ArmedConflictLocation List

Id Latitude Longitude Country Geo Name Id Description
5,829,736 -29.8579 31.0292 South Africa Illegal squatters clashed with police who had been sent to evict them from private land. Police used a water cannon to disperse the group.
5,829,741 -29.75105 30.96204 South Africa Multiple Somali-owned shops are petrol-bombed. The attackers are believed to be Abahwebi baKwaMashu, a group representing local tradespeople who have threatened to remove non-South African business owners. No injuries reported.
5,829,778 -33.93547 18.60162 South Africa Residents attack three Chinese shop-keepers. The shop-keepers had previously hospitalised two local teenagers who they suspected of stealing.
5,829,783 -32.08333 28.9 South Africa A mob of Hamsini residents enter Ntsimbini village to avenge the death of a Hamsini villager who died in a fight with armed men from Ntsimbini. Houses are burnt down and destroyed. There are no reports of injuries or direct attacks against Ntsimbini residents.
5,829,788 -33.96365 18.53011 South Africa A man who allegedly stole R35 at a tavern is killed by a group of residents when he went to apologise for the deed.
5,829,793 -32.58576 27.37258 South Africa Two men are necklaced by unknown vigilantes in the aftermath of a series of sexual attacks against female residents. The necklacing victims are said to be related to the suspected perpetrator of the sexual assaults.
5,829,797 -33.91799 25.57007 South Africa Anti-animal cruelty protesters demonstrate outside a circus which uses animals in its shows.
5,829,802 -34.01667 18.55 South Africa The body of a man is discovered at the Marikana informal settlement in Philippi. He is believed to have been necklaced by the community after he was apparently caught trying to break into a house.
5,829,807 -30.89166 28.98329 South Africa Villagers protest against poor service delivery and block the N2 road with debris and stone cars. The demonstrators were dispersed by police with rubber bullets.
5,829,812 -28.59911 29.92705 South Africa The police apprehend and beat a prominent member of a local vigilante group. The arrested man later dies in police custody.