5,828,070 |
-29.83333 |
30.93333 |
South Africa |
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Students protesting over planned increases to registration fees set trash cans and tires on fire and threw stones and bottles. Police deployed a water cannon to disperse the protesters. |
5,828,074 |
-33.98747 |
18.58546 |
South Africa |
|
Taxi drivers rioted in Nyanga, incurring heavy fines from the police. |
5,828,080 |
-26.71132 |
27.86269 |
South Africa |
|
"The students went on strike last Wednesday... they damaged some of the school property and prevented officials from entering the campus. They had been complaining about lack of funds in the National Student Financial Aid Scheme..." |
5,828,087 |
-26.20227 |
28.04364 |
South Africa |
|
Fighting between SAMWU members and guards of SAMWU's HQ broke out, with at least one live round being fired by the guards and tear gas used on SAMWU members. The SAMWU members allegedly threw bricks, prompting retaliation with pepper spray by the guards. Three union members were harmed, and one deputy secretary of the union. |
5,828,091 |
-23.31667 |
30.71667 |
South Africa |
|
Residents blockade road to demand the installation of speedbumps. |
5,828,095 |
-25.68056 |
31.81263 |
South Africa |
|
Residents of Mzinti demonstrated over lack of service delivery in the area (water/electricity). |
5,828,099 |
-34.15 |
19.01667 |
South Africa |
|
Truck drivers for the Elgin Free Range Chickens company went on strike and began blocking the gates to the abattoir and the production plant. |
5,828,105 |
-33.8583 |
18.7333 |
South Africa |
|
An off-duty police officer is assaulted and shot by taxi drivers in his home. |
5,859,029 |
10.5988 |
32.18881 |
Sudan |
|
SPLA/M kill 24 charcoal makers including women and babies in Kaka. |
5,828,139 |
-29.82068 |
30.88674 |
South Africa |
|
Students riot over registration fees for three days in four different campuses: Pinetown, Pietermaritzburg, Wetville and Howard College in Berea. |