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6,078,005 -28.2967 31.4226 South Africa 500 miners stage a sit-in inside an underground coal mine to protest the sale of the mine to an Australian mining group. Up to 1200 miners join the strike. The miners seek guarantees from the future owners, Riversdale Mining, that benefits an
6,078,013 -29.0511 25.2195 South Africa Thousands in poor townships and cities across the country protest and riot against poor living conditions, including poor access to housing and basic services. Police in the townships around Cape Town use tear gas and rubber bullets.
6,078,019 -25.746 28.187099 South Africa 3000 white Afrikaners protest against government plans to rename the capital from Pretoria to Tshwane.
6,078,025 -26.2015 28.0455 South Africa Several hundred people demonstrate against plans by Britain's Barclays to return to retail banking in South Africa, where it was infamous for links to the Apartheid regime.
6,078,031 -29.0511 25.2195 South Africa Thousands of transport workers strike for higher wages.
6,078,039 -29.0511 25.2195 South Africa Up to 2 million people participate in a massive strike and participate in more than 20 marches around the country. COSATU demands that businesses save jobs and buy locally, and that retailers stock local products.
6,078,046 -33.923801 18.4233 South Africa Hundreds of township protesters demonstrate against lack of housing and access to basic services, threaten to riot.
6,078,052 -29.0511 25.2195 South Africa Thousands of municipal workers strike in cities across the country. Workers march to city hall in Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg, and other cities, demanding a wage increase.
6,078,061 -26.2015 28.0455 South Africa 5000 SAA staff walk off the job at Johannesburg International Airport to demand a wage increase.
6,078,069 -29.0511 25.2195 South Africa Workers at a supermarket giant strike for better salaries.
6,078,076 -29.0511 25.2195 South Africa Thousands of municipal workers strike across the country, with thousands marching in cities nationwide.
6,078,081 -29.0511 25.2195 South Africa The first national strike in the gold mining industry in 18 years. Over 100,000 miners strike for higher wages.
6,078,089 -29.0511 25.2195 South Africa Close to 80,000 workers stage a national strike against municipal governments across the country. Riots erupt in several cities, triggering police action with stun grenades and rubber bullets.
6,078,094 -29.857 31.024799 South Africa Protests occur during a court appearance by dismissed Deputy President Jacob Zuma, who is charged with rape.
6,078,100 -33.923801 18.4233 South Africa 1300 members of the Treatment Action Campaign demonstrate to protest the MCC's lack of action against an official who says that his micronutrient supplements cure AIDS and the antiretroviral medicines are toxic.
6,078,106 -26.260201 27.8664 South Africa Angry commuters burn 28 coaches because some trains are late.
6,078,111 -29.857 31.024799 South Africa Thousands of dismissed Deputy President Jacob Zuma's supporters demonstrate in his favor as he is indicted for rape.
6,078,117 -33.923801 18.4233 South Africa 30,000 Muslim protesters demonstrate against Danish cartoons depicting Mohammed.
6,078,120 -25.746 28.187099 South Africa 30,000 Muslim protesters demonstrate against Danish cartoons depicting Mohammed.
6,078,125 -30.8036 30.130301 South Africa Four gunmen assassinate a newly elected municipal councilor of the ruling ANC.
6,078,132 -26.2015 28.0455 South Africa As the rape trial for South Africa's ousted deputy president resumes, supporters and opponents gather outside the courthouse to protest.
6,078,141 -29.0511 25.2195 South Africa Metrorail workers strike during a restructuring of the parastatal Metrorail, fearful that the plan will jeopardize their pensions.
6,078,146 -29.0511 25.2195 South Africa 30,000 security guards strike over wage issues, and stage riots in several cities, including Cape Town. As many as 60 are killed when striking guards target scab labor and throw them from moving trains.
6,078,159 -26.2124 30.9883 South Africa Hundreds of unionists stage a blockade at posts on the Swaziland border to protest the lack of political reform in that country. The police fire rubber bullets into the crowd.
