South Africa's week of violence, arson and looting slowly dies down in places as districts quiet ahead of an expected surge in soldiers
Local volunteers clean up Diepkloof Square following looting and vandalism in Soweto, Johannesburg on July 14, 2021.
The riots initially started with the jailing of ex-president Jacob Zuma last week after he failed to appear at a corruption inquiry. But they swiftly degenerated into looting and destruction, driven by widespread anger over the hardship and inequality that nearly three decades of democracy since the end of apartheid have failed to address.
Shopping malls and warehouses have been ransacked or set ablaze in several cities, mostly in Zuma's home in the KwaZulu-Natal province, especially Durban, and the financial and economic centre Johannesburg and surrounding Gauteng province.
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