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Jacob Zuma’s daughter goes on trial over deadly South African riots

Two South African police officers chase and shoot rubber bullets at a pair of suspected looters outside a warehouse storing alcohol.
South African police chase suspected looters in rioting in Durban in 2021. More than 350 people were killed in the disturbances. Photograph: Guillem Sartorio/AFP/Getty Images

Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla, a politician and daughter of the former South African president Jacob Zuma, has pleaded not guilty to incitement to commit terrorism and public violence over deadly riots in 2021.

The trial, which began on Monday in the coastal city of Durban, is the first prosecution in South Africa in which terrorism‑related charges are being brought based on social media posts.

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