Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla questioned through her legal team why she alone faces prosecution for sharing images on social media that other users also posted during riots that killed over 300 people in South Africa. Her attorney, Advocate Dali Mpofu, raised the issue as her two-week trial commenced at Durban High Court on Monday, where prosecutors accuse the former president's daughter of using her platform with 124,000 followers to spark the deadly 2021 violence in KwaZulu-Natal.
State witness Major General Gopal Gounden from the Hawks testified that investigators traced three accounts to the defendant, including one verified profile allegedly used to encourage public disorder. Authorities charged Zuma-Sambudla with terrorism incitement, promoting violence, and breaching the 1956 Riotous Assemblies Act based on posts made around the time of Jacob Zuma's July 2021 detention. Prosecutors contend her status as a presidential daughter amplified the impact of messages that preceded widespread looting and destruction.
State witness Major General Gopal Gounden from the Hawks testified that investigators traced three accounts to the defendant, including one verified profile allegedly used to encourage public disorder. Authorities charged Zuma-Sambudla with terrorism incitement, promoting violence, and breaching the 1956 Riotous Assemblies Act based on posts made around the time of Jacob Zuma's July 2021 detention. Prosecutors contend her status as a presidential daughter amplified the impact of messages that preceded widespread looting and destruction.
