ArmedConflictLocation List

Id Latitude Longitude Country Geo Name Id Description
5,824,687 -25.63473 27.78022 South Africa A member of Madibeng Mayoral Committee (MMC) is attacked at a memorial service for three people killed in a recent violent protest in Mothutlung, Brits. The assailant is unknown, but it is speculated he may hold sympathies with water protesters. The politician suffered minor injuries.
5,824,693 -26.41807 27.95612 South Africa A PAC leader, Lesoana Makhanda, is shot and killed at his home in Walkerville, south of Johannesburg during the morning hours. The party believes the act was a "well-orchestrated assassination".
5,824,697 -25.47288 28.09919 South Africa Soshanguve residents protest forces eviction from their homes over two consecutive days. It is not clear why the residents were evicted.
5,825,008 -26.58333 27.83333 South Africa Residents protest violently over poor housing, setting fires in the streets. The mayor of the town promised to address the protesters grievances.
5,825,015 -25.66667 27.25 South Africa A man died when South African police and security guards fired rubber bullets to disperse protesters at an Anglo American Platinum mine near Rustenburg. It is not clear if the protesters were acting violently. Earlier in the week, police dispersed around 3,000 "violent" striking miners who had been blocking roads and threatening non-strikers.
5,824,737 -33.92528 18.42389 South Africa City of Cape Town employees and contract cleaning staff were pelted with stones and faeces by Barcelona informal settlement residents angry they city had not provided cleaning services in their area for an extended period.
5,824,741 -26.1625 27.8725 South Africa About 50 Durban Deep residents marched in protest to the Roodepoort Magistrate's Court to attend the court appearance of 15 arrested protesters from earlier events.
5,824,746 -33.92528 18.42389 South Africa Nearly 40 Right2Know supporters gathered outside the Cape Town CCMA offices to protest the dismissal of a newspaper editor.
5,824,750 -33.92528 18.42389 South Africa A group of 300+ motorcycle riders gather in Keizersgracht in central Cape Town to protest against e-tolls.
5,824,754 -29.13333 26.2 South Africa A group of demonstrators gather in Bloemfontein to protest against e-tolls.