welcome to the show. former south african president, jacob zelma is define a court deadline to give himself up to authorities. as rumor has told, hundreds of supporters outside his home, but there is no need for him to go to jail. he was sentenced to 15 months in prison for refusing to attend a corruption hearing. the supreme court has agreed to consider his challenge to the verdict. and zoom called his supporters to keep back in him in his court battle. i call on all my support has to use peaceful means to protest against this injustice. i really must be clear. i'm not asking for sympathy, but justice dw correspondent christina manuel was with supporters gathering at the home of jacob zoom in rural south africa. and she sent us this assessment where i am, if you didn't know any better, you would think that we're as a political ready, it is a celebrate tree atmosphere. here. you've got people dressed in the colors of the ruling a and c. that is the party of mister duma, people dressed in the traditional hulu regalia, people all his support, as opposed to the whole province where he does com

now former president jacob zelma was sentenced to 15 months in prison for contempt of court after he refused to appear before a judicial inquiry investigating corruption. during his 9 year rule, we spoke to zoom, a son who's been accused of instigating the recent violence and allegation he denies. it's unacceptable what has happened and i'm talking about the level of devastation and destruction, vandalism, to, to property. and just the one to looting is something that should not be celebrated, should be denounced, which i have done. and i'll continue to do so not being labeled as one of the people, one of the instigators and not officially so much as making the other cars around social media commentary. and some of them use networks, which is the side of things on the tree. if you look at the basis of those allegations that it's completely baseless, you have certain video clips that have my voice and image which, which are you. but i'm taking taken out of context in relation to the video in its entirety and the message that i was trying to, to put across. so if you look at what i was

although it was sponsored by the jailing of former president jacob zelma. the crisis has expose a deeper issues of poverty and inequality. angry crowds have looted sharps burned down businesses and disrupted for by chains their fears. now, some areas could run out of food. as a result, at least 72 people have been killed and hundreds rested in nearly a week of unrest or bringing our guests in just a moment. but 1st, this update from probably the miller in johannesburg. this is alexandra township in the north of janice, where we've seen significant looting and rioting over the past few days, specifically down the road where businesses were looted. many of the buildings sits . a light bay has been a significant police presence, but really not enough to stop these incidence of looting. the army has been deployed. we don't see them here today. but it's thought that perhaps soldiers on the ground has managed to calm the situation, at least to some extent. and just behind us, we're thing business owners and community members now returning to try and assess the da