 Other parts of Africa, South Africa is reeling from a week of looting, arson and other forms of violence. It was sparked by last week's gelling of former President Jacob Zuma and more than 200 people having killed. Now President Cyril Ramaphosa has come out to say the violence was intentionally instigated. Take a listen. This moment depicts the current situation in parts of South Africa, a young child thrown down from the upper floors of a burning building by its mother. A number of other buildings have been set on fire, including malls and warehouses, many of which have been looted. The violence erupted last week after the gelling of former President Jacob Zuma and the current President Cyril Ramaphosa believes it was deliberately provoked. Yes, ordinary citizens have felt that they need to defend their areas, to defend their assets and we welcome the fact that ordinary citizens are working together with the security forces, standing up not only to defend their own assets but they're also defending our democracy because they can see that this is an assault on the democratic situation that we have in our country. So they are standing up and we applaud them, that our people themselves see that there was a lot at stake and the instigators want to spread instability in the country and we don't know what their full and true intentions are. The routine and arson have destroyed hundreds of businesses and the South African government has deployed 25,000 soldiers to restore peace. Meanwhile, the death toll in the unrest has been put at 212 as at Friday, 95 more than the figure a day earlier. The editor and publisher of the Pan-African Newswire, Abayomi Azekewe, is joining us on news now. Hello, good evening. Hello, how are you? I'm very well, thank you and you? Mr. Abayomi Azekewe, let's take a critical look at this. What do you make of all this? Well, it's partly sparked by an internal conflict within the ruling African National Congress. President, former President Zuma had to leave office early at the end of 2018 due to allegations of corruption. He still has a lot of support within the ruling party. Nonetheless, he has gained a lot of unpopularity among the general population. He has been a subject of an investigation by the Zondo Commission, which is a commission that in fact was approved by his administration several years ago when he was president, and he has refused to answer certain questions before the Zondo Commission. He walked away from the commission and then he was taken to the constitutional court, which he is also a co-architect of, along with Nelson Mandela, Cyril Ramaphosa, the current president, former president Tabo and Becky and others, some 30 years ago, and they took him to the constitutional court. He was found in contempt of court and was ordered to serve 15 months in detention. Some of his supporters went to his compound in Nakana, in KwaZulu, Natal region, province of South Africa, saying they were going to set up a human shield around his residence. Eventually, he did hand himself in to the authorities to serve out his term. That began with protests against his detention, but unfortunately, it has deteriorated into a situation which is damaging the South African economy as well as the entire region of the Southern African development community through the widespread looting in two provinces and also arson attacks on business interests, on factories, warehouses, and other establishments in those two provinces, Hauteng and KwaZulu Natal. The other remaining provinces, some seven other provinces in South Africa, remain relatively calm over the last week. So this is a situation that the government is trying to get control of. President Cyril Ramaphosa today visited KwaZulu Natal. He spoke to people there. He held a press conference and he said he's committed to stabilizing the country to bring things back in order. Mr. Abayomi Azikiwe, I wish we had more time to go on and on, but then in the coming days, as events unfold, we still have to come back to you for more analysis. Thank you for your time. Thank you.