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Four men from Marikana travelled about 25km to Kroondaal village tokilla senior manager from one of the mines there; they also shot his female companion outside a shop; union rivalry is believed to be at the centre of the spate of attacks in the Platinum Belt area, but it was not known what the motive for this killing could have been |
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About 100 residents in Thembelihle, south of Johannesburg, were protesting over electricity problems |
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Police were called to quell tensions when about 100 Nkomponi informal settlement residents marched on a construction site; they threatened to shut the project down claiming that BCM was building houses on land that belonged to them; no violence reported |
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Students at MEDUNSA burned a university truck in protest over alleged grading irregularities; police were not involved as they were not allowed onto the premises |
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A man is suspected of taking part in the robbery and murder of a local woman is attacked by local residents armed with bats and axes. |
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An archbishop and his family were killed by a mob of vigilantes; the motive is believed to be linked to witchcraft |
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Aggrieved ANC members were sjambokked by comrades and chased away in the chaos that followed their march to the party's regional offices in Pretoria; police officers fired into the crowd, at least one hospitalization was reported |
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An angry and disruptiveprotesterupted in Port Elizabeth's Walmer township, with residents of Area Q saying they were fuming after being without electricity for a month; police were called in |
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Fishing Company workersprotestoutside the Port Elizabeth harbour over pay |
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Studentprotestsresulted in lectures at the Mangosuthu University of Technology in Durban being suspended; students burned tyres and blocked roads, clashed with police |