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Residents continued a violent protest against the demolition of 100 shacks erected at the Marikana informal settlement in Philippi; police responded to the violence |
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Several protesters yelled at Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa for a second day as he gave evidence at the Farlam Commission of Inquiry in Pretoria |
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A package left on a counter at Umbilo police station exploded; no injuries were reported and a motive was not given |
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ANC Youth League members marched to Cefups Academy in protest over alleged beatings of students by other students |
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Angry residents called for all foreign businesspeople to leave the area or face mob justice, following the shooting of a local man by a Pakistani businessman; the crowds destroyed and looted tuckshops belonging to foreigners |
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Angry residents took to the streets of KwaNoqaba for a fourth day of protests, torching buildings and stoning cars, demanding an end to electricity disconnections and better basic services in their community; police were quick to respond to the unrest |
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East London public order police yesterday fired rubber bullets, stun grenades and tear gas at hundreds of residents protesting in Berlin; six residents were reportedly injured and 23 arrested on a charge of publicviolence; the rioters burnt tyres and blocked roads |
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Homes built at Marikana in Philippi have been torn down a third time by authorities amidclashesand arrests; in the ensuing stand-offresidents threw stones and glass bottles, with officers responding with rubber bullets |
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Hundreds of people from mining communities marched on the mining lekgotla in Midrand, Johannesburg,inprotestover not being included in matters affecting the industry |
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Protesters, including a leader of the Ses'Khona People's Rights Movement, protested outside of the Bellville Magistrate's Court over the 'poo protesters' trial |