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Zuma-Sambudla Behind Bars

Jimmy Wambua January 30, 2025, 11:56 a.m. News
Zuma-Sambudla Behind Bars

The daughter of former South African President Jacob Zuma, Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla, has been arrested over her alleged involvement in the 2021 riots that left over 300 people dead.
The 2021 South African unrest, also known as the July 2021 riots was a wave of civil unrest that occurred in South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng provinces from 9 to 18 July 2021, sparked by the imprisonment of former President Jacob Zuma for contempt of court. Resulting protests against the incarceration triggered wider rioting and looting, much of it said to be undertaken by people not in support of Zuma and fuelled by job layoffs and economic inequality worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic policies.
Zuma-Sambudla, a controversial figure in her own right, was accused of sharing incendiary social media posts that fuelled the civil unrest. In accordance with Hawks elite police unit spokesperson Brig Thandi Mbambo, Zuma-Sambudla's arrest comes as a result of a meticulous investigation.
uMkhonto WeSizwe Party(MK) , of which she is a senior member, has confirmed her court appearance and urged supporters to "mobilize all ground forces to attend in numbers."
While she has not commented directly on the charges, Zuma-Sambudla shared a cryptic note on X that simply said: "We see you."

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