The unrest in Mozambique plus restrictions on trade need to be resolved for South Africa and other countries in the region to boost agricultural production
Toyota vice president Nigel Ward says the province has developed resilience in the face of disease, civil unrest and floods
Official opposition says it should lead the process to develop a declaration for a peaceful transition and approach the international community for oversight
Informal traders selling their wares outside Jabulani Mall are worried about further unrest as unemployment and the rising cost of living fuel public anger
Despite a shake-up in defence and intelligence, the security cluster remains shaky ahead of potentially explosive elective conferences
Third quarter GDP numbers have interrupted a four quarter economic growth streak because of the July unrest.
Indian residents deny ‘massacre’ label; black survivors claim violence and orchestration
Claims totalling more than R5.8-billion had already been paid out to businesses
Labelling the protestors as looters denies the political consciousness of those living in precarity, it unconscionably encodes a criminal stereotype over the poor and erases any justice claims that motivate their actions
In mid-July, supply chains and industrial output were disrupted when parts of the country were rocked by looting, triggered by protests against Zuma’s incarceration
The ANC in Johannesburg says charges against a ward councillor accused of instigating last month’s looting and violence are trumped up
Court hears that the case against the accused in Free State asbestos case, including Magashule, relies on inadmissible Zondo commission testimony
Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, previously the defence minister, replaces Thandi Modise, who was deployed as the minister of defence in last week’s cabinet reshuffle.
Asylum seekers with valid permits and caregivers will now also be allowed to apply for the reinstituted social relief of distress grant
The relations of social domination are reproduced in our habitual ways of talking
Taxi boss Mandla Gcaba went on radio at the weekend to deny his taxis would be used to shuttle protesters to support his cousin, Jacob Zuma
State Security Minister Ayanda Dlodlo and Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula are two leaders who disagreed with the ‘insurrection’ label, sources say
We fought for freedom, for autonomy. Now we are traumatised. Our country has allowed its majority to live in conditions that the rich would not accept for their dogs
Natjoints reports 1 234 arrests, including two police reservists and N Cape and Mpumalanga offenders
Despite the life-threatening anarchy occurring in areas where we work, one is still expected to show up and replace fear and anxiety with warmth and enthusiasm
Eyewitness accounts emerge of the violence that left 239 people dead after the assassination of singer Hachalu Hundessa
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/ 14 September 2009
In the space of a month, Yoweri Museveni’s 23-year-old grip on Uganda appears to have been rattled by deadly riots and the return of a major rival.
Sporadic gunfire rang out in the northern Nigerian city of Maiduguri overnight despite a curfew imposed after days of clashes.
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/ 28 January 2009
Up to 37 charred corpses of suspected looters have now been found in a store burned during unrest in Madagascar this week.
About 600 000 people fled their homes to escape the ethnic violence that erupted after Kenya’s disputed election results were made public.
A senior Chinese security official said the Beijing Olympics are threatened by sabotage and unrest, state media said on Friday.