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DATE	PROVINCE	TOWN	DESCRIPTION	LINK
1-Jan-2011	Gauteng	Tswane	Schubart Park residents promise more violent protests Gatvol 1 January 2011 Schubart Park residents warned they may resume violent protests should the Tshwane Metro Council fail to address their concerns. Slum tenants and police clashed for several hours on Friday after the block of flats was left without electricity for two days. Resident committee spokesperson said, “Residents are used to the fact that if they don’t do anything violent, they will never get joy from the city,” he said.	http://www.gatvol.co.za/latest-news-south-africa-crime/schubart-park-residents-promise-more-violent-protests.html
2-Feb-2011	W Cape	Cape Town Khayelitsha	Calm Returning To Khayelitsha After Weekend Protest NewsTime 2 February 2011 Western Cape police have said that calm has returned to Khayelitsha after a wave of protests hit the township yesterday. Police spokesperson Captain FC van Wyk told Sapa police had the situation under control and calm had returned. He said the protest had been driven by frustrations with service delivery and persistent power outages. A couple of hundred residents blocked access to the townships Walter Sisulu Road as well as Baden Powell. A shipping container was placed on the road and surrounded with burning tyres.	http://www.newstime.co.za/SouthAfrica/Calm_Returning_To_Khayelitsha_After_Weekend_Protest/19267/
2-Feb-2011	Gauteng	Joburg Ramaphosa	Ramaphosa quiet after anti-foreigner protest News24 2 February 2011 Tension at Ramaphosa informal settlement "quietened down" on Wednesday after renewed threats from locals against foreign shop owners earlier this week, Reiger Park police said. "Nothing is happening there... it's all quiet," said spokeswoman Toni Perifort who visited the area in Ekurhuleni, east of Johannesburg, around 7am. "So far it's all talk, these threats against foreigners." She said police were on "high alert" and monitoring the situation.	http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Ekurhuleni-calm-after-xenophobia-threats-20110202
8-Feb-2011	W cape	Cape Town Nyanga	Tyres Burnt in Cape Housing Protest Sandiso Phaliso 8 February 2011 Cape Town — Black smoke billowed across morning rush hour traffic as angry backyarders in Nyanga blockaded Lansdowne road with burning tyres on Tuesday, forcing commuters to find alternative routes to work.	http://allafrica.com/stories/201102081210.html
8-Mar-2011	Gauteng	Twane Pretoria	Metsweding residents threaten to protest News 24 8 March 2011 Pretoria - Residents of Metsweding on Wednesday threatened more protests against the "unconstitutional" merger of Metsweding with Tshwane. They handed over a memorandum of grievances to Metsweding executive mayor Agnes Mlondobozi on Monday. mmunities.	http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Metsweding-residents-threaten-to-protest-20110302
8-Mar-2011	Mpumalanga	Secunda Embalenhle	Youths held after Mpuma protests IOL News 8 March 2011 After a brief lull, protests flared up again in Mpumalanga leading to the arrest of 13 people, police said on Tuesday. “Yesterday (Monday) there were violent service delivery protests at Embalenhle in Secunda,” said Captain Leonard Hlathi. The groups, mostly youths and minors, barricaded sections of the area and then went to the KI Malaza School and tried to get pupils there to join them.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/mpumalanga/youths-held-after-mpuma-protests-1.1038088
17-Mar-2011	E Cape	E Cape	Housing protest in E London Residents of Duncan Village, East London, blocked roads and burned tyres in a housing protest on Wednesday, Eastern Cape police said. Protesters toyi-toyied and blocked roads with rubble and burning tyres over government housing that had been 'hijacked' from them, said Captain Stephen Marais. “The protesters have the title deeds to government houses allotted to them, but the houses have been illegally occupied by other people,” he said. The protesters refrained from violence and dispersed peacefully when given a verbal warning. The use of force was not necessary. Marais said protests were held over the same issue in October and November last year. - Sapa	http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/eastern-cape/housing-protest-in-e-london-1.1043486
22-Mar-2011	NW	Taung	Police respond as Taung march turns ugly IOLNEWS 22 March 2011 Johannesburg - Police fired rubber bullets at protesters who barricaded roads and burned turned tyres at Kokomeng in Taung in the North West, a spokesperson said on Monday. Captain Adele Myburgh said the violence started at 10.30am when police were informed about an “illegal gathering” of 400 people. “The police mobilised and went out and we gave them time to disperse,” she said.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/taung-protests-continue-1.1045573
23-Mar-2011	W Cape	Khayelitsha	Khayelitsha Residents Protest Over Lack of Electricity Nombulelo Damba 23 March 2011 Residents of the Makhaza 37 Section B informal settlement have been on the rampage since Saturday. Every evening hundreds of residents have been scattering rubbish over the roads and burning tyres in a protest over the lack of electricity in the area. Last night a group of residents burnt Metrorail signal cables near the Chris Hani station, disrupting trains at the end of the Khayelitsha line. The protest was sparked when a six-year-old girl was badly shocked by a live wire from an illegal connection on Saturday.	http://westcapenews.com/?p=2848
25-Mar-2011	NW	Mahikeng	14 arrested after election protests News24 25 March 2011 Mahikeng - Fourteen people are due to appear in North West courts on Wednesday following protests over election candidates and service delivery, provincial police said. Six men were arrested for public violence on Tuesday in Boikhutso in Kudu and Philo streets after they allegedly barricaded roads with burning tyres and rocks, Brigadier Thulani Ngubane said. A group of about 30 people involved in the protest was unhappy about the selection of candidates for the upcoming local government elections and over service delivery.	http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/14-arrested-after-election-protests-20110323
27-Apr-2011	Western Cape	Helderberg	Service delivery protests underway in WC Themba Boyi (Eyewitness News) 27 April 2011 Western Cape police are monitoring a service delivery protest at Sir Lowrys Pass Village in Helderberg on Wednesday afternoon. Around 300 residents are taking part in the demonstration.	http://www.eyewitnessnews.co.za/articleprog.aspx?id=64688
28-Apr-2011	W cape	Khayelitsha	Residents march to demand toilets Zara Nicholson 28 April 2011 Residents of Khayelitsha simmer with discontent over unenclosed toilets or lack of them as they marched through the city centre to Cape Town City Council offices on Freedom Day. They demanded toilets and decent sanitation, 17 years after democracy, handing over a memorandum of demands signed by more than 10 000 people. Photo: Michael Walker	http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/western-cape/residents-march-to-demand-toilets-1.1061821
5-May-2011	E Cape	Grahamstown	UPM march to Housing Department (UPM) 5 May 2011 On the 1st of May 2011 the people of Sun City barricaded the roads and set alight tires. Sun City is a shack settlement in Grahamstown.
1-Jun-2011	E Cape	Bizana	Thirty-eight held after Bizana protest IOL News 1 June 2011 Thirty-eight protesters were arrested outside the Bizana municipality building on Wednesday morning, Eastern Cape police said. Captain Mlungisi Matidane said the demonstrators, who were protesting over election candidate lists, marched to the municipality and started throwing stones at the windows. The protesters, who were handed a court order preventing them from coming within 100 metres of the building, also threw a petrol bomb but it did not explode. Police had to use water cannons to disperse the crowd, he said. The 38 protesters were expected to appear in the Bizana Magistrate's Court on Thursday. - Sapa	http://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/thirty-eight-held-after-bizana-protest-1.1077196
14-Jun-2011	Mpumalanga	Pienaar East	30+ arrested in Mpuma protests IOL News 14 June 2011 Over thirty people have been arrested during violent protests in Pienaar East, outside Nelspruit, Mpumalanga police said on Monday. “The protest has been going on for about a week now. It's still going on. Residents are blockading roads with stones and burning tyres and pelting cars with stones,” said Captain Leonard Hlathi. The arrested residents, including some minors, would be charged with public violence, Hlathi said, but he did not know when they would be appearing before court.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/mpumalanga/30-arrested-in-mpuma-protests-1.1083403
14-Jun-2011	KZN	Pietermaritzburg Plessislaer in Pietermaritzburg	Car set alight in KZN protest IOL News 14 June 2011 Residents of Plessislaer in Pietermaritzburg on Tuesday blocked a road with burning tyres and set a car alight in protest against poor service delivery, the provincial community safety department said. “A crowd of about 300 community members were obstructing traffic (on Selby Msimang road) and set a car alight in the centre of the road,” spokesman Kwanele Ncalane said. At 9am the crowd apparently threw stones at police and damaged several cars. Police retaliated with stun grenades and teargas. No arrests were made.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/kwazulu-natal/car-set-alight-in-kzn-protest-1.1083572
14-Jun-2011	N Cape	Galeshewe	Protesters burn tyres at NCape premier’s office IOL News 14 June 2011 A group of protesters burnt tyres and blockaded the road outside the Northern Cape premier's office in Galeshewe police said. A group of protesters burnt tyres and blockaded the road outside the Northern Cape premier's office in Galeshewe on Monday, police said. “It is believed that approximately 60 people gathered at the Mayebuye Centre in Galeshewe earlier today (Monday) and set tyres alight and blockaded the road,” said Lieutenant Colonel Mashay Gamieldien.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/protesters-burn-tyres-at-ncape-premier-s-office-1.1083401
20-Jun-2011	KZN	PMB	Threat to make city ‘ungovernable’ IOL News 20 June 2011 The embattled Msunduzi deputy mayor Alpha Shelembe and his fellow ANC regional committee members have been given an ultimatum: step down by the end of this month, or face an ungovernable city. This was the message from about 1 000 angry protesters, who brought the Pietermaritzburg CBD to a grinding halt on Friday afternoon, when they marched from Dale Park to the legislature, protesting against corruption. At the legislature, they handed over a memorandum to provincial government leaders.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/kwazulu-natal/threat-to-make-city-ungovernable-1.1085575
24-Jun-2011	Gauteng	Soweto	Dobsonville calm after protest IOL News 24 June 2011 A fire fighter hoses down the front of a bus that was burnt down by angry commuters in Dobsonville, Soweto. Picture: Mujahid Safodien Dobsonville, Soweto was calm on Friday morning following protests in the area the previous day, Gauteng police said. Lieutenant Colonel Tshisikhawe Ndou said: “So far the area is very calm.” He said police would continue to monitor the situation. On Thursday, a 40-year-old man was arrested for allegedly torching three buses at the Putco bus depot in Dobsonville.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/dobsonville-calm-after-protest-1.1088256
30-Jun-2011	Gauteng	Soweto	Vandals destroy new homes Beauregard Tromp IOL News 30 June 2011 Two hundred and fifty hopeful families may have to wait another year for their own homes because protesting Dube hostel residents broke down and burnt new low-cost flats. The protesters broke down doors and tried to set fire to flats adjoining the hostels.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/vandals-destroy-new-homes-1.1091178?cache=0%3Fcache%3D0%3Fimage%3D3%3Fca
2-Jul-2011	Gauteng	Soweto	Diepkloof: Eskom persuades protesters to step down Mail & Guardian 2 July 2011 Diepkloof in Soweto was quiet on Saturday morning after protesters blocked off roads and set tyres on fire because of electricity cuts, Gauteng police said. "They dispersed peacefully last night. There was no violence or any arrests," Captain Nondumiso Mpantsha said. She said Eskom representatives had spoken to protesters on Friday night and they had dispersed shortly afterwards.	http://mg.co.za/article/2011-07-02-diepkloof-eskom-persuades-protesters-to-step-down
3-Jul-2011	KZN	Durban Kennady rd	Durban community angered by power cuts IOL News 3 July 2011 Durban metro police were called to the scene of a clash between Kennedy Road residents and eThekwini municipal guards. Photo: Supplied Johannesburg - Kennedy Road residents in Durban clashed with eThekwini municipal guards after they disconnected electrical cables in the settlement on Sunday, the South African shack dwellers' movement Abahlali baseMjondolo said.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/kwazulu-natal/durban-community-angered-by-power-cuts-1.1092537
4-Jul-2011	NW	Rustenburg Boitekong	10 held for public violence IOL News 4 July 2011 Ten people have been arrested for public violence in Boitekong near Rustenburg, North West police said on Monday. Constable Provin Tseke said residents of Yiz-Yizo informal settlement and Extension 13 barricaded roads in the area with burning objects at 5am. They were reported to be unhappy about the councillor elected in the May 18 municipal election.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/10-held-for-public-violence-1.1093024
7-Jul-2011	Gauteng	Muldersdrift	Muldersdrift calm - police IOL News 7 July 2011 Protesters in Muldersdrift dispersed on Thursday morning after burning tyres and barricading the N14 highway, police said. “It's calm. No-one has regrouped since police arrived. There were no injuries or arrests,” said Captain Jacob Raboroko. It was believed that the protesters were residents of a nearby informal settlement. They were protesting about poor service delivery. Raboroko said firefighters were called in to extinguish the burning tyres. Rocks placed on the highway were also removed. Police would remain on high alert throughout the day, he said. - Sapa	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/muldersdrift-calm-police-1.1095058
7-Jul-2011	Gauteng	Joburg Soweto	Chiawelo residents stick to demands Beauregard Tromp 7 July 2011 Five people were arrested on Wednesday in connection with the stoning and arson attack on two councillors’ homes after residents blockaded some streets, including parts of the busy Chris Hani Road. Late in the afternoon, nearly 200 residents marched to the Moroka police station to demand the release of the five. A convoy of dignitaries, including dual Minister of Police and Local Government and Traditional Affairs Nathi Mthethwa, national police commissioner General Bheki Cele, provincial police commissioner General Mzwandile Petros and Joburg mayor Parks Tau were united in condemning the violent actions which saw police rescuing families from both houses after protesters set fire to the cars parked inside the respective garages.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/gauteng/chiawelo-residents-stick-to-demands-1.1094881
14-Jul-2011	WS cape	Nyanga	15 held for Nyanga protests The Mercury 14 July 2011 A protester is arrested by metro police officers after a group of about 40 people burned tyres and barricaded a section of the N2 early this morning. The N2 was closed for several hours this morning after a housing protest resulted in three accidents. C	http://www.themercury.co.za/15-held-for-nyanga-protests-1.1099201
