| 5,810,519 |
-26.20227 |
28.04364 |
South Africa |
|
In protest against a new ruling which allows opposition parties only four seconds to speak during council meetings, non-ANC councillors walked into a City of Johannesburg meeting wearing surgical masks over their mouths. |
| 5,810,523 |
-26.26667 |
27.86667 |
South Africa |
|
Service delivery protesters block roads and light fires in the streets, preventing the movement of traffic. Police fired water cannons and rubber bullets at the group. A man driving a bakery van, possibly impatient to the hold-up, "barrelled" through the protesters killing one individual. |
| 5,810,527 |
-25.74486 |
28.18783 |
South Africa |
|
Rioters burn down the home of a local counselor, displeased by their city services. Police fire rubber bullets to disperse them. |
| 5,810,532 |
-25.74486 |
28.18783 |
South Africa |
|
Municipal waste management SAMWU workers strike, protest a labour issue. The strikers attacked several trucks, injuring 14 drivers and their assistants. |
| 5,810,537 |
-25.74486 |
28.18783 |
South Africa |
|
Municipal waste management SAMWU workers strike, protest a labour issue. The protest became violent when the group began throwing stones at police. No one was arrested because police could not distinguish between strikers and innocent bystanders caught up in the commotion. |
| 5,810,541 |
-34.05341 |
18.62365 |
South Africa |
|
Cape Town mayor Helen Zille and eight others were arrested after police broke up a gathering outside Mitchell's Plain police station. The protest was organized to demand the release of a anti-drug campaigner, who was arrested during an earlier march. |
| 5,810,545 |
-33.92528 |
18.42389 |
South Africa |
|
Rioters set up burning barricades on a busy highway in Cape Town. They were protest poor municipal services to their township. Several rioters clashed with police resulting in a number of arrests. |
| 5,810,548 |
-33.56667 |
18.48333 |
South Africa |
|
Protesters against drugs and crime, among them the Cape Town mayor, try to march in front of known drug dens before they are stopped by police. |
| 5,810,551 |
-25.47288 |
28.09919 |
South Africa |
|
Protesters hold a "poet-rally" against crime. |
| 5,810,555 |
-33.92528 |
18.42389 |
South Africa |
|
Green Point stadium workers protest over two days, blocking traffic, regarding a labour issue. The protesters had engaged police in running battle on the first day. |
