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OPINION | Kaveel Singh: July unrest investigations plod on, going nowhere slowly

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22 months on, and there still have been no arrests of leaders behind the 2021 July unrest.
22 months on, and there still have been no arrests of leaders behind the 2021 July unrest.
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With such slow progress in investigations of who was behind the 2021 July looting, South Africans continued lack of faith in our government and security cluster will remain, writes Kaveel Singh.

July 2023 marks two years since unrest battered the KwaZulu-Natal economy and claimed the lives of more than 300 people.

Last Friday, 65 people appeared in the Durban Magistrate's Court, many of whom are allegedly linked to one WhatsApp group that allegedly escalated violence largely in the Durban area.

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