4-Aug-2011		Pienaar	Pienaar protesters block road IOL News 4 August 2011 Residents of Pienaar barricaded a road in protest against speeding motorists after a nine-year-old girl was killed by a car, Mpumalanga police said. Residents of Pienaar barricaded a road in protest against speeding motorists after a nine-year-old girl was killed by a car, Mpumalanga police said on Thursday.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/mpumalanga/pienaar-protesters-block-road-1112268
8-Aug-2011	KZN	Durban Kennady rd	Kennedy Road: teen hurt Daily news 8 August 2011 Mlamuli Bango was at the wrong place, at the wrong time. The 16-year-old was coming back from a shop when he was shot with rubber bullets during a clash between residents and security guards at the Kennedy Road informal settlement on Saturday.	http://www.dailynews.co.za/kennedy-road-teen-hurt-1.1114006
10-Aug-2011	W Cape	Grabouw	One injured in Grabouw protest IOL News 10 August 2011 A woman was injured during service delivery protests in Grabouw in the Western Cape on Wednesday, police said. A rubber bullet hit the 19-year-old woman in the eye, Warrant Officer November Filander said. “Rubber bullets were fired at the crowd after they started throwing stones at police,” said Filander. He said the group dispersed at midday after community leaders spoke to them.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/western-cape/one-injured-in-grabouw-protest-1115287
24-Aug-2011		Kroonstad Maokeng	21 held for protests IOL News 24 August 2011 Police arrested 15 pupils and six other people during protests in Maokeng in Kroonstad on Wednesday, police said. Spokesman Maselela Langa said protesters had been burning tyres and blockading roads in the Maokeng township since Tuesday. Fifteen pupils were arrested for public violence after they raided high schools in the area forcing other pupils to join the protest, Langa said. Classes were interrupted at the Bodibeng Secondary School after protesters pulled pupils from the school.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/21-held-for-protests-1124269
25-Aug-2011	Gauteng	Kwa-Thema	Protesters nabbed in Kwa-Thema IOl News 25 August 2011 Police arrested eight people during protests in Kwa-Thema, Ekurhuleni, Gauteng police said on Thursday. Captain Johannes Ramphora said the eight protesters were arrested for alleged public violence on Wednesday evening. He said protesters gathered at the Kwa-Thema civic centre where they burnt tyres and blockaded main roads with rocks and dustbins. Police had to use tear gas to disperse the crowd who were demanding to buy electricity directly from Eskom. Ramphora said police were also deployed at councillors' houses in Kwa-Thema after they received threats from protesters saying they would burn down the houses.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/protesters-nabbed-in-kwa-thema-1.1125303
26-Aug-2011	Gauteng	Pretoria Schubart Park	Residents torch Pretoria flats IOL News 26 August 2011 Protesting residents of Schubart Park flats, in Pretoria, set fire to refuse in the stairwells on Friday morning, Tshwane emergency services said. “There has been some tension there… because there was apparently no water or electricity in the block of flats,” said spokesman Johan Pieterse.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/residents-torch-pretoria-flats-1.1125581
27-Sep-2011	W Cape	De Doorns	7 held for protest in De Doorns IOL News 27 September 2011 Seven people were arrested in De Doorns, in the Western Cape, on Tuesday for throwing stones at motorists during a protest on the N1 highway, said police Captain FC van Wyk said the police and other law enforcement agencies in the town had to periodically close the N1 because of the service delivery protest. “It is reported that some community members, during the protest, were seen throwing stones at the vehicles that travelled on the N1 national road in De Doorns,” Van Wyk said.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/7-held-for-protest-in-de-doorns-1.1145854
7-Oct-2011	Limpopo	Dilokong	Protesters held in Limpopo IOL News 7 October 2011 Four men were arrested on Friday for public violence at the Dilokong Chrome Mine in Mecklenburg, near Sekhukhune in Limpopo, police said. This brought to 11 the number of people arrested since Tuesday during service delivery protests in the area, said Lieutenant-Colonel Ronel Otto. She said violence erupted at the mine on Tuesday night when people barricaded roads with stones and burning tyres. They were demanding the mine provide tarred roads, a training centre, and schools.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/protesters-held-in-limpopo-1.1152961
10-Oct-2011	Gauteng	Soweto Chiawelo	Chiawelo residents face cut-offs IOL News10 October 2011 Eskom says it is conducting audits in Chiawelo to assess the extent of damage to its infrastructure after it found that some metering enclosures were being cut with grinders to bypass the system. Eskom is to disconnect customers whose meters are found to have been tampered with in Chiawelo, Soweto. The power utility said it was conducting audits in Chiawelo to assess the extent of damage to its infrastructure after it found that some metering enclosures were being cut with grinders to bypass the system.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/chiawelo-residents-face-cut-offs-1.1153648
12-Oct-2011	W Cape	George Thembalethu	Cop hurt in Thembalethu riot IOL News 12 October 2011 Violence erupted in Thembalethu township, outside George, when residents clashed with police in service delivery protests. Violence erupted in Thembalethu township, outside George, on Wednesday when residents clashed with police in service delivery protests, Southern Cape police said. “	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/cop-hurt-in-thembalethu-riot-1.1155888
1-Nov-2011	NW	Brits Oukasi	Police Nyala bombed in Oukasi IOL News 1 November 2011 An armoured police vehicle was petrol bombed during a service delivery protest in Oukasi near Brits, North West police said on Tuesday. Captain Aafje Botma said the vehicle, known as a Nyala, came under attack on Monday night. It entered Oukasi to help control rioting when residents barricaded streets with rocks and burning tyres. They were demanding water and electricity. Protesters threw a petrol bomb at the Nyala and it exploded, causing damage to the inside of the vehicle. Police were not injured, Botma said.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/police-nyala-bombed-in-oukasi-1.1169090
3-Nov-2011	W Cape	Gugulethu	Protesters threaten to continue N2 stoning IOL News 3 November 2011 Angry Gugulethu residents say they will continue to protest on the N2 as long as the City of Cape Town’s Anti-Land Invasion Unit continues demolishing their shacks. On Wednesday, residents from the Barcelona, Europe and Kanana informal settlements burned tyres and threw rocks at passing cars on the N2 at Borchards Quarry.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/western-cape/protesters-threaten-to-continue-n2-stoning-1.1170859
7-Nov-2011	NW	Brits Letlhabile,	Residents protest over water cut IOL News 7 November 2011 Residents of Letlhabile, north of Brits, blocked roads with rocks and burning tyres in a protest about a week-long water cut, North West police said on Monday. About 55 people protested from 9.30pm on Sunday, Brigadier Thulani Ngubane said.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/residents-protest-over-water-cut-1.1172733
8-Nov-2011	W Cape	Khayelitsha	‘ We are still living in the Stone Age’ IOL News 8 November 2011 Angry residents of Enkanini in Khayelitsha have accused the City of Cape Town of reneging on promises to install electricity in their community. About 300 people protested on Monday, accusing the City of making empty promises. Community spokesman Mbuso Makonza said: “To live without electricity directly strips our dignity and violates our rights as stated in the country’s constitution.”	http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/western-cape/we-are-still-living-in-the-stone-age-1.1173734
8-Nov-2011	NW	Ledig	23 held for public violence IOL News 8 November 2011 Twenty-three people were arrested at the Ledig tribal office near Sun City on Tuesday for public violence, North West police said. They were part of a group of Ledig residents who threw stones at the police and municipal buildings, Captain Amanda Funani said. Residents had been at the office since early on Tuesday morning to protest over an apparent leadership dispute. A violent protest first broke out on Sunday evening after 300 people gathered at the office to voice concern about corruption and maladministration.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/23-held-for-public-violence-1.1174077
15-Nov-2011	NW	Mahikeng	Service delivery protests in N West IOL News 15 November 2011 Protesters, demanding service delivery, handed over a memorandum to the North West provincial legislature near Rooigrond Prison outside Mahikeng on Tuesday, said police. “No violence or unruly behaviour was reported to police,” said Captain Adele Myburgh. ews reported. - Sapa	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/service-delivery-protests-in-n-west-1.1179075
28-Nov-2011	OFS	Petrusburg	Free State residents in delivery protest IOL News 28 November 2011 About 300 residents of Petrusburg near Bloemfontein in the Free State embarked on a protest over service delivery on Monday morning, police said. They barricaded the N8 between Bloemfontein and Kimberley with stones and burning tyres, Petrusburg police spokesman Warrant Officer Christo Carstens said. “Commuters are unable to travel between Kimberley and Bloemfontein, and two buses were pulled off the road by protesters.”	http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/free-state/free-state-residents-in-delivery-protest-1.1187498
30-Nov-2011	Gauteng	Kliptown	Kliptown residents fuming after crackdown on illegal connections IOL news 30 November 2011 “WE DON’T steal electricity. We’re taking it because our government has failed to deliver on its promises.” This was said by Kliptown resident Sharon Swartz during a protest against the cutting off of illegal connections in one of the informal settlements in the area. Swartz is one of the residents living in back-to-back shacks and a few dilapidated brick houses with no electricity or proper toilets. Residents said they were still depending on communal taps for water and use portable toilets. The residents have for years embarked on service delivery protests, but said nothing had changed. Yesterday’s protest was sparked by the arrival of City Power workers at about 10am. They had come to cut illegal electricity connections and remove wires running from high-mast light poles and through the informal settlement into shacks.	http://www.iol.co.za/the-star/soweto/kliptown-residents-fuming-after-crackdown-on-illegal-connections-1.1189192
16-Dec-2011	NW	Mahikeng Ottoshoop	Rubber bullets fired at protesters IOL News 16 December 2011 Police had to fire rubber bullets to disperse over 300 people who protested over service delivery at Ottoshoop near Mahikeng on Friday, the North West public safety department said. “Police used teargas and fired rubber bullets to disperse the crowd, who then ran into the bushes,” spokesman Lesiba Kgwele said. Protesters had barricaded the R49 road between Mahikeng and Zeerust with stones and burning tyres since 3am.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/north-west/rubber-bullets-fired-at-protesters-1.1200017
5-Jan-2012	Limpopo	Lebowakgomo	Limpopo protesters in court for violence IOL News 9 January 2012 Twenty-seven men and women arrested for public violence and malicious damage to property during a service delivery protest appeared in the Nebo Magistrate's Court on Monday morning. Lt-Col Mohale Ramatseba said the group was allegedly responsible for digging up part of the tar road between Lebowakgomo and Jane Furse last week. Limpopo provincial police commissioner, Lt-Gen Simon Mpembe, urged residents to deal with their concerns without damaging property.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/limpopo-protesters-in-court-for-violence-1.1210174
12-Jan-2012	OFS	Clarens Kgubetswana	DA: Free State clashes a concern IOL News 12 January 2012 The Democratic Alliance in the Free State expressed concern on Thursday, January 12, 2012 over continuing clashes between police and Clarens residents. Free State DA leader Roy Jankielsohn said it was becoming a habit to send police into Free State towns, where politicians did not respond to the concerns of locals.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/free-state/da-free-state-clashes-a-concern-1.1212059
15-Jan-2012	KZN	Cato Crest	‘Illegal’ evictions from shacks challenged Bongani Hans (The Mercury) 16 January 2012 VIOLENCE erupted at the Cato Crest informal settlement in Durban early yesterday after residents were ordered to vacate their homes to make way for new low-cost housing. The DA says the evictions are illegal and are being challenged. The party has opened cases of illegal eviction at the Cato manor police station. DA proportional representational councillor Hlanganani Gumbi and party leaders, including MP Dianne Kohler Barnard, visited the area yesterday.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/da-challenges-illegal-kzn-evictions-1.1213354
17-Jan-2012	NW	Bethanie	Police station set alight IOL News 17 January 2012 North West police were investigating a case of arson after the Bethanie satellite police station was set alight. Police suspected local residents who were involved in a march last week, during which tyres were burnt and stones thrown, could have started the blaze, as a tyre was found on the premises.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/police-station-set-alight-1.1214760
23-Jan-2012	KZN	KwaMashu	In KwaMashu, north of Durban, residents burnt tyres. The protesters had dispersed by Monday afternoon, said KwaZulu-Natal police spokesman Captain Thulani Zwane. Nobody was arrested.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/kwazulu-natal/service-protests-in-kzn-mpumalanga-1.1218501
23-Jan-2012	Mpumalanga	Nelspruit Luphisi	In Luphisi, about 30km outside Nelspruit, residents blocked roads with burning tyres on Monday morning, Mpumalanga police spokesman Sergeant Gerald Sedibe said. He said protesters were still on the street, but there had been no violence and no one had been arrested. I	http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/kwazulu-natal/service-protests-in-kzn-mpumalanga-1.1218501
25-Jan-2012	OFS	Thumahole, Parys Ngwathe	Parys man held during looting IOL News 26 January 2012 One man was arrested after a group of people blocked roads and looted shops of foreigners in the Ngwathe municipality, Free State police said on Thursday. Spokesman Maseleka Langa said seven shops belonging to foreigners in Thumahole, Parys, were looted on Wednesday afternoon. Roads leading into Thumahole were also blocked with stones and burning tyres. Police said a street at the taxi rank in Parys was trashed with garbage around 4pm on Wednesday. Langa said the arrested man faced a charge of malicious damage to property. – Sapa	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/parys-man-held-during-looting-1.1220716
30-Jan-2012	W Cape	Blikkiesdorp	Blikkiesdorp residents fed up NATASHA BEZUIDENHOUT (IOL News) 31 January 2012 A group of Blikkiesdorp residents set tyres alight and barricaded parts of Symphony Way in protest over inadequate housing on Monday. Police tried to disperse the crowd, but they demanded to see their ward councillor. On Tuesday morning at least three metro police vehicles were patrolling the area, which had calmed down after Monday night.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/western-cape/blikkiesdorp-residents-fed-up-1.1224196
31-Jan-2012	E Cape	Ngcobo	3 wounded in protest IOL News 31 January 2012 Three people were wounded, 10 arrested, and two police vans damaged during a service delivery protest in Ngcobo, Eastern Cape police said on Tuesday. About 500 people barricaded Mgwali Road with stones and burning tyres on Monday, Lieutenant-Colonel Mzukisi Fatyela said. “They uprooted road signs in a protest against a lack of electricity and houses. When police arrived the protesters threw stones at their vehicles severely damaging two vans in the process.”	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/3-wounded-in-protest-1.1224262
