Zithobeni service delivery protests
Bronkhorstspruit residents still using pit toilets
Residents says govt has made empty promises and they won't be voting on 7 May.
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Phiyega: Shortage of public order officers
National Police Commissioner Riah Phiyega says the country has a shortage of public order policing.
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Violent protesters 'just want to be heard'
Protesters who burn down property say they are trying to get government’s attention.
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'Poor communities want change now'
Poor communities want to see change now, according to a study by the University of Johannesburg.
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'Police not the enemy of protesters'
There have been an average of 32 protests a day across SA over the last three months.
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Voters stay away in Bronkhorstspruit
The area has been the site of violent service delivery protests this week.
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Violent protests intensify in Gauteng
Residents in Hebron are burning tyres and allegedly stoning passing vehicles.
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Ramokgopa warned to avoid protesters
The Tshwane mayor is meeting with locals and religious leaders after protests in Bronkhorstspruit.
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Gauteng ANC: Govt must engage protesters
Over 100 service delivery protests have taken place in South Africa over the past three months.
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Protesters ‘stood up’ by government
A meeting planned between Bronkhorstspruit protesters and government never took place.
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Bronkhorstspruit protest spreads
Locals form Zithobeni, Rethabiseng and Nkangala say they don’t want to be a part of the council.
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Violent protests in Gauteng
Police have their hands full with two violent protests over service delivery and housing.
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High police presence in Zithobeni
Police are keeping an eye in Zithobeni where a service delivery protest has broken out.
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Violence erupts in Zithobeni
Protesters have torched their local library as well as a private residence.
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Four injured in Cradle of Humankind protest
Residents are demanding the Mogale City mayor address them over a plot of land.
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Zithobeni residents vow to continue protests
Residents say they won't stop setting state property alight until govt takes them seriously.
