{"id":51068,"date":"2023-07-05T22:23:32","date_gmt":"2023-07-05T22:23:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/im-accused-of-burning-things-i-didnt-burn-alleged-july-riots-instigator-is-ready-to-testify"},"modified":"2023-07-06T00:04:41","modified_gmt":"2023-07-06T00:04:41","slug":"im-accused-of-burning-things-i-didnt-burn-alleged-july-riots-instigator-is-ready-to-testify","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/im-accused-of-burning-things-i-didnt-burn-alleged-july-riots-instigator-is-ready-to-testify","title":{"rendered":"‘I’m accused of burning things I didn’t burn’: Alleged July riots instigator is ready to testify"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>Former Ukhozi FM presenter Ngizwe Mchunu was confident ahead of his appearance in the Randburg Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday in connection with allegations related to the July 2021 riots in South Africa.<\/p>\n

A crowd of Diepsloot residents chanted slogans outside the court building and, in the presence of a police contingent, they ululated and whistled as Mchunu passed by, accompanied by a few supporters who cheered him on. He stopped briefly and broke into song, dancing and charming the crowd as people took pictures of him.<\/p>\n

The residents were actually there to support Lefa Nkala, Loyiso Toyiya, and Jack Hlongwane, who face charges of malicious damage to property, public violence, intimidation, and infringement of the Traffic Act in connection with recent protests in Diepsloot.<\/p>\n

Then Mchunu addressed the media.<\/p>\n

He said he was confident ahead of his appearance.<\/p>\n

“I am expected to take the stand today and tomorrow. I am ready to testify,” he said.<\/p>\n

“This is a rubbish case. I’m being accused of burning things I didn’t burn,” he added.<\/p>\n

Last year, Mchunu pleaded not guilty, denying that he incited the public violence that led to the destruction of property during the July 2021 unrest.<\/p>\n

He is also accused of convening a gathering in contravention of the Covid-19 lockdown regulations.<\/p>\n