6,078,164 -26.2015 28.0455 South Africa 5000 people protest and then cheer on the day that Jacob Zuma is acquitted of rape.
6,078,172 -29.0511 25.2195 South Africa 216,000 unionists stage a strike to protest unemployment. Many demonstrations and rallies are held across the country.
6,078,180 -26.260201 27.8664 South Africa Thousands of South Africans led by President Mbeki and other ANC supporters march through Soweto to commemorate the anniversary of the Soweto Uprising in 1976.
6,078,186 -29.6168 30.392799 South Africa A rally by the SACP calls for the end to a graft charge leveled against sacked deputy president Jacob Zuma.
6,078,191 -29.6168 30.392799 South Africa Thousands of chanting supporters protest outside a court where sacked deputy president Jacob Zuma is beginning a trial for graft.
6,078,196 -33.923801 18.4233 South Africa Thousands march through Cape Town to Parliament to demand sanctions against Israel as a result of its campaign in Lebanon. They carry pictures of the leader of Hezbollah.
6,078,203 -33.923801 18.4233 South Africa Dozens of activists briefly occupy offices in the provincial government in Cape Town, then march to the Human Rights Commission to pressure it to play a bigger role in securing treatment for AIDS patients.
6,078,209 -33.923801 18.4233 South Africa TAC stages a protest to demand the resignation of the country's health minister due to his response to the AIDS epidemic.
6,078,214 -29.6168 30.392799 South Africa 200 protesters protest against the graft trial of Jacob Zuma.
6,078,220 -33.923801 18.4233 South Africa 2000 people organized by the Democratic Alliance protest against a plan by the ANC to eliminate the mayoral post in Cape Town and replace it with a committee, thus giving the ANC control over Cape Town.
6,078,225 -33.923801 18.4233 South Africa Taxi drivers riot to protest police harassment.
6,078,230 -33.923801 18.4233 South Africa ANC stages a demonstration to protest against lack of service delivery in poor suburbs. This protest occurs to counter the DA protest from a day prior.
6,078,236 -25.746 28.187099 South Africa Hundreds protest against child killers as a man appears in court over the killing of a girl.
6,078,239 -33.923801 18.4233 South Africa Hundreds protest against child killers as a man appears in court over the killing of a girl.
6,078,244 -26.2015 28.0455 South Africa About 100 people protest to demand the release of all opposition activists arrested in a crackdown in Zimbabwe.
6,078,250 -26.2015 28.0455 South Africa 40 members of an Ethiopian opposition party protest at that Pan African Parliament to accuse the Ethiopian government of illegally detaining opposition members.
6,078,256 -29.0511 25.2195 South Africa Tens of thousands of public sector unionists protest for higher wages.
6,078,261 -29.0511 25.2195 South Africa Just short of a million people in the public sector strike for higher pay, supported by COSATU. Tens of thousands protest in the streets. Police fire stun grenades in Cape Town when protesters block doctors from entering a hospital.
6,078,268 -28 26.5 South Africa Riots of unknown size in Free State. Rioters protest poor living conditions in the projects and poor service delivery. An ANC councilor is hacked to death.
6,078,274 -29.0511 25.2195 South Africa About 200,000 workers strike for higher pay.
6,078,282 -26.2015 28.0455 South Africa Riots of unknown size in Johannesburg's townships over conditions in the housing projects.
6,078,287 -33.923801 18.4233 South Africa 500 tenants of a housing project march on parliament to protest shoddy construction and high rent.
6,078,292 -29.0511 25.2195 South Africa Fuel sector workers strike for higher pay, triggering shortages.
6,078,299 -33.923801 18.4233 South Africa More than 200 women march on parliament to protest high levels of violence against children.
6,078,305 -25.746 28.187099 South Africa An Apartheid era police minister goes to trial. Black protesters demonstrate against an amnesty deal, while a rival protest erupts (organized by Afriforum) in favor of prosecuting ANC officials.
6,078,314 -33.923801 18.4233 South Africa About 500 people march against houses where drugs are sold. The leader of the opposition Democratic Alliance is arrested.
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