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By Nick Ericsson
image captionRiots and looting were sparked by the jailing of former President Jacob Zuma
Some are calling events over the last week democratic South Africa s darkest hour .
Is it more than a spontaneous triggering of anger brought about by the jailing of former President Jacob Zuma? Many analysts say it is and that there is a third force sympathetic to the former president at play.
The government s language too has changed significantly, from not saying much in the early days of the lawlessness to calling out what it says has been economic sabotage . Some commentators have even gone as far as to warn that the unrest has the hallmarks of an attempted coup and an insurrection .
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