ArmedConflictLocation List

Id Latitude Longitude Country Geo Name Id Description
5,824,274 -33.92528 18.42389 South Africa ANC supporters gather to protest the opening of the Saldanha Bay industrial development zone and to prevent Western Cape Premier Helen Zille from speaking at the inauguration. It is not clear why the ANC protested this event.
5,824,279 -25.34218 27.21301 South Africa Two Bangladeshi foreigners in killed in Kgetleng. Xenophobic attitudes of a group of locals are the suspected motive.
5,824,283 -29.84572 30.8258 South Africa Employees of a hospital protest for a salary increase. Exact date of the event is vague.
5,824,289 -26.26667 27.86667 South Africa A 12-year-old boy is shot in the head by police attempting to disperse a group gathered to protest in Jabulani, Soweto. The boy was taken to the hospital and is expected to survive. Residents demanded that speed humps be erected on roads, as cars were driving at high speed in the area.
5,824,294 -29.8579 31.0292 South Africa Residents of a burning building block attack fire-fighters when they felt they were not extinguishing the flames quickly enough.
5,824,299 -26.33361 27.3275 South Africa A vigilante mob kills six suspected members of a criminal street gang, burning several of the victims alive. The vigilante group throw stones at police, who were trying to restore order to the area.
5,824,304 -31.58893 28.78443 South Africa A vigilante group beat a 65-year old man to death for allegedly stealing sheep.
5,824,309 -26.33361 27.3275 South Africa A vigilante mob kills six suspected members of a criminal street gang, burning several of the victims alive. The vigilante group throw stones at police, who were trying to restore order to the area.
5,824,315 -25.74486 28.18783 South Africa Police open fire on a group of EFF protesters situated outside the Union Buildings. It is unclear what the EFF was specifically protesting at the time of the shooting. Several other members of the EFF were arrested following retaliatory clashes. Ten injured. The clash took place along the R55 linking Pretoria and Sandton after their buses were blocked from leaving the informal settlement. The police later released a statement saying the march was illegal because no permission had been granted in advance, denying clashes were politically driven. It is unclear why the group was protesting, though the party typically calls for a repatriation of white owned land.
5,824,319 -33.92528 18.42389 South Africa Residents protest against ongoing taxi turf violence.