 "South Africa: Zuma’s daughter to be charged for 2021 anti-govt riots that claimed 354 lives")
South Africa’s former President Jacob Zuma’s daughter will be appearing in court over a case of anti-government rioting that rattled the country four years ago and resulted in the deaths of 354 people.
Duduzile Zuma—Sambudla, a member of South Africa’s opposition party uMkhonto weSizwe Party, or MKP will face a court in Durban on Thursday, where she will be charged, the party said in a statement on X.
According to News24, citing an unnamed source, the state plans to charge Zuma-Sambudla with inciting terrorism. MKP spokesperson Nhlamulo Ndhlela initially confirmed that Zuma-Sambudla’s lawyers had received the charges but later claimed she was unaware of them.
The abuse of state institutions to fight ANC political battles!
— Progressive Info Centre (@InfoGuy_) January 28, 2025
NPA should drop this case! The Phalaphala case is stronger than this.#handsoffDuduzileZuma pic.twitter.com/q3VT3ScnjH
Daduzile’s father Jacob Zuma founded MKP in 2023 and within a year the young party managed to win almost 15 per cent of the vote in elections. The African National Congress, as a result, fell short of forming the majority.
The ANC subsequently established a 10-party coalition government, with the MKP emerging as the main opposition, actively challenging the new administration.
In July 2021, riots broke out in South Africa following Jacob Zuma’s imprisonment for refusing to testify before a judicial inquiry into state corruption during his nine-year presidency. The unrest, which caused billions of rands in damage to infrastructure, property, and businesses, was largely concentrated in Zuma’s home province of KwaZulu-Natal.
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