Service Delivery Protest

Infighting among the top brass in Mpumalanga stems from the police’s allegations of money-laundering and illegal mining cover-up

This is not a protest, it is a ripple effect of poverty

South Africa, of course, is no stranger to protest action, of both the peaceful and the unpeaceful variety

At a few polling stations, police and protesters contested the space around the facilities

A Kimberley resident who has been active in the looting of shops gives an account of her actions and voices her frustration with the municipality

The ANC and Boitumelong’s acting premier had to urge residents to remain calm after violent protests demanding their mayor and councillors resign.

Mass protests and the violent reaction of the state indicate that SA is in a period of possible rearticulation of politics, says Andile Mngxitama.

More than 50 protesters have been arrested in Bronkhorstspruit after a library and a house were set alight by angry residents.

The Madibeng municipality seems reluctant to appoint a permanent water technicican, despite the area having pump problems since August.

The ANC launches its manifesto, Cosatu charges Zwelinzima Vavi and Floyd Mayweather visits South Africa.

Two people have been killed and two more injured in a stand-off between protesters and police during a service delivery picket.

Furious Soweto residents have vowed to make the township ungovernable until the Premier of Gauteng addresses them on poor service delivery.

Individuals with ambitions of office are behind the violent protests which are common in the country, says State Security Minister Siyabonga Cwele.

After three days of violent protests on the streets of Zamdela the government buckled and momentarily heeded the demands of residents in the area.

Sasol’s intimate involvement in the Free State town’s history means the company is a ghostly presence in the contemporary conflagration.