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Reiger Park residents urged not to take law into own hands
Gauteng police had to use rubber bullets to disperse a crowd who allegedly tried to torch a councillor's house early on Thursday morning.
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Reiger Park residents barricade roads in service delivery protest
Residents took to the streets at 2am, saying foreign nationals were being allocated RDP houses while locals are still living in shacks.
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Olievenhoutbosch protest: 2 people arrested, cops remain on scene
Foreign nationals spent the night guarding their shops against looting. At least three shops were looted during violent protests on Monday.
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Mamelodi residents protest against poor service delivery
The Tshwane Metro Police Department says protesters barricaded Solomon Mahlangu Drive.
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Do South Africans still want democracy?
An Afrobarometer report has revealed that only three in 10 South Africans say they demand democracy and reject authoritarian rule.
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Police monitoring Tembisa following service delivery protests
Officials say community members have blocked roads leading into and out of the area.
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Watchdog warns of possible service delivery protests later this year
Municipal IQ’s figures show there were 107 protests over poor services nationally between January and August.
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Report: Service delivery protests drop in 2016
Municipal IQ’s figures show 30 percent of the recorded protests this year happened in Gauteng.
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Cops arrest 6 in Vereeniging protest over smart electricity meters
Police used stun grenades to disperse the crowd, who burnt tyres and rubble on the R82 earlier.
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SABC to explain reasons behind decision on broadcasting violent protests
The SABC has been given until today to oppose a formal complaint made by Media Monitoring Africa.
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Dube residents in Soweto loot shops in protest over electricity cuts
Last night protesters also vandalised an ATM, a clothing store and a bakery.
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'Govt systems ineffective in anticipating violent protests'
Government was recently criticised for failing to avert further damage to school property in Vuwani.
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[LISTEN] Authorities vow to tackle impact of violent protests on education
702's John Robbie speaks to Basic Education for All's Tebogo Sephakgamela about what they hope to achieve during three-day hearings with the SAHRC into the effect violent protests have on scholars’ rights to basic education.
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NGO offers JHB communities peaceful alternative to service delivery protests
The Applied Policy Research Institute has written 2 bylaws to empower citizens to petition municipalities.
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Sanef calls on SABC to review new policy on violent protests
The Editors Forum says the policy protects politicians from being accountable to their constituencies.
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SABC explains decision to halt broadcasts of violent protests
SABC spokesperson Kaizer Kganyago explains why the public broadcaster will no longer broadcast footage of violent protests.
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SABC will no longer broadcast footage of violent protests
The broadcaster will no longer show footage of the burning of public institutions in any of its bulletins.
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EFF blames govt for recurring protests
The party says protests are symptoms of government's failure to restore black people's dignity.
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Dunoon protesters turn on foreign nationals
Hundreds of demonstrators have been wreaking havoc in the community since midnight over service delivery.
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UPDATE: Calm restored to Dunoon for now
A number of shops have been damaged during a violent demonstration in the area.
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Paarl residents threaten to disrupt last day of registration weekend
A group of demonstrators ransacked serval registration points, forcing them to shut down yesterday.