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Riots Reveal South Africa’s Enduring Rifts
South Africa has experienced its worst unrest since apartheid ended.
Mobs attacked shopping malls and factories in two provinces.
In this Q&A, Crisis Group expert Pauline Bax explains that the disturbances exposed the political and economic dynamics of a state struggling to contain deadly violence.
- Pauline Bax
- ICG
What happened?
Following the arrest of former President Jacob Zuma on 7 July, mobs rampaged through shopping malls and industrial parks throughout South Africa’s two most populous provinces, KwaZulu-Natal and…
The riots also ravaged large parts of the port city of Durban, forcing the country’s largest refinery on the…