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Motorists urged to use alternative routes amid Walkerville protest
It's understood residents in the area are protesting over service delivery.
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[OPINION] Protests in SA, Colombia reveal link between inequality, uprisings
South Africa, with its frequent and plentiful protests, is often dubbed 'the protest capital of the world'.
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JMPD monitoring Davidsonville service delivery protest
Residents have blocked roads leading into the suburb with rocks and burning tyres.
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[ANALYSIS] Protests in Colombia & SA reveal link between inequality & uprisings
Both countries have highly entrenched inequality, with class, ethnicity, and skin colour defining from birth the opportunities available to their citizens.
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Roodepoort protest sees authorities enforce road closures
Princess informal settlement reisdents torched a truck, barricading the Albertina Sisulu Road around with burning tyres and rocks.
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Zuma: SA is not becoming a failed state
The president spoke about radical economic transformation as Statistics SA revealed that unemployment has now hit a 13-year high of nearly 28%.
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Cape Town's N2 closed again as reeds set alight on freeway
Officials say reeds have been set alight along the freeway.
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Dept appeals for patience as Gauteng residents protest over housing
Residents in Diepkloof, Soweto, barricaded several roads with burning tyres, while police used rubber bullets and teargas to disperse them.
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[UPDATE] Police use teargas to disperse Diepkloof protesters
It’s believed their protest is over service delivery.
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[WATCH] Service delivery & housing protest hits Makause in the East Rand
Makause residents protest over basic services as community claims government has no plans to improve living conditions of the informal settlement.
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Police monitor housing protest on East Rand
Protesters have barricaded roads in the area. It’s still unclear what the demonstration is about.
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[OPINION] Protesters echo global cry: democracy isn’t making lives better
Protests in South Africa reflect a wider crisis about the failure to build a more equitable society.
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More service delivery protests hit Gauteng
In Phola Park in Thokoza, residents took to the streets stoning vehicles and blocking the road with burning tyres.
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Motorists urged to avoid R554 amid protest
It’s unclear what the protest is about, but the road has been barricaded with burning tyres and rubble.
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Roodepoort station commander committed to increasing police visibility
The community has been protesting and barricading roads over illegal mining, crime and the erection of shacks near the suburb.
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Violent protests disrupt schooling in Gugulethu
The department says learners at Vukukhanye Primary School in Section 4 have not been to school for the past three days.
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[WATCH] Rubber bullets & clashes as Lichtenburg protesters demand services
Tensions between police and protesting residents ran high in Lichtenburg in the North West on Tuesday following ongoing service delivery protests.
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Van Rooyen: Political instability major obstacle to service delivery
Cooperative Governance Minister Des van Rooyen says political instability and a lack of public participation are some of the causes of poor service delivery at municipalities.
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Zenzele informal settlement residents stage protest over electricity crisis
Community members began protesting over service delivery in the Randfontein informal settlement on Thursday.
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Police on standby for flare-up of violence in Reiger Park
On Thursday, heavy rains brought a protest to an end after running clashes between angry community members & the police.
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Roads reopened around Princess informal settlement
Several roads were blocked with rocks and concrete slabs during the demonstrations by residents.
