Service delivery protests
FACT SHEET: Inside SA's grid electricity supply statistics
Electricity is a “foremost pressing issue” for communities across South Africa, President Cyril Ramaphosa says, as the country heads into local elections....
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CYRIL RAMAPHOSA: Electricity the most pressing issue for communities around SA
In his weekly newsletter, President Ranaphosa writes that when people are deprived of the basic services without proper explanation of why this has happened or how it is being fixed, it erodes public confidence in local government.
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There's some political involvement in service delivery protests - Municipal IQ
Gauteng and the Free State have been the centres of protests with areas, including the Mangaung metro and the greater Harrismith area, seeing residents disrupting services.
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Free State could be a protest hotspot in run-up to elections - Municipal IQ
The country has since the beginning of the year recorded 53 major service delivery protests, a trend which Municipal IQ said was common in the run- up to elections.
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Mabuza: Pay for water and electricity services to maintain infrastructure
Deputy President David Mabuza answered questions at the virtual plenary sitting of the National Council of Provinces on 15 June 2021. Here he addressed the basic service delivery protest in Maluti-a-Phofung municipality in Harrismith.
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Mboweni warns of growing intolerance over ‘unimpressive’ local govt performance
Finance Minister Tito Mboweni’s budget vote speech noted that ‘communities are mobilising against municipal ineptness and are turning to the courts for recourse’.
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10 years after Andries Tatane died, local govt says Rome wasn't built in a day
Eyewitness News interacted with the community of Meqheleng, Ficksburg, late Andries Tatane’s home. Tatane was shot and killed 10 years ago while protesting for service delivery in his neighbourhood. The area still remains in squalor and none of the services that Tatane died fighting for have been realised. #ServiceDelivery #AndriesTatane #Ficksburg
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9 people arrested in connection with Cape Town protests
There were demonstrations along major routes in and around various areas including Kraaifontein, Khayelitsha, Delft, Belhar and Kuilsriver.
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POWER STRUGGLE: City Power retreats from intended raid in Alexandra
City Power officials had to call off a planned raid in Alexandra on Thursday morning after residents protested and blocked roads, preventing them from entering the area. #AlexanderProtest #Protests #CityPower
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Calm restored in St Helena Bay after SAHRC mediation process over protests
Residents had been demonstrating since last Friday to raise concerns over a lack of housing and service delivery.
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Salga launches app to help municipalities deal with violent protests
The association's president, Thembi Nkadimeng, said the country was experiencing an increase in violence targeted at councillors and municipal officials.
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Fewer service delivery protests in 2019, with significant peak before elections
Gauteng remains the most prominent site of service delivery protests, followed by unusually prominent protest activity in KwaZulu-Natal and the Western Cape.
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'I felt like my son was going to die': Mom recalls trauma of Darling protest
Celeste Dontley claims police unnecessarily used excessive force against demonstrators on Monday.
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'We’re demanding houses': Darling set for another day of protests
Resident Themba Mosime claimed at least seven people were injured during clashes with police and private security officials on Monday.
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9 arrested after violent Darling protests due in court
Poor services and a lack of housing prompted the protest on Monday.
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Shops closed, motorists urged to be cautious amid 'tense' Darling protest
Provincial traffic chief Kenny Africa said shops and businesses in the town were closed as a result.
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ANALYSIS: Why aren’t today’s protests leading to revolutions?
People get angry far more often than they rebel. And rebellions rarely become revolutions. An expert on the French Revolution explains why today's protest movements are different.
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7 arrested after 2 trucks looted in De Doorns protest
On Thursday, a section of the N1 Highway had to be closed after trucks and vehicles were stoned
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Stone-throwing, tyres set alight as group protests in Athlone
Authorities said demonstrators were throwing stones and burning tyres along Klipfontein Road.
