https://t.co/iP7LYofYF9 pic.twitter.com/YwAV4sqyUs…
Minister admits Zuma pressure to strike nuclear deal with Russia
South African Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene said to a corruption inquiry that former President Jacob Zuma pressured him to agree to a massive nuclear power deal with Russian Federation to be delivered to President Vladimir Putin in 2015. EFF threatens to release Nhlanhla Nene's 'darkest secrets' should he not resign after his submission at the #StateCaptureInquiry https://t.co/KbxjH4jZ4h…
Zuma to be charged with corruption
The South African chief prosecutor Shaun Abrahams announced the state will reinstate fraud and corruption charges against former President Jacob Zuma for the case relating to a 30 billion rand ($2.5 billion) arms deal in the late 1990s. [WATCH] #ZumaCharges: NPA Shaun Abrahams has decided to prosecute former President Jacob Zuma. Courtesy #DStv403 pic.twitter.com/ayjM4qgrHI — eNCA…
Cyril Ramaphosa presidency inspires hopes
Cyril Ramaphosa has been elected as South Africa’s President in a parliamentary vote on Thursday (15.02.2018) after scandal-ridden Jacob Zuma resigned on orders from the ruling African National Congress. Cyril Ramaphosa sworn in as South Africa's new president https://t.co/bICijaVYfw #PresidentElection pic.twitter.com/oUajld90Vt — BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) February 15, 2018 South Africa’s main stock market index…
President Zuma reluctant to step down
South Africa President Jacob Zuma said to SABC news that he had offered to go after June, but objected to the way the issue has been handled, underlining that he was not defying the African National Congress (ANC) party, but he disagreed with its decision to ask him to resign. #BREAKING South Africa's Zuma, in TV…
Hawks police arrests Zuma’s allies
The raid by the Hawks police unit on the family home of the Guptas have been launched day after the ruling African National Congress (ANC) ordered Zuma to step down as head of state after nine years in office dogged by scandal and a stagnant economy. RT @karynmaughan: BREAKING: @eNCA confirms that one Gupta brother…
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