The African Union Commission, AU, has condemned the violence in South Africa that has left seventy-two people dead.
Protests against the jailing of former President Jacob Zuma morphed into looting and destruction of property in some provinces.
The AU commission Chairperson, Mr. Moussa Faki Mahamat, in a statement condemned in strongest terms, the surge of violence that has resulted in the deaths of civilians and appalling scenes of the looting of public and private property.
Mr. Mahamat called for an urgent restoration of order, peace and stability in the country in full respect of the rule of law warning that failure to resolve the crisis would have grave impacts in the country and the region.
The army was deployed to combat the violence and thousands have been arrested.
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