The Hawks have arrested 20 alleged instigators of the July unrest in a national operation. The arrests were executed simultaneously in KwaZulu-Natal, Gauteng, North West, Free State, Western Cape and the Northern Cape. The group is expected to appear in the Durban Central Magistrate’s Court today. They face charges such as conspiracy and incitement to commit public violence and arson. Businesses were destroyed and looted in parts of KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng at the height of the unrest, resulting in a death toll of more than 300 people and an economic loss of R50 billion.