{"id":593689,"date":"2021-07-16T13:51:43","date_gmt":"2021-07-16T17:51:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=593689"},"modified":"2021-07-16T13:51:46","modified_gmt":"2021-07-16T17:51:46","slug":"south-africa-sends-25000-troops-to-help-police-quell-weeklong-riots-that-have-killed-117","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/south-africa-sends-25000-troops-to-help-police-quell-weeklong-riots-that-have-killed-117\/","title":{"rendered":"South Africa Sends 25,000 Troops To Help Police Quell Weeklong Riots That Have Killed 117"},"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\">30<\/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%2Fsouth-africa-sends-25000-troops-to-help-police-quell-weeklong-riots-that-have-killed-117%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=593689&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-1233994472.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The government of South Africa is deploying 25,000 troops to \u201chelp quell weeklong riots sparked by the imprisonment of former President Jacob Zuma\u201d amid reports that at least 117 people have been killed in the violence, <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/International\/wireStory\/south-africas-army-starts-large-deployment-restore-order-78859415\">according to ABC News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe government said 10,000 soldiers were on the streets by Thursday morning patrolling alongside police, and the South African National Defence Force had also called up all of its reserve force of 12,000 troops,\u201d the outlet reported Friday, adding that convoys of soldiers have begun fanning out across \u201cGauteng province, South Africa\u2019s most populous, which includes the largest city, Johannesburg, and the capital, Pretoria.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jacob Zuma, the country\u2019s former president, was arrested last week on charges of corruption, but only after Zuma riled up supporters, demanding that they fight back against the current South African government.<\/p>\n<p>As the Daily Wire reported earlier this week, Zuma, who considers himself to the left of the South African Communist Party, \u201cfaces 16 counts of fraud, money laundering, and racketeering for being part of a multibillion-dollar embezzlement scheme during his time as president,\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe nation\u2019s intelligence service is currently investigating 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 proclaimed he was \u2018willing to kill for Zuma,&#8217;\u201d The Daily Wire\u2019s report noted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn KwaZulu-Natal, it\u2019s well-coordinated, well-funded. If you look at it, strategic commercial hubs were blocked, strategic roads were blocked at really key points. It was very organized,\u201d one South African political expert told ABC News.<\/p>\n<p>The riots are also likely the result of South Africa\u2019s staggering economic woes \u2014&nbsp;South Africans have a 33% unemployment rate, and 20% of South Africans live on less than $2 a day \u2014 which many residents blame on current&nbsp;South African President Cyril Ramphosa\u2019s mismanagement.<\/p>\n<p>Regardless, the riots are increasingly violent, and, at least report, 117 have been killed. Although authorities have been able to tamp down the unrest in select areas,&nbsp;there have been \u201crenewed attacks on shopping centers and several factories and warehouses were smoldering after being hit by arson attacks,\u201d according to ABC News.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMore than 2,200 people have been arrested for theft and vandalism and 117 people have died, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, acting minister in the presidency said Thursday,\u201d the outlet noted. \u201cMany were trampled to death in chaotic stampedes when shops were being looted, according to police.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As Daily Wire reported, the rioting has had a detrimental effect on medical services, which were already stressed to begin with.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRioters stopped traffic on the highways and incinerated at least 30 trucks,\u201d the Daily Wire noted.&nbsp;\u201cEven medical providers were not spared. Gangs stoned ambulances, preventing them from caring for rioting victims and people suffering from everyday illnesses. A representative for the ambulance company said, \u2018There is no access to medical treatment for these sick patients.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRioters proceeded to attack one another inside Johannesburg\u2019s Hillbrow clinic while they were healing from their wounds, and a mob tried to attack the clinic itself,&#8217;\u201d Daily Wire noted.<\/p>\n<p>Shocking video of the riots inside shopping malls and medical clinics has surfaced on social media.<\/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. 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