7-Feb-2012	OFS	Welkom	Police quell xenophobic violence Noni Mokati 11 February 2012 Police have doused the fires and quelled the panic in Welkom in the Free State after last week’s spate of xenophobic attacks on Bangladeshi nationals. Alphonse Munyaneza, a senior regional community service officer from the UN Human Rights Council yesterday said the police had increased their visibility in both Thabong township and neighbouring Odendaalsrus where the violence took place.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/free-state/police-quell-xenophobic-violence-1.1232079
7-Feb-2012	KZN	Durban	Protesters demand that city manager quit Laea Medley and Zama Nene 7 February 2012 About 300 protesters gathered at the Durban City Hall on Monday carrying placards demanding the resignation of municipal manager Sibusiso Sithole. They also threatened to sleep outside the building. The protesters were Umlazi residents who had been left homeless after the eThekwini municipality suspended a housing contract held by millionaire businesswoman Shauwn Mpisane in November.	http://www.iol.co.za/dailynews/news/protesters-demand-that-city-manager-quit-1.1228844
8-Feb-2012	NW	Sonderwater	Sonderwater protesters released IOL News 9 February 2012 Charges against 25 people arrested during a protest in Sonderwater were withdrawn in the Potchefstroom Magistrate's Court on Thursday, North West police said. The group was arrested on Wednesday night for public violence and malicious damage to property, said Captain Pelonomi Makau. They were part of a larger group of residents in extension 11 that barricaded roads and damaged police vehicles during a protest against alleged corruption at the Tlokwe municipality. Police were called and arrested 25 people around midnight.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/sonderwater-protesters-released-1.1231038
14-Feb-2012	Mpumalanga	Masoyi	Mpumalanga protesters arrested ILO News 14 February 2012 Mpumalanga police arrested 51 service delivery protesters in Masoyi, south of Hazyview, on Tuesday. They were charged with public violence, theft, and malicious damage to property, Captain Leonard Hlathi said.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/mpumalanga-protesters-arrested-1.1234080
4-Mar-2012	Limpopo	Sekgosese	Limpopo residents held after unrest SAPA 5 March 2012 A total of 53 people have been arrested following unrest at Sephukubje village in the Sekgosese area of Limpopo, police said on Monday. Violence broke out at the local clinic on Sunday after a security company owner shot and killed a 47-year-old guard over a work-related dispute.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/limpopo-residents-held-after-unrest-1.1249106
5-Mar-2012	W Cape	Grabouw	Four arrested in protest SAPA 5 March 2012 Four people were arrested early on Monday morning for public violence in Grabouw, Western Cape police said. Warrant Officer November Filander said residents began blocking roads and burning tyres just before midnight. “The reason for the violence is that they alleged that a local school only caters for coloured learners and not for other learners of colour, and want a school to be built for them,” he said. The four were arrested around 1am when police found tyres and a petrol container in their white Nissan bakkie. – Sapa	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/four-arrested-in-protest-1.1249267
5-Mar-2012	W Cape	Vanguard Drive	Riot sparks traffic chaos in Cape IOL News 5 March 2012 Rampaging protesters forced police to close down parts of Vanguard Drive on Monday as they burnt tyres and portable toilets and vandalised road signs and traffic lights. Thousands of motorists were stuck in gridlocked traffic as police clashed with nearly 100 protesters, many in their early teens or younger.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/riot-sparks-traffic-chaos-in-cape-1248860
11-Mar-2012	W Cape	Villiersdorp	Police on alert in Villiersdorp IOL News13 March 2012 Tension remained high in Villiersdorp after protesting residents set fire to a community hall in the town. On Tuesday, police maintained a strong presence outside the Theewaterskloof municipal offices. Reports varied that between 850 and 4 000 people marched to the municipal offices on Monday, destroying council-owned facilities on the way.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/police-on-alert-in-villiersdorp-1.1255390
11-Mar-2012	Gauteng	Joburg Kya Sands	Protesters left with more promises of action IOL News 27 March 2012 Wait another week. That is what protesters in Kya Sand burning tyres and blocking off Malibongwe Road were told on Monday – after waiting 12 years for basic services. When member of the mayoral committee (MMC) for housing Dan Brown, MMC for public safety Matshidiso Mfikoe and MMC for health Nonceba Molwele arrived in the area on Monday and spoke to the crowd, they made no promises, but said they would hold a community meeting next week.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/protesters-left-with-more-promises-of-action-1.1264487
14-Mar-2012	OFS	Theunissen	Protest sees 62 arrested IOL News14 March 2012 Police arrested 62 people when a protest at Theunissen in the Free State turned violent, a spokesman said on Wednesday. Sergeant Ian Gaobepe said a service delivery protest apparently got out of hand on Tuesday. Residents started breaking the windows of an old clinic and a community hall in the township. The group moved to the town centre and threw stones at the municipal building and the offices of the African National Congress. Gaobepe said the situation was under control and quiet on Wednesday evening.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/protest-sees-62-arrested-1.1256539
16-Mar-2012	W Cape	Khayelitsha	Protesters block Cape Town highway IOL News 16 March 2012 About 100 Khayelitsha residents were locked in a stand-off with police on the N2 highway in Cape Town, Western Cape police said on Friday. Captain Frederick van Wyk said men, women and children blocked the highway at about 10pm on Thursday with stones, rubble and burning tyres.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/protesters-block-cape-town-highway-1.1258319
17-Mar-2012	Gauteng	Sharpville	Sharpeville protest precedes Rights day IOL News 20 March 2012 Residents of Sharpeville, in southern Gauteng, were burning tyres and marching on Tuesday because the main Human Rights Day celebrations were being held in Kliptown, Soweto, police said. “It (the public holiday) is over the Sharpeville massacre. The people from Sharpeville are striking because they don't understand why (the celebrations) are now in Kliptown,” said Constable Tshishiwa Mitileni.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/sharpeville-protest-precedes-rights-day-1.1260491
18-Mar-2012	W Cape	Grabouw	Blood flows in race row IOL News 19 March 2012 Violent protests on the N2 in Grabouw on Monday forced police to close the key route to Cape Town. Passing cars and trucks were smashed with rocks as a protest about conditions at a school escalated into an all-out rampage between racial groups within the Grabouw community. Community members and witnesses said the scene resembled a civil war, as roving rival gangs of coloured and black African community members fought pitched battles at several points in the town simultaneously.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/blood-flows-in-race-row-1.1259523
19-Mar-2012	Gauteng	Soweto Meadowlands	Residents angry after arrests over blocked road Kutlwano Olifant (IOL News) 19 March 2012 Angry Meadowlands residents marched to their local police station on Sunday, demanding to know what charges had been laid against community members who had been arrested earlier in the day. Four Zone 7 residents were arrested early Sunday morning after barricading notorious Maseru Street, demanding that local councillor Norman Ngwedzani be removed.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/residents-angry-after-arrests-over-blocked-road-1.1259233
20-Mar-2012		Phola	Phola protesters burn minibus IOL News 20 March 2012 Lt-Col Leonard Hlathi said the protesters were on the streets and the situation was “very tense”. “The protest is not about service delivery, but employment at local coal mines.” Schools and health facilities in the community were closed for the second day. “Everything is at a standstill.” Hlathi said he had heard there would be talks between the authorities and protesters on Tuesday. Thirty-six people had been arrested for public violence. Thirty of them were expected to appear in court on Tuesday. - Sapa	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/phola-protesters-burn-minibus-1.1260162
24-Mar-2012		Mogwase	Protesters burn down tribal hall SAPA 24 March 2012 Captain Pelonomi Makau said the six were allegedly part of a group of people protesting against poor service delivery and corrupt officials from the tribal authority. They said there had been maladministration at the tribal authority after the death of their chief, Leema Ntuane. They were also angry at the tribal authority after they did not receive any feedback from government about when a new chief would be appointed. The six will appear in the Mogwase Magistrate's Court on Monday. - Sapa	http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/north-west/protesters-burn-down-tribal-hall-1.1263072
26-Mar-2012		Malibongwe Drive	Malibongwe Drive closed IOL News 26 March 2012 Lt-Col Lungelo Dlamini said River Road and Malibongwe Drive in the area were closed. "The protesters also stopped two trucks and removed their keys," he said. This was causing major early morning traffic jams. - Sapa	http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/gauteng/malibongwe-drive-closed-1.1263440
27-Mar-2012	Gauteng	Joburg New lands	Residents protest after hit- and-run tragedy Yusuf Omar (IOL News) 27 March 2012 Residents of Newlands in Joburg continued their blockage of Eric Street on Monday, burning tyres and smashing the road apart with pickaxes. The blockade came after a seven-year-old boy was killed in a hit-and-run incident on Friday night.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/gauteng/residents-protest-after-hit-and-run-tragedy-1.1264641
30-Apr-2012	OFS	Matoporong	Fifty-three protesters to appear in court IOL News 1 May 2012 Fifty-three people would appear in the Reddersburg Magistrate's Court after a violent protest by residents of the nearby Matoporong township, said Free State police on Tuesday. On Monday the Reddersburg's municipal building was set alight during the protests and protesters also threw stones at the municipal building, at the library and at a supermarket. The protesters were angry about an unsatisfactory response to a memorandum handed to the Kopanong local municipality three weeks ago	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/fifty-three-protesters-to-appear-in-court-1.1286633
24-Jun-2013	KZN	Durban - A Cato Crest	Violent protest erupts in Cato Crest SABC 26 June 2013 Police spokesperson Thulani Zwane says the crowd has dispersed and police are monitoring the situation in Durban after a service delivery protest. (SABC) A service delivery protest has turned violent after angry protesters burnt a councillor's office and a shop in Cato Crest in Durban. The protesters are blockading the roads with burning tyres, rocks and are damaging police cars. The protests started Tuesday morning when police arrested seven suspects. They were charged with public violence and malicious damage to property. The suspects are due to appear in the Durban Magistrate's Court on Wednesday. Police spokesperson Thulani Zwane says the crowd has dispersed and police are monitoring the situation.	http://www.sabc.co.za/news/a/055cf3804021bd27b965fb0b5d39e4bb/Violent-protest-erupts-in-Cato-Crest-20130626
25-Jun-2013	W Cape	Cape Town	Faeces dumped at Cape airport terminal IOL News 25 June 2013 Cape Town - Five people were arrested on Tuesday afternoon for dumping human waste in the departure terminal at Cape Town International Airport, Western Cape police said. “Police are still on the scene to monitor the situation and will take action if (necessary),” Lt-Col Andre Traut said. The five would appear in court once charged. Acting airport spokeswoman Deborah Francis said the group apparently pretended to be passengers and carried plastic bags through to the domestic and international departures terminal at about 1.30pm.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/faeces-dumped-at-cape-airport-terminal-1.1537436
27-Jun-2013	KZN	Durban - A Cato Crest	KZN protest leader shot 12 times NKULULEKO NENE (Daily News Durban) 27 June 2013 Durban - A Cato Crest man who led protests in the area this week over the allocation of RDP houses was shot 12 times - just hours after a high level ANC delegation met with angry community members. Nkululeko Gwala, 34, had told the Daily News during the week and two hours before he died, that he was afraid he would be killed. He was shot by two men as he made his way home at about 10.30pm. This is the second killing related to the allocation of RDP houses in the area since violence first flared up in March. Thembinkosi Qumbelo, the leader of the Cato Crest Residential Association, was gunned down on March 15 by four gunmen. No arrests have been made.	http://www.iol.co.za/dailynews/kzn-protest-leader-shot-12-times-1.1538500
28-Jun-2013	N Cape	Kimberly	Poo-throwing threat over tuck shops Sandi Kwon Hoo 28 June 2013 Kimberley - The Independent Community of Kimberley (ICOK) has called on residents to rally against illegal tuck-shop owners by littering and throwing faeces at the entrances of government buildings as well as the homes of councillors on July 2. The ICOK on Thursday said it had requested the Public Protector to investigate fraudulent leases where bribes of goods, money and airtime was allegedly being given to a local attorney, law enforcement authorities, municipal and South African Security Agency (Sassa) officials in exchange for securing business premises for foreign nationals. ICOK convenor, Brian Banga, discouraged the use of violence but insisted that steps had to be taken to ensure that foreign nationals conducted their businesses according to health and occupational regulations.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/poo-throwing-threat-over-tuck-shops-1.1539024
1-Jul-2013	W Cape	Bellville,Cape Town	Chaotic start to poo-dumping case Jade Otto (IOL News) 2 July 2013 Cape Town - More than 20 people protesting outside the Bellville Magistrate’s Court in support of the alleged Cape Town International Airport faeces-tossers were arrested on Monday for being too close to the court building without permission. They were at court for the appearance of the nine people arrested at the airport last week - city councillor Luyiso Nkohla, expelled councillor Andile Lili, Yanga Njingwana, Ben Dyoni, Bantubakhe Ngobodiya, Wandesile Mkapa, Jaj Dimiso, Bongile Zamazo and Thembela Mabajwa
1-Jul-2013	W Cape	Cape town	Poo protest closes N2 Nontando Mposo (IOL News) 1 July 2013 Cape Town - Protesters blocked a portion of the N2 highway in Khayelitsha on Monday with toilet pots full of faeces and burning tyres. However, police soon cleared the road, said Lieutenant-Colonel Andre Traut. The protest started at about 5.30am. Traffic spokesman Kenny Africa said the protest started on the R300 and spread to Mew Way.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/poo-protest-closes-n2-1.1540176
1-Jul-2013	W Cape	Cape town	The airport protest followed that order. The men in court on Monday have been charged under the Civil Aviation Act. If convicted they face a fine or 30 years in custody. Advocate Thembalihle Sidaki, for the nine, read bail affidavits into the record.
