Watch: SA shutdown videos of all the looting and destruction [video]

South Africa is engulfed in an inferno set off by protesters who want Jacob Zuma out of jail.

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Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) are on fire as shutdown riots have spilled into the new week with added threats of the unrest spreading across other parts of South Africa (SA).

UPDATE: The Ministry of Defence has released a statement confirming the deployment of SANDF operatives in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal (KZN).See full statement here.

SA shutdown: What’s fuelling the unrest?

Law enforcement has been stretched thin in the two provinces where riots have broken out since Friday 9 July 2021.

‘Free Jacob Zuma’ has become the banner with which these shutdown riots have continued under. While no formal statement has been released by the Jacob Zuma Foundation, claiming responsibility for the violence, the organisation’s Twitter account, and that of his daughter Duduzile Zuma-Sobandla, has fuelled the incendiary we’ve witnessed.

Police have issued an update on the total arrests made in the shutdown riots. Thus far, from what we understand, more than 219 suspects have been charged with public violence related to the SA shutdown this past weekend.

“The National Joint Operational and Intelligence Structure (NatJOINTS) is working around the clock to enhance operational capacity at provincial level in response to incidents in which people appear to be undermining the authority of the State, including the flouting of the DMA Regulations,” the police revealed in a statement.

Watch: SA shutdown videos of looting and violence

The videos we have embedded below were taken by a number of eyewitnesses in different areas of Gauteng and KZN, where instances of looting and violence were reported.

We will continue to update this article with more video footage and images as the SA shutdown continues.