During the address on the television directly on Wednesday, Misuzulu Kazwelithini appealed to fellow Zulus to consider the damage made through violence and looting, and took a step back.
Zulu King Misuzulu Kazwelthini called for violence and looting between Zulus and India to end with “direct effects,” the PTI news agency reported.
The address of Kazwelithini for Zulus on television immediately came on Wednesday afternoon, even when rampant violence in KwaZulu-Natal Province in South Africa continued for the sixth day. “Our Indian brothers are our neighbors and we have the second largest population of India in KwaZulu-christmas outside India and through it, we have certain people who come to us to thank the people of Zulu and to the Royal Zulu The family that you live with our Indian brothers in peace, “he was quoted by PTI.
King Zulu appealed to his people to “embrace Indians” because they shared land with them and also called for peace.
Looting and violence began in protest against the imprisonment of 15 months former South African President Jacob Zuma – also from Zulu descent, for the insults of the court. The South African government agency and minister said that violence and looting were no longer about Zuma prison, but were organized by people with different personal interests, PTI reported.
In particular, the police and soldiers who were summoned by President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday were also unable to control the violence that also saw a combustion loan by thousands of people. Some groups of people, mostly armed, have mobilized – especially on the outskirts of India in South Africa and Durban Port City, to oppose attacks and lootings which have caused several Indian businesses and factories, among them, to be completely destroyed.
Overcoming the dissatisfaction of the Zulu with Zuma prison sentence, Kazwelithini on Wednesday said that violence was “not the right way to express” it. “This creates a picture of people who lose their dignity,” he added, according to the PTI report.
Kazwelthini said that the incident had brought “embarrassing” to the people of Zulu as “the fingers referred to my father’s people”. In particular, he took the crown three months ago after passing his parents in a few weeks each other.
King Zulu showed that it was unexpected for him to see “his own people so involved” in “burning” South Africa. “I have to beg all of us to take a big step back and consider the damage made by our own actions,” Kazwelithini said, adding that he “fully understood” depression born of poverty and unemployment.
The King also said that the destruction would mostly affect the poor as a significant supply chain of medicine and food had been cheated because of the ongoing violence at the important time of Pandemic Covid-19.
According to the PTI report, a former senior intelligence and other politician officer loyal to Zuma, all of whom have not been indicted or named, is being examined for becoming an instigator of violence.
Kazwelithini’s comments came when the victim was killed in South Africa from riots up to 72 on Tuesday, with some losing their lives by trampling when looting in shops. More than 1,200 people were arrested in violations of law which even caused several Covid-19 vaccination centers to close, PTI reported.
In a statement on Tuesday night, Police General Mathapelo Repato said that as many as 27 deaths in KwaZulu-Christmas and 45 provinces in Gauteng Province were examined. In addition, the police investigated the death of the explosion when people tried to enter the ATM machine and the loss of other lives triggered by the shooting, according to the PTI report.