South Africa violence: Tanks deployed amid looting and chaos after jailing of Jacob Zuma

Subscribe to The Telegraph on YouTube ► South African authorities have sent troops into two provinces and cancelled all police leave as they struggle to contain a wave of violence sparked by the jailing of former president Jacob Zuma. At least 30 people have been killed and nearly 500 arrested in a spate of arson attacks and looting that began in Mr Zuma’s home province of Kwa-Zulu Natal after he began his prison term on Thursday night. The violence was “unprecedented“ in post-apartheid South Africa, a visibly tired president Cyril Ramaphosa said in an address to the nation on Monday. Rioting has also spread to Gauteng, the province that includes Johannesburg, prompting over-stretched police to request army support. Read more here: Get the latest headlines: and are websites of The Telegraph, the UK’