{"id":590601,"date":"2021-07-14T07:51:04","date_gmt":"2021-07-14T11:51:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=590601"},"modified":"2021-07-14T07:51:06","modified_gmt":"2021-07-14T11:51:06","slug":"a-glimpse-into-hell-socialist-led-riots-roil-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-glimpse-into-hell-socialist-led-riots-roil-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"A \u2018Glimpse Into Hell\u2019: Socialist-led Riots Roil South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fa-glimpse-into-hell-socialist-led-riots-roil-south-africa%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=590601&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1233971883.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The most severe riots in decades continue to rock South Africa, reportedly begun when socialist operatives objected to the conviction of former left-wing President Jacob Zuma.<\/p>\n<p>Rioting, looting and widespread \u2014 often xenophobic \u2014 violence began in Johannesburg and Durban, spreading to numerous cities over the weekend. \u201cParts of the country are reeling from several days and nights of public violence, destruction of property and looting of the sort rarely seen before in the history of our democracy,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rRZ96R0x8go\">said<\/a> current South African President Cyril Ramphosa in a heartfelt address to the nation on Monday. \u201cIt started with the burning of trucks \u2026 in KwaZulu-Natal this past Saturday and was followed by blockades of roads in the northern parts of the province and the looting of shops.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rioters stopped traffic on the highways and incinerated at least <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Zbx-sbe5XvI\">30 trucks<\/a>. Even medical providers were not spared. Gangs <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeslive.co.za\/news\/south-africa\/2021-07-13-kzn-paramedics-unable-to-reach-critically-ill-patient-after-ambulance-is-stoned\/\">stoned ambulances<\/a>, preventing them from caring for rioting victims and people suffering from everyday illnesses. A representative for the ambulance company said, \u201cThere is no access to medical treatment for these sick patients.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rioters proceeded to attack one another <em>inside<\/em> Johannesburg\u2019s Hillbrow clinic while they were healing from their wounds, and a mob tried to attack the clinic itself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were in war mode,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news24.com\/news24\/southafrica\/news\/it-felt-like-war-doctor-details-grim-scenes-inside-hillbrow-clinic-amid-violent-zuma-unrest-20210712\">said<\/a> Dr. Suhayl Essa, who was on call at the time South Africa\u2019s News24 reported that Hillbrow treated numerous victims of the unfolding violence, including a six year old who had been shot in the head.<\/p>\n<p>The scenes he saw that day gave him a <strong>\u201c<\/strong>glimpse into Hell,\u201d Essa said.<\/p>\n<p>As of Tuesday afternoon, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/news\/world\/articles\/2021-07-13\/rioting-looting-continues-in-south-africa-deaths-up-to-32\">72<\/a> people have been killed. In one of the largest tragedies to date, heedless looters rushing into the Ndofaya shopping mall in Soweto crushed 10 of their fellow looters to death.<\/p>\n<p>Many of the gangs reportedly targeted foreign nationals and South Africans of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opindia.com\/2021\/07\/south-africa-zuma-prison-riots-loot-arson-unrest-ramaphosa-civilian-indian-community-arms-self-defence\/\">Indian<\/a> descent, according to multiple news reports. Due to the overwhelmed police forces, potential victims banned together and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news24.com\/news24\/southafrica\/news\/zuma-unrest-residents-forming-armed-groups-to-protect-businesses-homes-in-kwazulu-natal-20210712\">defended themselves with firearms<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The riots are believed to have been instigated by devotees of Jacob Zuma, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2007\/dec\/15\/southafrica.chrismcgreal\">self-described<\/a> socialist who served as South African president from 2009 to 2018. Zuma faces 16 counts of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2019\/oct\/11\/zuma-to-stand-trial-corruption-charges-arms-deal-south-african-president\">fraud, money laundering, and racketeering<\/a> for being part of a multibillion-dollar embezzlement scheme during his time as president.<\/p>\n<p>At times, Zuma has positioned himself to the Left of the South African Communist Party. \u201cFormer president Jacob Zuma has taken a swipe at the SACP, accusing it of&nbsp;losing sight of its mission to fight for socialism,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeslive.co.za\/politics\/2020-05-14-the-alliance-just-exists-in-name-jacob-zuma-takes-a-dig-at-communist-party\/\">reported<\/a> South Africa\u2019s TimesLIVE news service last May. In a 2012 address to the Socialist International, Zuma <a href=\"https:\/\/www.socialistinternational.org\/congresses\/xxiv-congress-of-the-socialist-international-cape-town\/remarks-by-president-jacob-zuma\/\">lamented<\/a> the fact that \u201cmany amongst the broad global Left have \u2026 abandoned left[ist] projects and ideas after the collapse of the many socialist countries which included the Soviet Union.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Riots erupted shortly after Zuma&nbsp;was <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/africa-government-and-politics-riots-south-africa-b0bac22a708221168756296a1b434d81\">sentenced<\/a> to 15 months in prison for contempt of court, after he refused to testify at his corruption trial. The nation\u2019s intelligence service is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/9ab45599-ea5c-405e-99b9-f69a497ec0bc\">currently investigating<\/a> the extent to which Zuma loyalists initiated the violence in KwaZulu-Natal Province, the greatest source of Zuma\u2019s political strength. The leader of the ANC\u2019s Youth League once <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/opinions\/2016\/5\/2\/south-africa-eff-and-political-vulgarity\">proclaimed<\/a> he was \u201cwilling to kill for Zuma.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But the rioting quickly metastasized to other cities including Guateng province, sweeping up a large number of citizens seething with social discontent. South Africans have a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/africa\/looting-violence-grips-south-africa-after-zuma-court-hearing-2021-07-13\/\">33% unemployment rate<\/a>, and 20% of South Africans live on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalcitizen.org\/en\/content\/1-in-5-south-africans-living-extreme-poverty-un\/\">less than $2 a day<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>President Ramphosa has faced criticism for his lackluster response to the riots. Ramphosa deployed 2,500 members of the nation\u2019s military, the South African National Defence Force, to quell the riots.&nbsp;He&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-africa-57818215\">deployed 70,000 troops<\/a> last year to enforce the nation\u2019s COVID-19 lockdowns.<\/p>\n<p>Zuma has appealed his case to South Africa\u2019s Constitutional Court. Thus far, he has made no public statement rebuking the riots that began in his name.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The most severe riots in decades continue to rock South Africa, reportedly begun when socialist operatives objected to the conviction of former left-wing President Jacob Zuma.Rioting, looting and widespread \u2014 &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2314640,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1233971883.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"A \u2018Glimpse Into Hell\u2019: Socialist-led Riots Roil South Africa","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-590601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1233971883.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"A \u2018Glimpse Into Hell\u2019: Socialist-led Riots Roil South Africa","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=590601"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590601\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2314640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=590601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=590601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=590601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}