Riots
latest news & developmentsDA is preparing for unrest should ANC lose power in 2024
Official opposition says it should lead the process to develop a declaration for a peaceful transition and approach the international community for oversight
Trump ‘gleefully watched’ while riots unfolded, says panel
The congressional committee investigating the mob attack on the US Capitol has said in its latest hearing the former president refused to take action to stop his supporters,…
Trump White House chief risks criminal charge in Capitol riot probe
Mark Meadows, who failed to appear before the congressional panel last month, is seen as a key witness to Trump’s role in efforts to overturn the election by undemocratic means
Phoenix hearings lay bare tensions between Black and Indian residents
Indian residents deny ‘massacre’ label; black survivors claim violence and orchestration
Riots leave ugly scars as Richmond braces itself to go the polls
With many job losses caused by the looting and arson of July, the Midlands town faces an uncertain future
It’s safe to open the beaches, says UPL after chemical spill in July riots
Agrochemical producer UPL said it has paid R250-million in chemical spill clean-up
Chapter 2.19: Riots, violence and elections – a political podcast
In this episode, veteran journalist Paddy Harper and political journalist Lizeka Tandwa chat to Mawethu Mosery and Vasu Gounden about riots and the elections
Sasria to get R3.9bn from Treasury to cover July unrest insurance claims
Claims totalling more than R5.8-billion had already been paid out to businesses
Looters remorseful as daily life gets tougher
Some residents in areas affected by the July riots have lost their livelihoods, have to travel far to get to the jobs that remain and walk long distances to unaffected shopping…
Zuma funder link in Phoenix killings
Weapons have been seized from a number of security companies owned by ANC-linked individuals who are loyal to the former president
Visible and invisible violence in present day South Africa
The relations of social domination are reproduced in our habitual ways of talking
Riots leave the dead unburied and the living at risk
Crematoriums, funeral parlours and cemeteries were forced to close, leaving the families of those who died during the unrest to live with their bodies.
The basic income grant is surely on the horizon
It is becoming clear SA needs a BIG, as many ANC cabinet members, opposition parties and experts agree. But there is still dissent from some quarters
Editorial: Unrest death count the highest in more than 180 years
We need a commission of inquiry to find the central characters in the tragic event that played out in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng.
The explosive mix of multilevel factors explain the violence amid the looting
The social, political and economic problems of poor governance need to be fixed so that public resources are managed and distributed equally