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Ramaphosa pleads for end to deadly riots


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South Africa has been sitting on a powder keg for some time – Mervyn Abrahams.
By S thembile Cele and Paul Vecchiatto, Bloomberg
12 Jul 2021 
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Zuma supporters block the freeway with burning tyres during a protest in Peacevale, South Africa, on July 9, 2021. Image: Rogan Ward, Reuters.
President Cyril Ramaphosa pleaded for calm following days of protests that were triggered by last week’s incarceration of his predecessor and have claimed 10 lives, forced businesses to shut and weakened the currency.
“This is not who we are as South Africans, this is not us. Time and time again we have chosen a different path, of peace, engagement and democracy,” Ramaphosa said Monday in a televised address, his second in two days. ....

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'This is not who we are as South Africans, this is not us'


President Cyril Ramaphosa. Image c/o GCIS
President Cyril Ramaphosa pleaded for calm following days of protests that were triggered by last week’s incarceration of his predecessor and have claimed 10 lives, forced businesses to shut and weakened the currency.
“This is not who we are as South Africans, this is not us. Time and time again we have chosen a different path, of peace, engagement and democracy,” Ramaphosa said on Monday in a televised address, his second in as many days. “What we are witnessing now are opportunistic acts of criminality, with groups of people instigating chaos merely as a cover for looting and theft.” ....

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