South Africa newspaper unable to print… again
A South African daily newspaper will for the second day not publish a print edition because of the ongoing violence and looting.
Thursday’s edition of The Witness newspaper will be circulated online after the newspaper suspended printing on Wednesday.
The newspaper said that it was halting printing “until further notice”.
It is published in Pietermaritzburg and widely read in KwaZulu-Natal province – former President Jacob Zuma’s home turf – that has been affected by the violence.
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The Witness on its website linked an online edition saying it was sharing it “as a service to the province”.
The newspaper had on Wednesday tweeted a headline on the destruction of property when it suspended printing:
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Protests that started out as calls for the release of former president Jacob Zuma have turned into violence and looting and leaving 72 people dead.
South Africa’s government is to increase its deployment of defence forces to 25,000, 10 times more than originally proposed, to curb the violence.
The Zulu king has appealed for peace and an end to the riots that he said were bringing shame to South Africa’s largest ethnic group