1-Jul-2013	Limpopo	Polokwane	Agang SA members due in court IOL News 24 October 2013 Polokwane - Three members of political party Agang SA are to appear in the Mahwelereng Magistrate's Court on charges of malicious damage to property, Limpopo police said on Thursday. The three were arrested in Mokopane in July after violence erupted during a community meeting, Captain Sebotsaro Motadi said.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/agang-sa-members-due-in-court-1.1597184
2-Jul-2013		Hammanskraal	Councillor living in fear after mob attack IOL News 3 July 2013 A Hammanskraal ward councillor is living in fear following death threats, an attack with a spade and being “held hostage” for three hours by protesters at the Temba municipal offices. Ward 75 councillor Jane Makgatho said she was one of 11 ward councillors who, according to her, were trapped in the Temba council chambers on Tuesday as a mob of about 100 people prevented them from leaving.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/councillor-living-in-fear-after-mob-attack-1.1541318
8-Jul-2013		Durban Kennedy Road	Abahlali baseKennedy Press Statement Abahlali baseMjondolo 9 July 2013 Statement on Last Night’s Road Blockade by Kennedy Road Residents Last night, and again this morning, hundreds of us blocked road around the Kennedy Road shack settlement with burning tyres. There is still a heavy police presence in the settlement. The reason for these road blockades is that Mayor James Nxumalo failed to keep his promise to meet with us. On the 25 May this year we organised a major road blockade. More than 500 people held the road. At that road blockade we handed over a memorandum of demands which included (1) that the upgrade of Kennedy Road and the provision of housing at Cornubia for everyone that that cannot be accommodated in the Kennedy Road upgrade that was negotiated with Mayor Mlaba’s administration be implemented; (2) that formal electricity be provided to the settlement and (3) that Nigel Gumede be immediately dismissed from his post.	http://www.abahlali.org/node/9888
12-Jul-2013	KZN	Durban	Once again Abahlali baseSiyanda March to Demand Land and Housing in Durban Abahlali baseMjondolo Press Statement 11 July 2013 Tomorrow Abahlali baseMjondolo Siyanda Branch will be protesting about all the beating about bushes on their long promised housing in Siyanda. The Khulula Housing Project was meant for them but due to corruption they were excluded from the project.. It became very difficult when Linda Masinga and Associates were tasked to forcefully remove some residents to transit camps in Richmond Farm in 2009. Everybody knows that there was a blatant corruption in this housing project. The provincial government had acknowledged this and sent its delegation to investigate this in 2009. A Task Team comprised of Abahlali delegates, eThekwini Municipal Officials and KZN provincial officials was set up. A clear promise was made that those marginalized would be housed with the current financial here. But today we are told that eThekwini Road Authority is the only unity in the city that is opposed to our housing project.	http://www.abahlali.org/node/9890
14-Jul-2013	Mpumalanga	Barberton	More than 200 unemployed youth in Mpumalanga have marched to the Fairview mine in Barberton, Mpumalanga, demanding a share of the company's wealth. Times Live 17 July 2013 Sapa correspondent reported that the group, which had been associated with Julius Malema's Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), denied they were part of the "protest movement" during their march. "We want the wealth of this mine because it is situated in our land," Umjindi Community Forum leader Mandla Mamba said.	http://www.timeslive.co.za/local/2013/07/17/over-200-barberton-youths-march-for-share-in-mine
15-Jul-2013	W Cape	Khayelitsha,Cape Town	No end in sight for Khayelitsha protests IOL News 18 July 2013 Cape Town - Residents of YAB section in Khayelitsha burnt tyres and toyi-toyied on Pama Road during the early hours of Wednesday morning for a fourth day. The protests started early, flared up again at dawn, and for a third time at around 10am. One mid-morning report from a resident on the scene was “there is fire everywhere on the road”.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/western-cape/no-end-in-sight-for-khayelitsha-protests-1.1549060
16-Jul-2013	Free State	Brandfort	Brandfort protests over water SAPA 16 July 2013 Bloemfontein - A protest over water problems in Brandfort in the Free State ended behind closed doors on Tuesday. It was organised by the local Democratic Alliance, which said it would ask the Public Protector to investigate. The protesters marched to the Masilonyana municipal offices to demand an end to what they described as ongoing water shortages in Brandfort and surrounding areas.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/brandfort-protests-over-water-1.1547855
16-Jul-2013	Gauteng	Soweto	Dube residents protest for electricity Sapa 16 Jul 2013 More than 300 residents of the Dube hostel in Soweto are protesting in demand of electricity, Gauteng police said on Tuesday. "At about 9.30pm the residents went on the rampage, barricading the road with rocks and burning tires," Constable Sibusiso Chauke said. "There was no electricity at the hostel and they were demanding it."	http://www.sowetanlive.co.za/news/2013/07/16/dube-residents-protest-for-electricity
19-Jul-2013	W Cape	Cape Town	Portaloo protests target court IOL News 20 July 2013 Cape Town - About 100 people protesting against portable toilets were undeterred by the cold and rain on Friday, as they marched from Cape Town station to the Western Cape High Court to hand over a four-page memorandum. The marchers said they were also there to voice their unhappiness over the fact that seven of their leaders were being held in custody, without a chance of bail.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/portaloo-protests-target-court-1.1549944
20-Jul-2013	W Cape	Cape Town	House dispute turns ugly Zodidi Dano and Natasha Prince (IOL News) 22 July 2013 Cape Town - Nine people were arrested on Sunday on charges of public violence following the illegal occupation of a housing project in Eerste River. The group faced off with the police who fired rubber bullets to disperse the group at a public meeting in a park in the area.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/house-dispute-turns-ugly-1.1550665
22-Jul-2013	W Cape	Eerste River.	House dispute turns ugly Zodidi Dano and Natasha Prince (IOL News) 22 July 2013 Cape Town - Nine people were arrested on Sunday on charges of public violence following the illegal occupation of a housing project in Eerste River.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/house-dispute-turns-ugly-1.1550665
26-Jul-2013	W Cape	Cape Town	Du Noon protesters wreak havoc IOL News 26 July 2013 Cape Town - Protesters blocked a road and stoned passing vehicles in Cape Town on Friday morning, Western Cape police said. Captain Frederick van Wyk said the group threw rubble onto the N7 and Potsdam Road intersection at Du Noon from 5am, in protest over service delivery.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/du-noon-protesters-wreak-havoc-1.1553500
26-Jul-2013	W Cape	Dunoon,Cape Town	Dunoon protesters set sights on Killarney Weekend Argus 27 July 2013 Cape Town - Dunoon residents have their sights set on the Killarney racetrack land, and have given the city 21 days to give them permission to move on to it, or to find them alternative land. This latest threat was issued on Friday morning after violent clashes between protesters from the Dunoon informal settlement and police had forced authorities to close the N7 and Potsdam roads. Thousands of Dunoon residents took to the streets, causing traffic chaos that saw hundreds of Capetonians arrive hours late for work.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/western-cape/dunoon-protesters-set-sights-on-killarney-1.1553607
2-Aug-2013		Riverpark,Kungoane/Alexandra	Arrests are an act of intimidation Sipho Siso 2 August 2013 ALEXANDRA - Riverpark protesters who were arrested for an illegal gathering are furious that they have been intimidated into stopping their protest. Riverpark Residents Association chairperson Tsietsi Kungoane said there were other avenues they would be exploring to advance their cause apart from the protests.	http://www.looklocal.co.za/looklocal/content/en/north-east-joburg/north-east-joburg-news-municipal?oid=7669350&s
5-Aug-2013	Gauteng	Fochville, North West Johannesburg	Calm returns after Fochville protests IOL News 13 August 2013 Johannesburg - Fochville in the North West was quiet on Tuesday after service delivery protests last week, Gauteng police said. “It is very quiet there now,” Sergeant Busi Menoe said. On Tuesday Gauteng human settlements MEC Ntombi Mekgwe attended a meeting with representatives of Greater Fochville Concerned Citizens (GFCC).	http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/north-west/calm-returns-after-fochville-protests-1.1561788
5-Aug-2013	Gauteng	Kokosi,Johannesburg	Nine-year wait drives protest Kristen van Schie (IOL News )8 August 2013 Johannesburg - Extension six was supposed to bring 3 000 houses to Kokosi. But nine years later, the piece of land in the township outside the West Rand town of Fochville is still undeveloped. And the residents are tired of waiting. The community has protested throughout this week, with small groups fighting running battles with the police.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/nine-year-wait-drives-protest-1.1559539
6-Aug-2013	Western Cape	Khayelitsha,Cape Town	Tyres slashed on city vehicles Xolani Koyana (Cape Times) 7 August 2013 MUNICIPAL workers repairing toilets in Khayelitsha were left stranded for a few hours when protesting residents slashed the tyres of city vehicles and threatened to set them alight. S-Section residents slashed the tyres of the maintenance truck and a supervisor’s bakkie while workers were inspecting toilets in the informal settlement yesterday. There were seven workers at the toilets. The residents decried the city’s Expanded Public Works Programme	http://www.iol.co.za/capetimes/tyres-slashed-on-city-vehicles-1.1558913
7-Aug-2013	Western Cape	Khayelitsha,Cape Town	Poo protests: ‘It can’t carry on’ Nontando Mposo 8 August 2013 Cape Town - Cape Town’s poo protesters again caused havoc on the N2, forcing motorists travelling on the highway near Khayelitsha, just before the Mew Way exit, to a standstill on Wednesday. This is the second time in less than two weeks that N2 traffic has been targeted. A group of about 10 men and women flung faeces at passing vehicles at about 1pm. Some motorists swerved to avoid the protesters, who were standing in the road with portable loo containers full of human waste, jeering and shouting at the motorists to come out of their vehicles.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/poo-protests-it-can-t-carry-on-1.1559618
8-Aug-2013	Gauteng	Protea Glen south, Soweto	Protesters want premier, MEC in Soweto IOL News 8 August 2013 Johannesburg - Service delivery protesters in Protea Glen south, Soweto, are demanding to speak only to provincial leaders, Gauteng police said on Thursday. “They said no to (speaking to) a councillor; they want somebody higher than that,” Warrant Officer Kay Makhubela said.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/protesters-want-premier-mec-in-soweto-1.1559863
9-Aug-2013	Western Cape	Hout Bay,Cape Town	In Hout Bay, the Civic Association is planning a protest today, decrying the lack of access to land and decent housing. Association secretary Roscoe Jacobs said they supported women in protesting against Temporary Relocation Areas under construction in Hangberg. They had invited mayor Patricia de Lille to accept their memorandum. - Cape Times	http://www.iol.co.za/capetimes/website-blacked-out-as-uct-protests-1.1560129
11-Aug-2013	KZN	Etete,Durban North Coast	Protesters block R102 for two days IOL News 13 August 2013 Durban - Shack dwellers in the North Coast town of Etete, between Shakaskraal and Groutville, have blocked the R102 for two days and are demanding houses in a service delivery protest. The protesters have blocked off the R102 with rocks and expect Human Settlements MEC Ravi Pillay to address them on Tuesday, after KwaDukuza mayor councillor Ricardo Mthembu, was booed away on Wednesday.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/kwazulu-natal/protesters-block-r102-for-two-days-1.1561650
12-Aug-2013	KZN	Mandeni ,Durban	Mandeni residents protest IOL News 12 August 2013 Durban - About 1000 residents of the Nonyi informal settlement in Mandeni embarked on a service delivery protest on Monday, KwaZulu-Natal police said. Residents threw stones at police, who used rubber bullets and teargas to disperse them, Captain Thulani Zwane said.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/mandeni-residents-protest-1.1561100
12-Aug-2013	Gauteng	Roodepoort	Protests turn violent in Roodepoort IOL News 21 August 2013 Johannesburg - A group of protesters burnt tyres and placed rocks on Randfontein Road in Roodepoort on Wednesday, Johannesburg metro police said. “The protesters are singing and chanting, and also throwing stones at vehicles trying to pass through,” Chief Superintendent Wayne Minnaar said. Motorists were advised to avoid Randfontein Road. SA Police Service spokesman Constable Vincent Mashite said police were on their way to the scene http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/gauteng/protests-turn-violent-in-roodepoort-1.1565971	http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/gauteng/protests-turn-violent-in-roodepoort-1.1565971
14-Aug-2013	Gauteng	Lehae	Roads barricaded as protest erupts in Lenasia SABC News 14 August 2013 Residents of Lehae near Lenasia, south of Johannesburg, have barricaded roads in the area with burning tyres. They say they are angry over a lack of service delivery. The police's Kay Makhubele says the situation is tense and they have been deployed to monitor the situation. He warned that if people are violent they are going to be arrested.	http://www.sabc.co.za/news/a/1a742c0040b80446b1b4fba58719f994/Roads-barricaded-as-protest-erupts-in-Lenasia-20130814
14-Aug-2013	Gauteng	Protea south,Soweto	Earlier this week, 12 residents of Protea south in Soweto who were arrested for public violence were each granted R800 bail by the local magistrate's court. They were arrested last week after violent service delivery protests in the area. They barricaded roads with burning objects, stoned passing vehicles and damaged property demanding houses, water and electricity.	http://www.sabc.co.za/news/a/1a742c0040b80446b1b4fba58719f994/Roads-barricaded-as-protest-erupts-in-Lenasia-20130814
15-Aug-2013	Gauteng	Duduza,East Rand	Torching of councillor’s house condemned IOL News 16 August 2013 Cope in Gauteng on Friday condemned the burning of an East Rand municipal ward councillor's house following a housing scam in Duduza. The use of violence to express the genuine concerns of law-abiding citizens could not be tolerated, Congress of the People MPL Ndzipho Kalipa said in a statement.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/gauteng/torching-of-councillor-s-house-condemned-1.1563592
19-Aug-2013	Gauteng	Finetown, Johannesburg South	Service delivery protest in Finetown IOL News 19 August 2013 Johannesburg - Residents in Finetown, south of Johannesburg, protested over service delivery on Monday, Johannesburg metro police said. Inspector Edna Mamonyane said protesters had blocked the K43 road since 4am with stones and burning tyres.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/service-delivery-protest-in-finetown-1.1564269
20-Aug-2013	Mpumalanga	Barberton to Nelspruit	Kosovo demolition leads to chaos Look Local 20 August 2013 Once the police had left, the rioters continued to blockade the road with stones and sing struggle songs. They blockaded the R40 from Barberton to Nelspruit with burning wood and hurled insults at Umjindi mayor, Cllr Lazaros Mashaba in absentia, and police officers on the scene as they helplessly tried to resist demolition of their "homes". One woman was heard to say, "With that type of cruel heart, I wonder what kind of pastor Mashaba (Cllr Lazaros Mashaba) was at the church he is always claiming to lead."	http://www.looklocal.co.za/looklocal/content/en/lowveld/lowveld-news-crime?
