The department was studying Thursday’s court ruling, it said. The Department of Corrections hasn’t said if it will order Zuma back to jail after his appeal failed or if the time he spent on medical parole will count as him having served his sentence. It was the worst instance of civil unrest since the end of apartheid in 1994, with authorities still investigating two years later who was behind what appeared to be an orchestrated attempt to unsettle the government. The 2021 riots shook Africa’s most developed economy, seen as a bedrock of democracy on the continent. Trucks have previously been burned in South Africa as a form of protest against the government for failing to provide basic services, but the number torched this week was unusually high. “These are organized and sophisticated operations,” Cele said in a statement released by the South African government’s official news agency.Īuthorities haven’t reported any deaths or serious injuries related to the torching of trucks.
In many instances, armed men have forced drivers out of their trucks and then set them alight in the middle of major roads. Police Minister Bheki Cele said there is a possibility that the truck burnings are economic sabotage against South Africa and police are hunting for at least 12 people believed to be linked to the attacks.