Eight Days in July: Inside the Zuma Unrest That set South Africa Alight

By (author): Kaveel Singh. By (author): Jeff Wicks. Journalists Qaanitah Hunter, Kaveel Singh and Jeff Wicks give a fast-paced, on-the-ground account of the July 2021 unrest that followed Jacob Zuma's imprisonment, which left over 350 dead and caused an estimated R50 billion in damage across KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng. The book traces the unrest as it unfolded — from orchestrated instigation and the theft of 1.5 million rounds of ammunition from Durban harbour, to opportunistic looting and attempted prison breakouts — while probing how much was coordinated destabilisation versus poverty-driven anger. Described as "an early draft of history," it combines eyewitness reporting with investigative detail on South Africa's institutional fault lines.