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It's not yet clear who's directly responsible for the sudden surge in violence, as officials too came under attack.

Acting National Police Commissioner Puleng Dumpane vowed further arrests after three suspects were cuffed in KwaZulu-Natal, and March and March members vowed to stay put on Che Guevara Road until the end of the week.

Following all of this, and by Friday, Home Affairs had surprised South Africans by canceling its directive, saying its refugee reception offices have been overwhelmed by the new asylum seeker applications and that staff, as well as the public's safety, have been put at risk.

Home Affairs says it's now considering how it can, in future, comply with the Con Court's, uh, ruling set out in July.

However, his brother Khanya has confirmed to News24 that indeed Zuma is unwell.

As News24's Amanda Khoza-Dlamini, Soyisa Maliti, and Nogolo Sabiya report, there's been a big question mark over the former state leader's actual physical whereabouts and condition as of late.

When word had first reached News24 this week that Zuma had fallen ill and was hospitalized in KwaZulu-Natal, his Inkatha uHleziwe Party was quick to deflect and say that he's, quote-unquote, "fit as a fiddle," adding that he had merely undertaken his yearly routine two-day medical check before planning on returning to the municipal election campaign trail.

However, by Thursday, Zuma was still said to be based at a private facility in Pietermaritzburg where security had clearly been beefed up.