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Political Analysts Join Police Chief In Speculating About Organised Plots to Destabilise SA

SOUTH AFRICA
  • Political analysts beginning to speculate that protesters targeting specific infrastructure like water treatment facilities, hospitals and government buildings speaks to the possibility of an organised effort to destabilise the country
  • Police Chief Cele repeated claims this morning that the looting may be a smoke screen and that other attacks on the state were planned. Targets supposedly included hospitals and a provincial legislature
  • Suspended ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule on Tuesday backed the #FreeJacobZuma campaign but expressed his opposition to the looting and destruction of property.
  • All KZN sugar mills now shut after cane farms set alight, citrus exports halted
MNI London Bureau | +44 020-3983-7894 | murray.nichol@marketnews.com
MNI London Bureau | +44 020-3983-7894 | murray.nichol@marketnews.com

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