VIDEO: SAD! JACOB ZUMA'S SUPPORTERS RIOT IN JOHANNESBURG, LOOT SHOPS AS THEY CALL for THE RELEASE OF THE FORMER PRESIDENT

Angry President Zuma supporters looted shops and set fire to buildings in protest calling for the release for Zuma.

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Jacob Zuma handed himself to police on Wednesday, July 7 to begin a 15-month prison sentence for contempt of court.

Protests calling for his release turned to chaos and this has continued for days.

Zuma, 79, was sentenced for defying a constitutional court order to give evidence at an inquiry investigating high level corruption during his nine years in office until 2018.

The decision to jail him resulted from legal proceedings seen as a test of post-apartheid South Africa's ability to enforce the rule of law, including against powerful politicians.

Looting in South Africa:

The private security are doing the needful.