Service Delivery Protests
latest news & developments
ANC faces local poll backlash
Political experts say fragmented opposition politics and worsening municipal governance will define South Africa’s first post-GNU local elections and that it’s not looking good…
No freedom without water
Across South Africa, communities are marking Freedom Day under the weight of an escalating water crisis, where unreliable supply, contamination and ageing infrastructure continue…
Joburg and Durban residents fume over municipal hikes
Ratepayers have raised concern that proposed property rates, electricity and water tariff hikes present an affordability crisis
Protestors set trucks alight on Durban highway
Last month, protestors angry over constant electricity blackouts torched a car
Ramaphosa’s energy plan does not mean cheaper electricity
Experts warn that if Eskom and government does not come to grips with the tariff problem, continued social unrest is inevitable
Coalition of the disastrous with the unpalatable
What do the outcomes of the local government polls portend for the general elections in 2024?
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.
Editorial: Last week’s unrest: Who is left to clean up the mess?
Once again, people of all races, religions and ages have come together to sort out the devastation that can largely be laid at the doorstep of our government
End of Ace machinery in Free State — Dukwana
The suspended secretary general’s arch-nemesis Mxolisi Dukwana said the Magashule you see now is not the Magashule he knew then
The lockdown: South Africa’s test of its democracy
How South African citizens, the police and the army, and politicians behave during the 21-day lockdown will have far-reaching implications for our democracy
Ramaphosa addresses Alexandra, says he thought Mashaba would have come first
Speaking at Alexandra Stadium on Thursday, President Cyril Ramaphosa told residents the area “is not a dumping ground”
Kimberley rocked by ‘R260 riot’
Protest action in the Sol Plaatje municipality has been attributed to the mayor’s imposition of a R260 electricity tariff
Mr Ramaphosa, this is how to get the country working
Address the clear shortcomings at the local government level, starting with simplification, accountability and an appropriate workforce
How corruption is fraying SA’s social and economic fabric
Reversing the effects of state decay on the poor will take short and long term interventions.
Editorial: Protests show that nothing has changed
The government’s consistent failure to deliver basic services timeously, and its failure to communicate effectively, sets the course of protests.