21-Aug-2013	Gauteng	Johannesburg Orange Farm	Orange Farm residents protest IOL News 21 August 2013 Johannesburg - Residents of Orange Farm burnt tyres and placed rocks on main roads in the area on Wednesday, Johannesburg metro police said. “It is not safe to venture into the area, especially for motorists, because rocks are all over the road,” Chief Superintendent Wayne Minnaar said. “Motorists are advised to use the N1 instead of the Golden Highway,” he said. The protesters had also placed rocks and burning tyres between Welgevonden Road and Palm Springs Mall. Minnaar said it was not clear why residents were protesting. - Sapa	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/orange-farm-residents-protest-1.1565709
23-Aug-2013	W Cape	CapeTown	WC cops arrest violent protesters Eye Witness News 23 August 2013 CAPE TOWN - Cape Town police say they have arrested at least a dozen angry protesters for public violence following demonstrations in the Du Noon informal settlement near Milnerton. Residents burnt tyres and threw stones in the early hours of the morning. It's thought the protests are over poor service delivery. The Western Cape police’s Tembinkosi Kinana said the situation was quelled after swift action by officers at the scene.	http://ewn.co.za/2013/08/23/WC-police-arrest-violent-protesters
28-Aug-2013	Gateng	Mohlakeng	Update: Mohlakeng residents stage mass action Nonkululeko Mathebula (Look Local) 28 August 2013 Residents barricaded the R28 road with burning tyres and rocks this morning. Update — 28 August: Following the mass action on the R28 this morning, 28 August, residents of Mohlakeng Extension 5 have agreed to disperse from the scene to engage in talks with the West Rand District Municipality Executive Mayor Mpho Nawa at the Wall of Life Ministry church.	http://www.looklocal.co.za/looklocal/content/en/randfontein-westonaria/randfontein-westonaria-your-
1-Sep-2013	Gauteng	Klipspruit,Johannesburg	Power cuts enrage Klipspruit residents IOL News 2 September 2013 Johannesburg - Klipspruit residents protesting over power cuts clashed with motorists on Sunday. Their anger drove them to the streets after they had been in the dark since Thursday, in the latest in a series of electricity disruptions in several months.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/gauteng/power-cuts-enrage-klipspruit-residents-1.1571567
2-Sep-2013	KZN	Cato Crest,Durban	Our Movement is Under Attack Abahlali baseCato Crest Press Statement 2 September 2013 The eThekwini Municipality's Land Invasion Unit has again demolished shacks and evicted residents in Cato Crest without a Court Order. This is despite the undertaking made before the Durban High Court that they will not demolish any shacks in Cato Crest pending the final court decision. They demolished on Sunday and again this today. This morning they demolished 15 shacks, 8 of them were the homes of people who where among those who secured an interim court order preventing the destruction of their homes. The few bullies running this municipality are rendering it a criminal municipality with no respect for the poor, for democracy or the rule the law.	http://www.abahlali.org/node/10080
3-Sep-2013	Limpopo	Thulamela and Malamulele	Tribalism behind Malamulele protest - Premier IOL News 3 September 2013 Johannesburg - Limpopo premier Stan Mathabatha has blamed the violent protests that erupted in the Thulamela local municipality this week on tribalism. A Sapa correspondent reported that the Malamulele community went on the rampage on Monday, damaging property including a grader, truck, six cars, two public store rooms, 37 houses, and four offices belonging to the public works department.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/tribalism-behind-malamulele-protest-premier-1.1572359
4-Sep-2013	W Cape	Cape Town	Protest closes road in Piketberg IOL News 4 September 2013 Cape Town - A service delivery protest resulted in the N7 being closed at Piketberg on Wednesday afternoon, Western Cape traffic chief Kenny Africa said. “There were about 60 protesters burning tyres on the road and we had to close the N7 on both sides of the circle, redirecting traffic through Piketberg,” he said.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/protest-closes-road-in-piketberg-1.1572972
4-Sep-2013	E Cape	Mdantsane	Residents dig up ‘death road’ - report IOL News 5 September 2013 Angry residents of Mdantsane in the Eastern Cape dug up a road after a child was hit by a car and killed there, the DispatchOnline reported on Thursday. The villagers dug up the road on Wednesday following the death of Unam Dingela, five, in Zone 18 the previous day.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/eastern-cape/residents-dig-up-death-road-report-1.1573204
5-Sep-2013	KZN	Cato Crest,Durban	The three comrades arrested for public violence were bailed out last night Abahlali baseMjondolo Press statement 6 September 2013 Yesterday three Abahlali baseMjondolo members were arrested after Bellair Road was blockaded in protest at more illegal and violent evictions in Cato Crest. These evictions violated the law, the Constitution and an order of the court. The three comrades who were arrested are Sibongile, Nokulunga and Mr Mzinhle.	http://www.abahlali.org/node/10086
5-Sep-2013	KZN	Cato Crest,Durban	We Are Under Attack in Cato Crest! Abahlali baseMjondolo Pres statement 5 September 2013 Ethekwini Municipality violates Court Order Again Despite both an undertaking and an Order of Court issued by Durban High Court the eThekwini Municipality is demolishing Cato Crest shacks right now. Comrades are under attack in their own homes.
9-Sep-2013	NW	Tlokwe	Ramaphosa received a hostile reception. A group of men, women and schoolchildren broke into song when he was due to speak. He got out of his car and spoke briefly to some people, but was whisked away when the crowd became rowdy.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/tlokwe-residents-shun-anc-delegation-1.1575486
11-Sep-2013	Gauteng	Benoni,Johannesburg	EFF to make Ekurhuleni ungovernable Maile Matsimela (Look Local) 13 September 2013 ...show more chief, advocate Thekiso Mosome, is seen addressing "fighters" outside the Benoni Magistrates Court on September 11. ...show less Members of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) vowed to continue protesting and leading protests even in the face of arrests.	http://www.looklocal.co.za/looklocal/content/en/benoni/benoni-news-general?oid=7781133&sn=Detail&pid=40&EFF-to-make-Ekurhuleni-ungovernable
11-Sep-2013	Gauteng	Joburg, Randfontein	Randfontein protest turns violent IOL News 11 September 2013 Johannesburg - More than 100 protesters were arrested for public violence and malicious damage to property in the Protea area on Wednesday, Soweto police said. They were arrested during a service delivery protest which started in the early hours of the morning outside Randfontein, said Warrant Officer Kay Makhubela. Impala Road towards Krugersdorp, and the N12 from Potchefstroom, were being cleared and opened to traffic. Earlier, Makhubela described the scene as chaotic as hundreds of community members from the Waterworks informal settlement clashed with the police. “Police are firing rubber bullets at the protesters. We also have our nyalas (armoured vehicles) and choppers on the scene, but these protesters are attacking police,” said Makhubela. The protesters were throwing stones and rocks at police and motorists. A journalist was injured when he was hit by a stone. Those arrested would appear soon in the Westonaria Magistrate's Court, said Makhubela.	http://www.co.za/news/crime-courts/randfontein-protest-turns-violent-1576104
13-Sep-2013	E Cape	Port Elizabeth	MEC will not receive health memorandum IOL News 13 September 2013 Motsoaledi: Quality health care eludes SA Johannesburg - Eastern Cape health MEC Sicelo Gqobana will not be available on Friday to receive a memorandum on problems in his jurisdiction, the department said. A senior doctor would receive the memorandum from the Eastern Cape Health Crisis Action Coalition at the health department's provincial offices in Bisho instead, spokesman Sizwe Kupelo said.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/eastern-cape/mec-will-not-receive-health-memorandum-1.1577392
15-Sep-2013	Gauteng	Bekkersdal,Johannesburg	Bekkersdal protests cost R11.2m IOL News29 October 2013 Johannesburg - Bekkersdal protesters in the west of Johannesburg have caused an estimated R11.2 million damage to municipal buildings over the past six weeks, Beeld newspaper reported on Tuesday. Westonaria municipality spokesman Kgabane Madiehe said the Paul Nel community hall, a gymnasium, a mobile library and the municipal offices were damaged during protests.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/bekkersdal-protests-cost-r11-2m-1.1598725
25-Sep-2013	Gauteng	Johannesburg	SACP GAUTENG PROVINCE LEADS A MARCH ON HOUSING AND SERVICE DELIVERY SACP Gauteng Provincial Executive Committee Media alert 25 September 2013 The SACP Gauteng province housing service delivery related protest is currently underway, today 25 September 2015. Over 6 Gauteng communities from Alexandra, Lenasia, Lolly, Motsoaledi, Newtown, Orange Farm and Zamimpilo are demonstrating, led by the SACP to highlight serious challenges of housing and related service delivery backlogs.
