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, a book written by three News24 journalists and published by Tafelberg, comes amazingly quickly after the events it deals with – the July rioting and looting that erupted soon after former president Jacob Zuma was jailed for contempt of court.
Many of those questions remain unanswered, or not fully answered. How do we understand the July events? It’s hard, even now, four months later, to settle on the correct terms: was it an uprising, a revolt, rioting or looting? A coup attempt, as some in the ruling party called it? After all, it is Ramaphosa who is seen by Zuma supporters as their key foe: he deposed Zuma at the ANC’s 2017 elective conference, and he has promised to fight corruption and state capture – of which Zuma and several cronies stand accused. Essentially, there’s a former power bloc that is at war with the new authorities, particularly because Ramaphosa’s reform agenda is likely to cauterise their flows of patronage.
Eight Days in July provides the kind of analysis needed if South Africa is ever to get its head around what happened during those days of looting and burning – the authors look deeply into intelligence reports and other accounts to try and discern what was known, what was understood and what was predictable in the lead-up to those “July Days”.
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