South Africa National Defence Force soldiers and South African Police Service officers detain suspected looters at Jabulani Mall in Soweto on July 13, 2021. PHOTO | AFP
As pillaging erupted in the economic capital of Johannesburg and the southeastern province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa's main opposition accused radicals of stoking the unrest.
The raging unrest first erupted last Friday after former president Jacob Zuma started serving a 15-month term for contempt, having snubbed a probe into the corruption that stained his nine years in power.
