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Nkandla showdown: Zuma family accused of ‘inciting violence’ online

Family members of Jacob Zuma have been fanning the flames of discontent this week, with one of JZ’s daughters posting a series of unsettling messages online. Large crowds are gathered outside of Nkandla, and leaders have vowed to prevent the arrest of the former president ‘by any means’. The 79-year-old was sentenced to a jail term on Tuesday.

Zuma family find their voice online

Edward Zuma, the son of Msholozi, said that police must ‘kill him’ before they can get to his father. Another family member said on Wednesday that there would be ‘resistance’ towards any attempted arrest. ConCourt had given uBaba five days to hand himself over to police, but as his Sunday deadline approaches, a voluntary handover looks unlikely.

This would mean that SAPS must deploy officers to physically bring Mr. Zuma into custody, starting his jail sentence on the same day. However, the hundreds of people camped outside of Nkandla threaten the security of such an operation – and Dudu Zuma-Sambudla isn’t exactly helping to calm the tensions either.

Nkandla latest: Zuma relatives accused of ‘inciting violence’

The daughter of Jacob Zuma has shared several inflammatory posts to her Twitter account. Zuma-Sambudla is by far the most active of Msholozi’s brood online, and she’s using that influence to distribute potentially inciteful messages:

  • One post encourages supporters to ‘choose violence’, in response to an image shared by Andile Lungisa.
  • Another Tweet shows old footage of guns being fired into the air, with the term ‘we are waiting’ added in.

Fears of violence outside of Nkandla

There are numerous calls for the political temperature to be brought down in Nkandla. Ricardo MacKenzie serves as a provincial chairperson on Constitutional matters, and the DA representative has slammed Zuma supporters for their purported ‘selfishness’, fearing that ‘instability’ is being created in this part of the country.

“We all have a right to be disappointed in court rulings – even if it’s Concourt. But we don’t have a right to bring anxiety or instability to areas. There are people living in Nkandla who have the right to peace & security. In true Zuma supporters’ style, it’s all about them and their views!”



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