A South African daily newspaper has suspended printing because of the ongoing violence and looting.
The Witness newspaper announced on Wednesday that it was halting printing until further notice.
The newspaper is widely read in KwaZulu-Natal province – former President Jacob Zuma’s home turf – that has been affected by the violence.
The Witness on its website linked an online edition saying it was sharing it “as a service to the province”.
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.