28-Sep-2013		Westonaria	A bomb was found outside the Westonaria Nonkululeko Mathebula 2 October 2013 Authorities have confirmed that a bomb was planted outside the Westonaria Local Municipality building on 28 September. The bomb was made up of water gel blasting catridges and shock tubes, and was expected to blow up the entire building. However, authorities cannot confirm at this point whether this was an effort to destabilise the municipality.	http://www.looklocal.co.za/looklocal/content/en/randfontein-westonaria/randfontein-westonaria-news-crime?oid=78
30-Sep-2013	W Cape	Cape Town	Lili leads protest over land and sanitation IOL News 30 September 2013 Cape Town - Marchers from informal settlements across the Cape Flats gathered in the CBD on Monday morning for a march on the provincial legislature. The protest was led by former ANC ward councillor Andile Lili, who has co-ordinated a number of faeces attacks across the city this year. Lili claims to be campaigning for better sanitation for residents of informal settlement	http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/western-cape/lili-leads-protest-over-land-and-sanitation-1.1584674
30-Sep-2013	KZN	Cato Manor, Durban	Woman shot dead at Cato Manor protest IOL News 30 September 2013 Durban - A woman was shot and killed and another injured in a housing protest in Cato Manor in Durban on Monday, KwaZulu-Natal police said. Colonel Jay Naicker said residents blocked Bellair Road around 4am and a police vehicle was called to the scene to disperse the crowd.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/woman-shot-dead-at-cato-manor-protest-1.1584599
30-Sep-2013	Gauteng	Mooiplaats,Pretoria	Mooiplaats marchers ‘fed up with lies’ Valeska Abreu 1 October 2013 SAPS members clear barricades erected by protesters at the entrance to the Mooiplaats informal settlement. Photo: Phill Magakoe Pretoria - Wielding an assortment of home-made weapons, including pangas, thousands of infuriated residents of the Mooiplaats informal settlement on Monday displayed their frustrations on the R55, barricading the road with rocks and burning tyres, protesting against their eviction and lack of services in the dirt-strewn veld.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/gauteng/mooiplaats-marchers-fed-up-with-lies-1.1585138
15-Oct-2013	North-eastern Limpopo	Malamulele	Malamulele protests continue IOL News 16 October 2013 Malamulele - Small groups of protesters blocked roads and burned tyres in Malamulele on Wednesday, Limpopo police said. “The situation is calm, although it is still a bit tense, but it's not as critical as before,” Brigadier Hangwani Mulaudzi said.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/malamulele-protests-continue-1.1593050
15-Oct-2013	North-eastern Limpopo	Malamulele	Criminality replacing protests: police IOL News 17 October 2013 Malamulele - Criminal activity is replacing demarcation protests in Malamulele, Limpopo police said on Thursday. “The current situation is real quiet, but once it becomes dark, that is when problems emerge, such as cars being stoned and shops being burned,” said Brigadier Hangwani Mulaudzi. “These are no longer protests. These are criminal acts being perpetrated not in the Malamulele CBD but in adjoining areas. That is the situation.”	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/criminality-replacing-protests-police-1.1593604
16-Oct-2013	Gauteng	Bekkersdal,Johannesburg	High police presence in Bekkersdal IOL News 16 October 2013 Johannesburg - Police were monitoring the area of Bekkersdal near Westonaria on Wednesday following a violent service delivery protest, said Gauteng police. Constable Thembi Masango said the area was quiet at around 9am. “Things are still quiet but we have a high police presence,” she said.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/high-police-presence-in-bekkersdal-1.1592666
17-Oct-2013	E Cape	Cookhouse	In a separate protest, residents of Cookhouse set a municipal building alight on Thursday around 9pm, said Captain Stefanie Smith. “About... 600 dissatisfied community members took to the streets and started stoning the municipality building to express their alleged dissatisfaction (with municipal services).”	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/e-cape-protests-under-control-1.1594272
18-Oct-2013	North-eastern Limpopo	Malamulele	Situation tense in Malamulele IOL News 18 October 2013 Johannesburg - Malamulele police were bracing themselves for further protests over a demarcation dispute in the north-eastern Limpopo town on Friday. Brigadier Hangwani Mulaudzi said police were still monitoring the situation and were aware residents planned to hold a meeting later in the day.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/situation-tense-in-malamulele-1.1593867
18-Oct-2013	E Cape	Missionvale, Port Elizabeth and Cookhouse, Cradock,	Port Elizabeth - Service delivery protests in Missionvale, Port Elizabeth, and Cookhouse, near Cradock, were under control on Friday afternoon, Eastern Cape police said. “Earlier this morning (residents) were throwing stones at police,” said Warrant Officer Alwin Labans said. Police fired rubber bullets to disperse them.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/e-cape-protests-under-control-1.1594272
19-Oct-2013	KZN	Reservoir Hills,Durban	Two killed in fight over electricity IOL News 20 October 2013 Two people were killed and seven injured, allegedly by eThekwini Municipality security guards, on Saturday in a fight over electricity. At about 9am on Saturday a stand-off took place between city officials and residents at the New Germany informal settlement in Reservoir Hills when officials disconnected cables drawing electricity from nearby schools and garages to the informal settlement.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/two-killed-in-fight-over-electricity-1.1594614
21-Oct-2013	Free State	Moqhaka	DA Marches in Moqhaka Municipality - Calls for Municipal Manager's Suspension AllAfrica 21 October 2013 Today, the DA marched in Moqhaka Municipality in the Free State to highlight the deterioration of infrastructure and the non-existent service delivery record of the ANC-led municipality. The DA calls for the immediate suspension of Moqhaka Municipal Manager, Mr Mncedisi Mqwathi, and that an investigation is launched into his performance as the person responsible for service delivery.	http://allafrica.com/stories/201310212091.html
26-Oct-2013	KZN	Durban	Mayor ‘meats’ match in irate residents 27 October 2013 Durban - Durban mayor James Nxumalo’s delivery of meat parcels to the poor in eThekwini backfired on Saturday when angry residents started a fire in protest at his presence. Nxumalo and his helpers, some riding in a four-ton truck laden with the beef parcels sponsored by a Turkish company, zipped through the city as part of a mayoral outreach programme.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/mayor-meats-match-in-irate-residents-1.1598064
28-Oct-2013	E Cape	Butterworth, Ngqamakhwe	ECape protesters appear in court IOL News 29 October 2013 Butterworth - Twenty-six people appeared in the Ngqamakhwe Magistrate's Court on charges of public violence on Tuesday, Eastern Cape police said. “They were not asked to plead and their case was postponed to November 22 for further investigation,” said Captain Jackson Manatha. The group was released on a warning. The 18 women and eight men were arrested on Monday after violent protests broke out in the area. Manatha said the area was quiet on Tuesday morning. www.iol.co.za	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/ecape-protesters-appear-in-court-1.1599011
30-Oct-2013	W Cape	Cape Town	Cape Town CBD in chaos Kim Kay 30 October 2013 Cape Town - Chaos erupted in the Cape Town CBD as hundreds of people allegedly protesting against the provincial government flooded the streets and started rioting. According to the People's Post, a large police contingent was present outside the government building where protesters vowed to stay until Premier Helen Zille addressed the crowd. The protest then took a turn for the worse when some of the crowd broke away and began looting stalls and shops in St George's Mall. Shop owners and traders were forced to pack away their goods and stop trading in fear of being attacked by a mob of protesters.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/western-cape/cape-town-cbd-in-chaos-1.1599643
31-Oct-2013	Gauteng	Joburg, Durban Deep	Civil unrest moves to town Service delivery protest spreads to Durban Deep and disrupts peak traffic. Riaan van Zyl (LookLocal) 31 October 2013 Following in the wake of the Tshepisong and Bekkersdal riots, unhappy residents of Durban Deep have added their voices to the choir of civil disobedience. Allegedly having been without water and prepaid electricity for two weeks, the protestors took to Albertina Sisulu Road in the early morning hours of 31 October. Entrances to Durban Deep were barricaded with burning tyres that kept on appearing magically, as well as tree trunks. At first JMPD and the SAPS just observed and diverted traffic away from the chaos but when the protestors started intimidating residents carrying water into the community, a confrontation started between law enforcement and the crowd. Civil unrest moves to town Service delivery protest spreads to Durban Deep and disrupts peak traffic. Riaan van Zyl (LookLocal) 31 October 2013 Following in the wake of the Tshepisong and Bekkersdal riots, unhappy residents of Durban Deep have added their voices to the choir of civil disobedience. Allegedly having been without water and prepaid electricity for two weeks, the protestors took to Albertina Sisulu Road in the early morning hours of 31 October. Entrances to Durban Deep were barricaded with burning tyres that kept on appearing magically, as well as tree trunks. At first JMPD and the SAPS just observed and diverted traffic away from the chaos but when the protestors started intimidating residents carrying water into the community, a confrontation started between law enforcement and the crowd.	http://www.looklocal.co.za/looklocal/content/en/roodepoort/roodepoort-news-general?
5-Nov-2013	Gauteng	Pretoria	National Police fire shots at EFF protesters Mail & Guardian 5 November 2013 Rubber shots have been fired at protesters at the Union Buildings in Pretoria, say police. Four of EFF members were arrested while others were shot and injured and are in hospital. (Gallo)	http://mg.co.za/article/2013-11-05-shots-fired-at-eff-protesters
5-Nov-2013	Gauteng	Soweto, Gauteng	Johannesburg - A 12-year-old boy was shot and wounded during a protest in Jabulani, Soweto, Gauteng police said on Tuesday. Warrant Officer Kay Makhubela said the boy was shot on Friday. “It is alleged the boy was shot in the head. By yesterday (Monday) he was still in hospital. “We do not know who shot him, (it is) between the Johannesburg metro police and the South African Police Service (SAPS). We are investigating.” He said residents protested on Friday, demanding that speed humps be erected on roads, as cars were driving at high speed in the area. Makhubela said a case of attempted murder was opened on Monday after the police traced the boy's family. He said there was a public disturbance during the protest and three people were arrested. “The three were arrested for malicious damage and public violence. They appeared in the Protea Magistrate's Court on Monday.” He said the case was postponed to Monday, when they were expected to bring a formal bail application. - Sapa	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/boy-shot-during-soweto-protest-1.1602346
7-Nov-2013	W Cape	Mitchells Plain	Residents burn their water and rent bills IOL News 8 November 2013 A group of Mitchells Plain residents burnt their water and rent bills on Thursday and buried them under a tombstone with the words “RIP Council Arrears” inscribed on it. This, they said, marked the “death of their payments” to the City of Cape Town.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/residents-burn-their-water-and-rent-bills-1.1604288
7-Nov-2013	Gauteng	Mooiplaats,Pretoria	‘EFF hijacked our march’ Tebogo Monama (IOL News) 8 November 2013 Pretoria - Mooiplaats community leaders have accused the Economic Freedom Fighters of hijacking their service delivery march to the Union Buildings. About 400 residents and EFF members gathered at the old Putco depot in Marabastad on Thursday to march to the Union Buildings, but the leaders of the two groups had disagreements at the meeting point.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/eff-hijacked-our-march-1.1604249
14-Nov-2013	E Cape	Langa, Uitenhage,Kwalanga, Rosedale	More Uitenhage protesters arrested IOL News 15 November 2013 Port Elizabeth - Nine more people were arrested on Friday during a protests in Langa, Uitenhage, Eastern Cape police said. “They were arrested for public violence and contempt of court,” said Warrant Officer Gerda Swart. The area was quiet, but police were still keeping watch.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/more-uitenhage-protesters-arrested-1.1607934
2-Dec-2013	Gauteng	Kagiso	Hail damage causes riots: Aid follows Kagiso residents' riots. Look Local 2 December 2013 Kagiso residents took the streets burning tyres as pleads for aid allegedly went unheard after a hailstorm hit the area on Thursday 28 November. In an interview with SABC News, residents accused the local municipality of not caring enough.	http://www.looklocal.co.za/looklocal/content/en/krugersdorp/krugersdorp-mobile-news?oid=7990736&sn=Mobile-Det
2-Dec-2013	Gauteng	Soshanguve,Pretoria	Homes burn, bullets fly in Sosh Valeska Abreu (IOL News) 4 December 2013 Pretoria - Two homes were set alight on Tuesday when violence erupted in Soshanguve following the eviction of some families from RDP houses. Tshwane Metro Police officers were stoned and shot at, and had to use rubber bullets to disperse the angry evictees.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/homes-burn-bullets-fly-in-sosh-1.1616493
11-Jan-2014	NW	Mothutlung , Brits	Indeed, a march on Sunday to Mothutlung councillor Solly Davids's house was peaceful, even on the police's version of events. No one charged and no one was attacked, although some community members were not satisfied with Davids's explanation and wanted to march again on Monday morning, according to Mokgwabone. It is unclear why Monday's protest had a different result.	http://mg.co.za/article/2014-01-15-00-mothutlung-marchers-say-police-gave-no-warning-before-shooting
13-Jan-2014	Mpumalanga	Lydenburg	Illegal occupation of land leads to court order Look Local 13 January 2014 A totally out of control situation recently led to a court order after stands were illegally allocated and sold on land belonging to the municipality. 13 January 2014 MASHISHING -The illegal occupation of the property known as the extended portion 39 of farm 31, Townlands of Lydenburg, forced the Thaba Chweu Municipality to acquire a court order after several attempts of negotiations with both the occupiers and the SAPS failed.	http://www.looklocal.co.za/looklocal/content/en/lowveld/lowveld-mobile-news?
13-Jan-2014	NW	Mothutlung , Brits	Mothutlung protesters say police shot at a peaceful crowd Sarah Evans, Kwanele Sosibo (Mail & Guardian) 15 January 2014 Eyewitness accounts at the Mothutlung shooting of two protesters paint a picture of police acting in contravention of crowd management rules. Eyewitness accounts at the Mothutlung shooting of two protesters paint a picture of police acting in contravention of crowd management rules. (Gallo) Eyewitnesses say the police were unprovoked and threw tear gas and shot bullets into a peaceful march at Mothutlung, near Brits in the North West on Monday. Marchers were shot at while protesting because their water supply had been cut off for a week. Marchers also say they were given no warnings before the police intervened, in contravention of current crowd control policies. Police in the North West told the Mail & Guardian that they had to "disperse" the crowd after stones were thrown at the police, and hawkers' shops were "looted". But the police could not clarify whether Monday's operation was a dispersal operation or a crowd management scenario that went wrong.	http://mg.co.za/article/2014-01-15-00-mothutlung-marchers-say-police-gave-no-warning-before-shooting
13-Jan-2014	NW	Brits	*In the North West on January 13, Osiah Rahube and photographer Michael Tshele were killed in clashes with police in Brits during a protest for running water.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/relela-protesters-stone-cops-1.1639561
14-Jan-2014	Gauteng	Johannesbuerg Lindhaven	Protesters storm homes, flats IOL News 21 January 2014 Johannesburg - A Lindhaven family were forced to take cover inside a locked bathroom when angry residents of Princess informal settlement, west of Joburg, stormed their home. A woman, who was with her toddlers at the time, was able to contact a local police sector number for help.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/gauteng/protesters-storm-homes-flats-
14-Jan-2014	Gauteng	Roodepoort,Johannesburg	Roodepoort protests to continue IOL News 17 January 2014 Johannebsurg - Residents of the Princess informal settlement in Roodepoort, on the West Rand, vowed to resume their service delivery protest later on Friday. A resident who asked not to be named said the protest for better housing and service delivery would be stepped up on Friday night. It began on Tuesday.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/gauteng/roodepoort-protests-to-continue-1.1633218
14-Jan-2014	N Cape	Skierlik outside Swartruggens	Skierlik memorial shunned IOL News 15 January 2014 Johannesburg - Victims and survivors of the Skierlik massacre – in which four people, including a three-month-old child, were killed – snubbed a commemoration service held in their honour on Tuesday.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/skierlik-memorial-shunned-1.1631865
15-Jan-2014	Gauteng	Pretoria	Man nearly necklaced over housing Valeska Abreu 22 January 2014 Pretoria - Placed between two tyres, handcuffed and minutes away from being necklaced, a young Soshanguve man is very lucky to be alive. Following several housing disputes flaring between two rival groups in the township, residents have been living in fear for six days after many were forcibly evicted, others beaten, one person left dead and several homes torched.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/man-nearly-necklaced-over-housing-1.1635235
16-Jan-2014	W Cape	Cape Town, Valhalla Park	Police break up Valhalla demo Natasha Prince 16 January 2014 Cape Town - Police used a water canon and fired stun grenades to disperse angry Valhalla Park residents who shut down a busy main road on Wednesday to protest against poor service delivery.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/police-break-up-valhalla-demo-1.1632412
16-Jan-2014	KZN	Umvoti	Land claimants hijack truck, barricade main road Colleen Dardagan 16 January 2014 Durban - KwaZulu-Natal land claimants who threatened to evict a farm manager earlier this week, hijacked a truck and blocked the Muden-Greytown road on Wednesday in a move to force the government to settle their 10-year-old claim to the farm. The chairman of the Umvoti Farmers’ Association, Andy Mason, said the claimants dug a “waist-deep” trench in the road and hijacked a truck delivering bottled water to Greytown.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/land-claimants-hijack-truck-barricade-main-road-1.1632408
19-Jan-2014	Mpumalanga	Pienaar	Man held after Mbombela water protests IOL News 20 January 2014 One man has been arrested during service delivery protests in Pienaar, near Mbombela in Mpumalanga, police said on Monday. “One Mozambican national was arrested on Sunday and will appear at the KaNyamazane Magistrate's Court on Tuesday on charges of public violence,” said police spokesman Brigadier Selvy Mohlala.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/man-held-after-mbombela-water-protests-1.1633611
21-Jan-2014	Gauteng	Bekkersdal ,Johannesburg	Mine’s land belongs to the people: leader IOL News 22 January 2014 Johannesburg - Bekkersdal residents believe that occupying land belonging to gold mining company Rand Uranium is legal, a community leader said on Wednesday. “The community believes the land is rightfully theirs. They say this is not illegal,” Thabang Wesi told Sapa. Mine’s land belongs to the people: leader IOL News 22 January 2014 Johannesburg - Bekkersdal residents believe that occupying land belonging to gold mining company Rand Uranium is legal, a community leader said on Wednesday. “The community believes the land is rightfully theirs. They say this is not illegal,” Thabang Wesi told Sapa.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/mine-s-land-belongs-to-the-people-leader-1.1635345
22-Jan-2014	W Cape	Cape Town	Cape cleaners pelted with faeces Zodidi Dano (IOL News)23 January 2014 Cape Town - City of Cape Town employees and contract cleaning staff were pelted with stones and faeces by angry Barcelona informal settlement residents on Wednesday. No injuries were reported. The city council workers and contracted cleaning services staff had returned to the area, in Gugulethu, to commence their normal cleaning schedule, after months of violent disruptions had prohibited them from doing so.
