As pillaging erupted in the economic capital of Johannesburg and the south-eastern 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. Also Read: South Africa deploys troops as unrest spirals after Zuma jailing"The total number of people who have lost their lives since the beginning of these protests ... has risen to 72," the police said in a statement late Tuesday. "The path of violence, of looting and anarchy, leads only to more violence and devastation," Ramaphosa said. In a statement, the party accused them of using "social media to express comments which appear to encourage and incite the violence and looting."

Source: Dhaka Tribune July 14, 2021 04:07 UTC