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Zuma Imprisonment: “Riots” or “Insurrection” in South Africa?
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
21 Jul 2021
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In the wake of the jailing of former president Jacob Zuma on corruption charges, two South African provinces were swept by riots that current President Cyril Ramaphosa called an attempted “insurrection” against the state. “This is no way to address the differences” in the country, said Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Detroit-based Pan African News Wire. “South Africa has the worst Covid-19 epidemic on the continent. The focus should be on mitigating the spread” of the disease.

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