22-Jan-2014	NW	Hebron	Brits protesters hand over memorandum IOL News 22 January 2014 Brits - Residents of Hebron, North West, handed over a memorandum of grievances at the Madibeng local municipality's offices in Brits on Wednesday, giving it 14 days to respond. Among their demands was the sacking of their ward councillor, who they accused of flaunting her wealth instead of attending to their needs.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/north-west/brits-protesters-hand-over-memorandum-1.1635198
23-Jan-2014	Gauteng	Durban Deep	Man killed in Durban Deep protest JOHANNESBURG – Gauteng police have confirmed a man has been killed during this morning's protest over housing in Roodepoort on the West Rand. Police say the man died in hospital.	http://ewn.co.za/2014/01/23/Man-killed-in-Durban-Deep-protest
23-Jan-2014	Gauteng	Durban Deep	Durban Deep protesters freed SAPA 24 January 2014 Johannesburg - Public violence charges against 28 Durban Deep protesters were dropped in the Roodepoort Magistrate's Court on Friday. “The charges have been dropped due to lack of evidence, but they could be reinstated if the State has new evidence,” said James Human, for the protesters.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/durban-deep-protesters-freed-1.1636648
23-Jan-2014	Gauteng	Roodepoort ,Johannesburg	Protesters barricade Roodepoort roads IOL News 23 January 2014 Johannesburg - Protesters in Roodepoort barricaded roads with stones and burning objects on Thursday, Johannesburg metro police said. “They are throwing stones at passing cars. Motorists must used alternative routes such as Albertina Sisulu, Impala and Ontdekkers,” said Chief Superintendent Wayne Minnaar.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/gauteng/protesters-barricade-roodepoort-roads-1.1635529
24-Jan-2014	NW	Brits	Protesters bring Brits to a standstill News 24 24 January 2014 Brits - Residents of Brits brought the town to a standstill as they marched to the offices of the Madibeng local municipality on Friday. Roads were closed for the march and traffic was disrupted. The residents were joined by members of the Economic Freedom Fighters.	http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Protesters-bring-Brits-to-a-standstill-20140124
24-Jan-2014	Gauteng	Hammanskraal Temba Pretoria	Protest leaders flee after homes destroyed IOL News 1 February 2014 Fight over water jobs leads to death, injury Pretoria - Five men who led an informal group of more than a thousand unemployed people looking for jobs at a water reservoir project in Hammanskraal are on the run after their homes were burned or pulled down. Doctor Maifadi, Thabang Shipalane, Jabulani Skosana, Paul Masoma and Titus Koto fled after several people stormed in, baying for their blood on Thursday night.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/protest-leaders-flee-after-homes-destroyed-1.1640408
28-Jan-2014	Gauteng	Kagiso and Krugersdorp	EFF members embark on peaceful protest action Look Local 28 January 2014 Members of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) Kagiso Branch demanded that Mogale City Local Municipality give in to their demands. 28 January 2014 About 100 Economic Freedom Fighter (EFF) members from Kagiso embarked on a peaceful protest to Krugersdorp Town Hall today 28 January to deliver their memorandum of grievances to the management of Mogale City Local Municipality.	http://www.looklocal.co.za/looklocal/content/en/krugersdorp/krugersdorp-mobile-news?oid=8100462&sn=Mobile-Det
28-Jan-2014	Limpopo	Tzaneen	Tzaneen foreigners fear looting IOL News 31 January 2014 Tzaneen - Foreign shop owners trading in Relela and Kubjana outside Tzaneen in Limpopo on Friday feared that protesters who looted their shops would return to help themselves to the rest of their stock. Some shops were looted on Thursday amid protests by residents, demanding the arrest of people who brutally killed a 20-year-old woman last week.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/tzaneen-foreigners-fear-looting-1.1640258
29-Jan-2014	Limpopo	Rhelela, Tzaneen	Two killed by cops in Relela protest IOL News 29 January 2014 Two men were shot dead by police during a protest in Relela outside Tzaneen, Limpopo police said on Wednesday. The two men, aged between 25 and 40, were killed on Tuesday evening near the police station in the area, Brigadier Hangwani Mulaudzi said.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/two-killed-by-cops-in-relela-protest-1.1638523
30-Jan-2014	Gauteng	Bronkhorstspruit, Zithobeni	All quiet after Bronkhorstspruit protests IOL News 31 January 2014 Johannesburg - Bronkhorstspruit, east of Pretoria, was quiet on Friday following violent service delivery protests, Gauteng police said. Brigadier Neville Malila said police were maintaining a presence in the area. “Things are quiet at the moment,” he said.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/all-quiet-after-bronkhorstspruit-protests-1.1640338
31-Jan-2014	W Cape	Milnerton Cape Town	Service delivery protest in Milnerton IOL News 31 January 2014 Cape Town - Residents of the Joe Slovo informal settlement in Milnerton blocked roads in a service delivery protest on Friday, Western Cape police said. Captain Frederick van Wyk said people had burned tyres on Freedom Way from 7am. At least 100 people planned to march from Joe Slovo to the municipal office behind Racecourse road to hand over a memorandum. Van Wyk said the City of Cape Town had granted them permission to march. “Currently everything is under control,” he said. Roads were cleared and the public order police were on the scene with local police officers to monitor the situation. No arrests had been made. - Sapa	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/service-delivery-protest-in-milnerton-1.1640025
1-Feb-2014	Gauteng	Honingklip, Krugersdorp	Krugersdorp - About 100 people were protesting in Honingklip, near Krugersdorp in the West Rand on Saturday, Gauteng police said. Residents demanded better service delivery in the area, said Sergeant Obakeng Mabaso. The protest, which began in the early hours of Saturday morning, involved residents blocking the N14 with bricks and stones. Two residents were taken to hospital for minor injuries, Mabaso said. Residents also threw stones at security guards, who fired rubber bullets in an attempt to disperse the crowd. Police were then called to the scene. “They (police) dispersed the crowd and stabilised the situation,” Mabaso said. Police were still at the scene to monitor the situation. No arrests were been made, Mabaso said.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/honingklip-protesters-block-n14-1.1640432
5-Feb-2014	Gauteng	Ekangala near Bronkhorstspruit	Ekangala protesters demand better service IOL News 5 February 2014 Johannesburg - Protesting residents of Ekangala near Bronkhorstspruit, east of Pretoria, on Wednesday demanded improved service delivery in the area. This followed the torching of various buildings, including a clinic and a house in nearby Rethabiseng. Locals said they had been in the area since the early 1990s but nothing had been done for them. During a community meeting, Mita Mothoa from Dark City, a section of Ekangala, said she was still using a pit toilet. “Tshwane is not treating us right. We don't have toilets and title deeds. It's time we stood up,” she said. Community leader Petros Molobola told the group gathered at the community hall that residents did not want to fall under the City of Tshwane. “We never accepted Tshwane, our parents did. We are not Sputla's (mayor Kgosientso Ramokgopa's) puppets,” he said. The area used to fall under the Metsweding municipality but was merged with Tshwane in 2011. Other residents said they wanted land to build shacks. A site was identified where residents would start building shacks. “We are going to build them and they (municipality and police) must not remove us,” said one resident. Before the meeting, a group calling themselves Concerned residents of Ekangala danced in the street with a banner saying “away with Tshwane, give us back our Metsweding”, and “give our title deeds, develop Metsweding, no poor service”. Earlier in the day, police stopped residents who were marching to the main road to voice their dissatisfaction.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/ekangala-protesters-demand-better-service-1.1642373
6-Feb-2014	W Cape	Sir Lowry’s Pass Village	Geach was attacked by a mob of housing protesters who turned on journalists amid clashes with police. Other photographers were pelted with stones, but managed to escape without serious injury.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/residents-turn-in-lens-thief-1.1643724
7-Feb-2014	Gauteng	Majakaneng, Johannesburg	Protesters block roads Majakaneng IOL News 7 February 2014 Johannesburg - Protesters barricaded the Old Pretoria Road and the N4 highway in Majakaneng near Brits, North West police said on Friday. “The protesters are angry over an apparent lack of water in their area, (and) motorists were being directed to use alternative routes,” Colonel Sabata Mokgwabone said. Protesters were splitting into groups and burning tyres along the roads, he said. On Thursday, protesters looted shops owned by foreigners in retaliation to police shooting rubber bullets at them, said resident Pule Rakomane. A cement truck was torched by residents demanding better service delivery on Thursday. - Sapa	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/protesters-block-roads-majakaneng-1.1643611
7-Feb-2014	Gauteng	Sebokeng	The protests in Sebokeng started on Wednesday, with roads being barricaded with stones, trees and burning tyres. They demanded better housing. Protester Lerata Rabolila, 27, was shot dead in the area during the violent protests. Police in Bronkhorstspruit, east of Pretoria, said the area was quiet on Friday. A week-long protest by residents saw several buildings torched, including a clinic, hall and library. They protested over their inability to buy electricity following a merger of municipalities that resulted in a changed purchasing system. They also called for better service delivery.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/protesting-residents-remain-defiant-1.1643841
8-Feb-2014	Gauteng	Bekkersdal	The SABC reported that “scores” of people were injured when residents clashed with the Red Ants in Bekkersdal, on the West Rand, on Saturday
8-Feb-2014		Hebron	Hebron residents have been running amok since Thursday, barricading roads with stones and burning tyres, demanding improved service delivery. They threw stones at passing cars and prevented anyone from entering the township, including the media. Police fired shots into the air and used tear gas to disperse the crowd. All six schools in Hebron were closed. Six shops belonging to Somalis, Bangladeshis and Ethiopians were looted and the owners injured.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/gauteng/flames-of-fury-burn-in-hebron-1.1644001
8-Feb-2014	NW	Majakaneng, Brits	In North West province, voter registration is struggling to start in Majakaneng near Brits due to the on-going protests by the residents who demand drinking water. Thousands of residents went on the rampage on Thursday, burning properties, barricading roads and disrupting learning at the local schools.	http://www.sabc.co.za/news/a/f9efb58042daa7b99954fb56d5ffbd92/PE,-Brits-protests-disrupt-voter-registration-20140208
8-Feb-2014	E Cape	Silvertown, PE	At the Silvertown informal settlement in Port Elizabeth, protesters are turning away both IEC officials and African National Congress regional leaders. They have told the IEC to dismantle and remove theirs voter registration tent.	http://www.sabc.co.za/news/a/f9efb58042daa7b99954fb56d5ffbd92/PE,-Brits-protests-disrupt-voter-registration-20140208
9-Feb-2014	W Cape	Cape Town	Fresh protests shut Vanguard Drive Daneel Knoetze 13 February 2014 Cape Town - For the second time this week, protesters from Siqalo informal settlement burnt tyres and closed a section of Vanguard Drive overnight. Protests first started on Sunday and carried on overnight into Monday morning. Residents told the Cape Argus they were retaliating to the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) setting up a tent for voter registration in the area. The tent was petrol bombed and destroyed on Sunday.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/fresh-protests-shut-vanguard-drive-1.1646676
10-Feb-2014	W Cape	Mitchells Plain	Three held in Mitchells Plain protest Jason Felix (IOL News )11 February 2014 Cape Town - A crowd of 200 blockaded Vanguard Drive in Mitchells Plain with burning tyres late on Monday night after a second day of protests over services by Isiqalo residents. In the informal settlement earlier on Monday, three people were arrested in clashes with the police, where protesters caused traffic chaos along the busy road	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/three-held-in-mitchells-plain-protest-1.1645133
14-Feb-2014	W Cape	Cape Town	Siqalo residents vow to intensify protest Eye Witness News 14 February 2014 CAPE TOWN - Residents of the Siqalo informal settlement in Cape Town have promised protests will intensify as the elections draw closer. Residents burnt tyres and blocked off a number of roads this morning.	http://ewn.co.za/2014/02/13/Siqalo-residents-vow-to-intensify-protest
14-Feb-2014	W Cape	Cape Town	Crowds march in support of poo protester News 24 14 February 2014 A large crowd gathers outside the Western Cape High Court to support axed ANC councillor Loyiso Nkohla, who was appealing his dismissal over his role in the poo protests. Cape Town - Thousands of people turned out in sweltering heat on Friday to protest during the court appearance of ANC councillor Loyiso Nkohla.	http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Crowds-march-in-support-of-poo-protester-20140214
15-Feb-2014	W Cape	Enkanini,Cape Town	Enkanini: there’ll be no voting here Daneel Knoetze (IOL News) 17 February 2014 Cape Town - Come election day, the Enkanini Residents Committee has vowed to blockade voting stations to prevent anyone in the informal settlement from casting their ballot. The committee said it considered votes as support for politicians who were not interested in improving the lives of people who lived in the settlement, which is outside Stellenbosch.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/enkanini-there-ll-be-no-voting-here-1.1648167
15-Feb-2014	Gauteng	Mabopane,Gauteng	Nine held after Mabopane protest SAPA 17 February 2014 Johannesburg - Nine people were arrested for public violence during a service delivery protest in Mabopane, north of Pretoria, police said on Monday. Six of them were arrested on Monday morning and three on Sunday, Captain Doniah Mothutsane said.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/nine-held-after-mabopane-protest-1.1648304
17-Feb-2014	W Cape	Cape Town	MEC chased at housing handover Siyavuya Mzantsi 18 February 2014 Cape Town - Bonginkosi Madikizela, the MEC for Human Settlements, was escorted to safety when a group of angry residents confronted him as he tried to address a housing handover ceremony in George Kerridge in Vredenburg on Monday. The residents, many of them wearing ANC shirts, claimed he was there to score “political points” before the elections. Police escorted him to his car as the crowd became rowdy and he was blocked from entering the community hall where the ceremony was held.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/mec-chased-at-housing-handover-1.1648812
17-Feb-2014	KZN	Umkomazi , Durban	KZN protesters torch councillor’s home IOL News 17 February 2014 Durban - A councillor's house in Mahlongwa, Umkomazi was set alight and cars were stoned during service delivery protests on Monday, KwaZulu-Natal police said. Captain Thulani Zwane said a public violence docket was opened but no arrests were made. A police car was stoned during the protests, which began around 6am. The crowd calmed down around 3pm after the mayor addressed them, he said. The SABC reported that police fired rubber bullets to disperse residents after they refused to assemble at a local hall where the mayor was to meet with them. Zwane could not confirm whether rubber bullets were used. Police were monitoring the area. Sapa	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/kzn-protesters-torch-councillor-s-home-1.1648496
25-Feb-2014	Mpumalanga	Bushbuckridge	Residents demand the removal of ANC Bushbuckridge secretary SABC 25 February 2014 Mweli Masilela Mpumalanga Bushbuckridge ANC Mandla Ndlovu Zondi Mkhabela Lucky Ndinisa Police Protest Limpopo Acornhoek African National Congress (ANC) members in Bushbuckridge went on the rampage blockading the R40 road to Acornhoek. Workers could not go to work and motorists remained stranded on the busy road linking Mpumalanga and Limpopo on Tuesday. The protesters are demanding the removal of the ANC's Bohlabela region secretary.	http://www.sabc.co.za/news/a/6aead480430fc653876b9f45a23ba143/Residents-demand-the-removal-of-ANC-Bushbuckridge-secretary-20140225
25-Feb-2014	Gauteng	Comet, Boksburg	The intersection had been blocked off with burning tyres, rubble, rocks, and other objects from 02:00 on Monday until the afternoon. One person was injured by a rock that was aimed at police, Mokheseng said.
