Kaya 959 Reporter
President Cyril Ramaphosa convened an expert panel to examine the nation’s reaction to the crisis and its shortcomings after the events, which primarily hit KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng and cost the economy about R70 billion.
On July 14, 2021, the National Security Council convened to discuss ways to end the unrest.
Among them was gathering up the perpetrators of the violence and having them detained, accused, and tried.
The security cluster that failed to recognise and respond to threats last year has now said that it will update on the status of implementing the suggestions made by the expert panel on the disturbance.
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Kaya Biz with Gugulethu Mfuphi spoke to Muzi Dladla – SASRIA executive manager of stakeholder management on how far we’ve come since the unrest.
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The perpetrators of the July riots have not been apprehended a year after there were over 300 fatalities, extensive looting, and violent outbursts.
The looting that occurred in several areas of KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng last year led to some high-profile arrests, but this is still the case.
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Ngizwe Mchunu, a media personality, and Bonginkosi Khanyile, a former student activist, were among those accused of instigating public disorder.
Numerous more were detained for theft and infrastructure damage.
Dladla says there’s a lot of learning that has come from the unrest.
“On the 9th of July which is exactly a year ago we witnessed public unrest and all the destruction that followed, it’s been a very year and I can say a lot has been learned as well. To commemorate this on Saturday we are busy with a documentary to capture what has happened, we should be done in about a week from now. We will be sharing that with everybody soon.” says Dladla.
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