The unrest occurred after the incarceration of former president Jacob Zuma.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About South-Africa<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – South-Africa. Former Ukhozi FM presenter Ngizwe Mchunu was confident ahead of his appearance in the Randburg Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday in connection with allegations related to the July 2021 riots in South Africa. A crowd of Diepsloot residents chanted slogans outside the court building and, in the presence of a police contingent, they […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":51067,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7,8,12,377],"tags":[274,315,2372,309,310,2265,275,489],"class_list":["post-51068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-homepage-english","category-policy","category-to-homepage","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-south-africa","tag-crime-and-courts","tag-gauteng","tag-johannesburg","tag-ngizwe-mchunu","tag-south-africa-2","tag-unrest"],"yoast_head":"\n'I'm accused of burning things I didn't burn': Alleged July riots instigator is ready to testify - South Africa<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Former Ukhozi FM presenter Ngizwe Mchunu was confident ahead of his appearance in the Randburg Magistrate's Court on Wed ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/im-accused-of-burning-things-i-didnt-burn-alleged-july-riots-instigator-is-ready-to-testify\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"'I'm accused of burning things I didn't burn': Alleged July riots instigator is ready to testify\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Former Ukhozi FM presenter Ngizwe Mchunu was confident ahead of his appearance in the Randburg Magistrate's Court on Wed ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/im-accused-of-burning-things-i-didnt-burn-alleged-july-riots-instigator-is-ready-to-testify\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"South Africa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-07-05T22:23:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-07-06T00:04:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2023\/07\/sm_1688584026.415258.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/im-accused-of-burning-things-i-didnt-burn-alleged-july-riots-instigator-is-ready-to-testify#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/im-accused-of-burning-things-i-didnt-burn-alleged-july-riots-instigator-is-ready-to-testify\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"‘I’m accused of burning things I didn’t burn’: Alleged July riots instigator is ready to testify\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-07-05T22:23:32+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-07-06T00:04:41+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/im-accused-of-burning-things-i-didnt-burn-alleged-july-riots-instigator-is-ready-to-testify\"},\"wordCount\":253,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/im-accused-of-burning-things-i-didnt-burn-alleged-july-riots-instigator-is-ready-to-testify#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2023\/07\/sm_1688584026.415258.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-South-Africa\",\"crime and courts\",\"gauteng\",\"johannesburg\",\"ngizwe mchunu\",\"South-Africa\",\"unrest\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"head lines\",\"homepage-english\",\"policy\",\"to-homepage\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/im-accused-of-burning-things-i-didnt-burn-alleged-july-riots-instigator-is-ready-to-testify#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/im-accused-of-burning-things-i-didnt-burn-alleged-july-riots-instigator-is-ready-to-testify\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/im-accused-of-burning-things-i-didnt-burn-alleged-july-riots-instigator-is-ready-to-testify\",\"name\":\"'I'm accused of burning things I didn't burn': Alleged July riots instigator is ready to testify - South Africa\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/im-accused-of-burning-things-i-didnt-burn-alleged-july-riots-instigator-is-ready-to-testify#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/im-accused-of-burning-things-i-didnt-burn-alleged-july-riots-instigator-is-ready-to-testify#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2023\/07\/sm_1688584026.415258.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-07-05T22:23:32+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-07-06T00:04:41+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"Former Ukhozi FM presenter Ngizwe Mchunu was confident ahead of his appearance in the Randburg Magistrate's Court on Wed ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/im-accused-of-burning-things-i-didnt-burn-alleged-july-riots-instigator-is-ready-to-testify#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/im-accused-of-burning-things-i-didnt-burn-alleged-july-riots-instigator-is-ready-to-testify\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/im-accused-of-burning-things-i-didnt-burn-alleged-july-riots-instigator-is-ready-to-testify#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2023\/07\/sm_1688584026.415258.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2023\/07\/sm_1688584026.415258.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":720,\"caption\":\"'I'm accused of burning things I didn't burn': Alleged July riots instigator is ready to testify\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/im-accused-of-burning-things-i-didnt-burn-alleged-july-riots-instigator-is-ready-to-testify#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"‘I’m accused of burning things I didn’t burn’: Alleged July riots instigator is ready to testify\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/\",\"name\":\"South Africa\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"'I'm accused of burning things I didn't burn': Alleged July riots instigator is ready to testify - South Africa","description":"Former Ukhozi FM presenter Ngizwe Mchunu was confident ahead of his appearance in the Randburg Magistrate's Court on Wed ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/im-accused-of-burning-things-i-didnt-burn-alleged-july-riots-instigator-is-ready-to-testify","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"'I'm accused of burning things I didn't burn': Alleged July riots instigator is ready to testify","og_description":"Former Ukhozi FM presenter Ngizwe Mchunu was confident ahead of his appearance in the Randburg Magistrate's Court on Wed ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/im-accused-of-burning-things-i-didnt-burn-alleged-july-riots-instigator-is-ready-to-testify","og_site_name":"South Africa","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2023-07-05T22:23:32+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-07-06T00:04:41+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":720,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2023\/07\/sm_1688584026.415258.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/im-accused-of-burning-things-i-didnt-burn-alleged-july-riots-instigator-is-ready-to-testify#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/im-accused-of-burning-things-i-didnt-burn-alleged-july-riots-instigator-is-ready-to-testify"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"‘I’m accused of burning things I didn’t burn’: Alleged July riots instigator is ready to testify","datePublished":"2023-07-05T22:23:32+00:00","dateModified":"2023-07-06T00:04:41+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/im-accused-of-burning-things-i-didnt-burn-alleged-july-riots-instigator-is-ready-to-testify"},"wordCount":253,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/im-accused-of-burning-things-i-didnt-burn-alleged-july-riots-instigator-is-ready-to-testify#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2023\/07\/sm_1688584026.415258.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-South-Africa","crime and courts","gauteng","johannesburg","ngizwe mchunu","South-Africa","unrest"],"articleSection":["all news","head lines","homepage-english","policy","to-homepage"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/im-accused-of-burning-things-i-didnt-burn-alleged-july-riots-instigator-is-ready-to-testify#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/im-accused-of-burning-things-i-didnt-burn-alleged-july-riots-instigator-is-ready-to-testify","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/im-accused-of-burning-things-i-didnt-burn-alleged-july-riots-instigator-is-ready-to-testify","name":"'I'm accused of burning things I didn't burn': Alleged July riots instigator is ready to testify - South Africa","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/im-accused-of-burning-things-i-didnt-burn-alleged-july-riots-instigator-is-ready-to-testify#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/im-accused-of-burning-things-i-didnt-burn-alleged-july-riots-instigator-is-ready-to-testify#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2023\/07\/sm_1688584026.415258.jpg","datePublished":"2023-07-05T22:23:32+00:00","dateModified":"2023-07-06T00:04:41+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"Former Ukhozi FM presenter Ngizwe Mchunu was confident ahead of his appearance in the Randburg Magistrate's Court on Wed ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/im-accused-of-burning-things-i-didnt-burn-alleged-july-riots-instigator-is-ready-to-testify#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/im-accused-of-burning-things-i-didnt-burn-alleged-july-riots-instigator-is-ready-to-testify"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/im-accused-of-burning-things-i-didnt-burn-alleged-july-riots-instigator-is-ready-to-testify#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2023\/07\/sm_1688584026.415258.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2023\/07\/sm_1688584026.415258.jpg","width":1280,"height":720,"caption":"'I'm accused of burning things I didn't burn': Alleged July riots instigator is ready to testify"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/im-accused-of-burning-things-i-didnt-burn-alleged-july-riots-instigator-is-ready-to-testify#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"‘I’m accused of burning things I didn’t burn’: Alleged July riots instigator is ready to testify"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/","name":"South Africa","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51068"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51068\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}