{"id":505992,"date":"2021-07-14T12:56:16","date_gmt":"2021-07-14T10:56:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=505992"},"modified":"2021-07-14T12:56:16","modified_gmt":"2021-07-14T10:56:16","slug":"zumas-daughter-accused-of-inciting-riots-in-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/internet\/505992\/zumas-daughter-accused-of-inciting-riots-in-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Zuma\u2019s daughter accused of inciting riots in South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of former South African President Jacob Zuma\u2019s daughters has come under scrutiny for allegedly inciting violent protests that have claimed at least 72 lives and seen rampant looting and business closures.<\/p>\n<p>As many as 12 people are on the authorities\u2019 radar for stoking the riots, Police Minister Bheki Cele told reporters on Tuesday, when asked if Duduzile Zuma-Sambundla was being investigated.<\/p>\n<p>An unverified Twitter account under her name encouraged people to protest against her 79-year-old father\u2019s incarceration on contempt-of-court charges last week. She hasn\u2019t distanced herself from the posts.<\/p>\n<p>Attempts by Bloomberg News to reach Zuma-Sambundla for comment were unsuccessful.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/level5?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#level5<\/a> All this wouldn&#8217;t have happened. Khululani uZuma, Free Zuma, Khululani uMsholozi, no level 5 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RamaphosaMustFall?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RamaphosaMustFall<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LPqL452Pst\">pic.twitter.com\/LPqL452Pst<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Duduzile Sambundla Zuma (@DZumaSambundla) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DZumaSambundla\/status\/1413941637554839558?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 10, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The ruling African National Congress distanced itself from the comments attributed to Zuma-Sambundla saying, that she will be called to explain her tweets as a member of the party.<\/p>\n<p>The main opposition, the Democratic Alliance, said it plans to file a police complaint against her.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">It&#8217;s time for Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla and many others who have incited violence to be held accountable for the looting and violence we have witnessed over the last few days.<\/p>\n<p>DA Leader <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jsteenhuisen?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@jsteenhuisen<\/a> confirms that we will now be laying criminal charges &#8211; no one is above the law! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UV7yKUSSZU\">pic.twitter.com\/UV7yKUSSZU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Democratic Alliance (@Our_DA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Our_DA\/status\/1414909215513137160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 13, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Any investigation into Zuma\u2019s daughter would be malicious, according to Mzwanele Manyi, spokesman for the Jacob Zuma Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey must not even try that, it is absolute nonsense. People are on the streets, most of them are not on Twitter. They don\u2019t even know what is Twitter,\u201d Manyi said. \u201cThere is absolutely no connection whatsoever between what she is tweeting and what is happening. To try and link it to her is another persecution of the Zuma family, pure persecution.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The country\u2019s socio-economic challenges are the main causes of the riots and must be addressed, according to Duduzane Zuma, Zuma-Sambundla\u2019s twin brother. In a video shared by an associate on Instagram, he denied having made any comments aimed at inciting violence.<\/p>\n<p>The riots were more than a \u201cflash in a pan,\u201d but were the manifestation of discontent that had been building up in the country for some time, he said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">[WATCH] Duduzane Zuma says he does not have any accounts on social media platforms whether it be Facebook, Twitter or Instagram: I have not made any inflammatory, any divisive and any inciting statements.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/City_Press?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@City_Press<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eC71ZB4H3q\">pic.twitter.com\/eC71ZB4H3q<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Queenin Masuabi (@Queenin_M) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Queenin_M\/status\/1414938198510342147?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 13, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/government\/505840\/looters-gangsters-and-the-third-force-the-disturbing-root-of-south-africas-violent-riots\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Looters, gangsters and the \u2018third force\u2019 \u2013 the disturbing root of South Africa\u2019s violent riots<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of former South African President Jacob Zuma\u2019s daughters has come under scrutiny for allegedly inciting violent protests that have claimed at least 72 lives and seen rampant looting and business closures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":295804,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9882],"tags":[26],"class_list":["post-505992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-internet","tag-headline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505992","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=505992"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505992\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":505996,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505992\/revisions\/505996"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/295804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=505992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=505992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=505992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}