12 July 2021 1 Min Read
IN PICTURES | Violent riots and looting grip KZN and Gauteng
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Thousands of Alexandra residents looted grocery shops, bottle stores and furniture shops in the Pan Africa Mall in Johannesburg, on July 12 2021.
Image: Thulani Mbele
Image: Thulani Mbele
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Widespread protests have erupted across KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng, with shops looted and stores and vehicles torched.
A man caught looting inside a Cambridge Food store in Vosloorus, east of Johannesburg, is arrested by a police officer on July 12 2021.
Image: Alaister Russell/The Sunday Times
Image: Alaister Russell/The Sunday Times
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The rioting was sparked by protests around the incarceration of former president Jacob Zuma.
People flee after looting a Cambridge Food store in Vosloorus, east of Johannesburg, on July 12 2021. Violent protests have been seen throughout the country following the imprisonment of former president Jacob Zuma.
Image: Alaister Russell/The Sunday Times
Image: Alaister Russell/The Sunday Times
On Monday, cabinet decided to deploy members of the military in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng to deal with the protests and criminality.
People flee after looting a Cambridge Food store in Vosloorus, east of Johannesburg, on July 12 2021.
Image: Alaister Russell/The Sunday Times
Image: Alaister Russell/The Sunday Times
A looter caught inside a Cambridge Food store in Vosloorus, east of Johannesburg, is arrested on July 12 2021.
Image: Alaister Russell/The Sunday Times
Image: Alaister Russell/The Sunday Times
A police officer walks through a looted store in Vosloorus on July 12 2021.
Image: Alaister Russell/The Sunday Times
Image: Alaister Russell/The Sunday Times
People looting a shop in Durban flee from a police officer on July 12 2021 as riots continue in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng.
Image: SANDILE NDLOVU
Image: SANDILE NDLOVU
People believed to be supporters of former president Jacob Zuma burned and looted shops in Durban on July 12 2021.
Image: SANDILE NDLOVU
Image: SANDILE NDLOVU
A burned truck blocks a road in Durban on July 12 2021 as protests continued over the incarceration of former president Jacob Zuma.
Image: SANDILE NDLOVU
Image: SANDILE NDLOVU