26-Feb-2014	KZN	Reservoir Hills, Durban	Protests erupt in Banana City IOL News 26 February 2014 Durban - Police used rubber bullets and teargas to disperse about 50 protesters at an informal settlement in Durban's Reservoir Hills early on Wednesday morning. Police spokesman Captain Thulani Zwane said the protests at the settlement, known as Banana City, were related to service delivery. “They blocked the roads with burning tyres and stones and members used water cannon and rubber bullet to disperse them. Public order police members are still at the scene to monitor the protests. No arrest have been made and no injuries reported,” said Zwane. East Coast Radio reported on Wednesday that Varsity Drive, one of the main access roads to the University of KwaZulu-Natal's Westville campus, had been blocked by the protesters who cut down trees and set them on fire on the road. - Sapa	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/protests-erupt-in-banana-city-1.1653029
27-Feb-2014	W Cape	Cape Town, CBD	Police Force Protesters Out Of Cape Town Yahoo News 27 February 2014 Cape Town – An illegal service protest in the Cape Town central business district (CBD) has reportedly come to an end after police officers, using stun guns and revving motorbikes, dispersed the crowd and directed them back to the train, reported the Cape Argus.	http://za.news.yahoo.com/police-force-protesters-cape-town-141012943.html
27-Feb-2014	NW	Mahikeng	Rubber bullets fired in N West IOL News 27 February 2014 Mahikeng - Rubber bullets and stun grenades were used to disperse protesting residents of Setlagole, near Mahikeng, on Thursday, North West police said. Brigadier Thulani Ngubane said about 400 people gathered illegally and blocked the N18 between Vryburg and Mahikeng. They began burning tyres from around 3am. “The community allegedly barricaded the road and demanded to be given feedback by the mayor of Ratlou local municipality on issues pertaining to the memorandum they handed in on February 14,” he said. Around 10am, police dispersed the crowd and nine women and 11 men were arrested. A number of foreign-owned shops were looted during the protest and four women and three men were arrested for possession of suspected stolen goods. “It was also reported that an attempt was made to set alight the house of the mayor, but the police intervened and only window panes were damaged after being pelted with stones by protesters,” Ngubane said. Those arrested would appear in court soon to face charges of public violence, possession of suspected stolen goods, business robbery and contravention of the Road Traffic Act. www.iol.co.za	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/rubber-bullets-fired-in-n-west-1.1653948
27-Feb-2014	Gauteng	Majakaneng Brits	Residents of the village barricaded Old Pretoria Road and the N4 highway last month. They were demanding water, proper roads and RDP houses.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/five-held-over-majakaneng-protest-1.1666212
5-Mar-2014	Free State	Bloemfontain,Freestate	Zastron residents march over water: DA IOL News 5 March 2014 Bloemfontein - Residents of Matlakeng in Zastron, Free State, marched to the Mohokare municipality's offices on Wednesday to demand water, the Democratic Alliance said. “The... municipality was supposed to ensure that this right was upheld, but this was not the case here,” DA Free State leader Patricia Kopane said.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/zastron-residents-march-over-water-da-1.1656956
7-Mar-2014	NW	Ditsobotla	Service delivery protest on N14 IOL News 7 March 2014 Johannesburg - About 1000 people staged a service delivery protest on the N14 highway on Friday, North West police said. “The residents were taking their anger with the municipality to the streets,” Captain Pelonomi Makau said. The protests took place on the national road between Coligny and Ventersdorp. Makau said residents of the Monotomosetlha informal settlement were promised - by the Ditsobotla Local Municipality - that they would be moved to another area because their shacks flooded when it rained. This had not happened, she said. Earlier, the residents had blocked the N14 with large rocks, and the road had to be closed. It was later re-opened.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/service-delivery-protest-on-n14-1.1658231
7-Mar-2014	KZN	iSiphingo	Road Blockade now on in iSiphingo Abahlali baseMjondolo Statement 7 March 2014 Residents of the iSiphingo transit camps are currently engaged in a road blockade. Transit camps are never acceptable. We are human beings not animals. Recently this camp has been flooded again after the rains. Residents have diseases like TB and asthma due to the living conditions.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/zastron-residents-march-over-water-da-1.1656956
8-Mar-2014		Bloemhof,NWP,Gauteng	N West protesters cause more damage IOL News 8 April 2014 Bloemhof - Protesters partially burnt down the back room of a house belonging to a police officer in the Boitumelong township on Tuesday morning, North West police said. On Monday night protesters torched the houses of a municipal councillor and a municipal clerk in Cavandale township, said Brigadier Thulane Ngubane.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/n-west-protesters-cause-more-damage-1.1673095
11-Mar-2014	E Cape	Bizana	Matidane said the youths were blocking the road with stones. “When the police officers attempted to remove the stones, the youths threw the stones at them,” he said. Police then fired rubber bullets at the protesters to disperse them. Matidane said no injuries were reported and the protesters had dispersed.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/two-arrested-for-e-cape-protest-1.1659561
16-Mar-2014		Eastern Cape and Freestate	Angry citizens confront ANC leaders IOL News 16 March 2014 Port Elizabeth - The ANC’s charm offensive in the Eastern Cape and Free State was met with cheers, jeers and tough service delivery questions from disgruntled residents who complained about poor or inadequate services. The party’s senior officials, including President Jacob Zuma, his deputy, Cyril Ramaphosa, treasurer-general Zweli Mkhize and secretary-general Gwede Mantashe got the message first-hand after the ANC dispatched them to Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape, and to the Free State areas of Mangaung, Sasolburg and Welkom.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/angry-citizens-confront-anc-leaders-1.1661987
16-Mar-2014	E Cape	Port Elizabeth	Zuma ‘booers’ were drunk: ANC IOL News 16 March 2014 Port Elizabeth - The ANC denied reports that President Jacob Zuma was booed by Port Elizabeth residents, the party said on Sunday. “The African National Congress dismisses the lies tweeted by Lubabalo Nggcukana of City Press that President Zuma was booed by residents of Jacksonville in Port Elizabeth,” spokesman Jackson Mthembu said in a statement.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/zuma-booers-were-drunk-anc-1.1661924
18-Mar-2014	W Cape	Cape Town,	Angry commuters storm Metrorail offices IOL News 19 March 2014 Fed-up Metrorail commuters stormed the rail service manager’s offices at Cape Town Station on Tuesday, demanding to know why they were constantly inconvenienced by late trains. The issue – affecting about 350 000 daily commuters in the Western Cape – reared its head again on Tuesday morning when trains were delayed by a derailment at Cape Town station, which had happened on Saturday.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/western-cape/angry-commuters-storm-metrorail-offices-
20-Mar-2014	W Cape	Philippi Cape town	Cape Town - Residents burned tyres and blocked roads in a number of areas across Cape Town on Thursday morning in service delivery protests.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/police-clash-with-cape-protesters-1.1664560
25-Mar-2014	W Cape	Khayelitsha Delft	Since 4.30am on Monday, protests flared up at almost a dozen sites – including N2/Borcherds Quarry and Airport Approach Road, N2/Baden Powell Drive, Baden Powell Drive/Walter Sisulu, Jaftha Masimole Drive, Hindle/Fairfield in Delft, and areas in Khayelitsha and Delft. Throughout much of Monday, police had their hands full keeping the N2 open – in relentless running battles to prevent protesters from scattering burning tyres, chunks of concrete, rocks, rubbish and portable toilet waste containers on the roads. For large parts of the day, the key national arterial route between Somerset West and the foot of Sir Lowry’s Pass remained closed, as police attempted to keep the road raiders at bay. The SAPS provincial media office reported that “at about 11:50pm Pops (Public Order Policing Service) members arrested four people at Onverwacht, Lwandle when they found about more than 50 people burning tyres, (after) these people were warned to disperse. Members took action with a stun grenade to disperse them and they dispersed between the shacks,” police reported.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/n2-set-ablaze-and-more-to-come-1.1665864
26-Mar-2014	Limpopo	Ga-Sekororo	Service delivery in the area had been compromised due to the protest in the area. “It is a tense situation as the protesters are blocking many of the roads,” said Mulaudzi. “Police are doing everything in their means to control the situation,” he said.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/girl-6-wounded-in-protest-1.1666548
28-Mar-2014	Free State	Orkney	“Protesters partially burnt the local municipality offices and pelted windows with stones,” said Mokgwabone. They barricaded roads with burning tyres and looted several shops belonging to foreigners. A shop and a bottle store were burnt down. “Protesters damaged two police vehicles by breaking their windscreens,” said Mokgwabone.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/twenty-in-court-for-protest-violence-1.1668020
29-Mar-2014	Gauteng	Mamelodi East Pretoria	Flames of fury in housing protest IOL News 29 March 2014 Pretoria - Smoke billowed into the air as residents of Mamelodi East Extension 11 blocked the streets with burning tyres and stones, demanding that the Tshwane municipality grant them permanent stands. Motorists, including taxi drivers, had to find an alternative route through a neighbouring informal settlement because the main road into the area was inaccessible. A group of residents were singing struggle songs and toyi-toying under the watchful eye of community leaders, who had urged them to protest peacefully since the protest action erupted on Thursday night.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/gauteng/flames-of-fury-in-housing-protest-1.1668179
30-Mar-2014		Mokgola,NWP BE	North West residents protest for water IOL News 30 March 2014 Residents of Mokgola village near Zeerust have blockaded roads during a protest for water, North West police said on Sunday. Captain Pelonomi Makau said the protests began on Friday and had been peaceful so far.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/north-west/north-west-residents-protest-for-water-1.1668298
1-Apr-2014	W Cape	Elsies River	Grenades, stones fly at demolition Jason Felix (IOL News) 1 April 2014 Two Cape Town law enforcement officers were injured, roads were closed, vehicles stoned and journalists attacked as Elsies River residents protested against the demolition of a shack on Monday. About 500 residents of Clarke Estate blockaded 35th Street with burning tyres and stones after law enforcement officers demolished the shack next to the council-owned Rooiberg Court flats.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/grenades-stones-fly-at-demolition-protest-1.1669296
4-Apr-2014	Limpopo	Tzaneen	More police deployed over protests SABC News 4 April 2014 Limpopo Tzaneen Tickeyline Ronel Otto More police officers have been deployed to troubled villages outside Tzaneen in Limpopo where service delivery protests have been taking place throughout the week. Shops belonging to foreign nationals have also been looted. The protests started in Tickeyline on Friday last week.	http://www.sabc.co.za/news/a/81587c8043835f92a9b1ada64eba5fdc/More-police-deployed-over-protests-20140404
5-Apr-2014	Gauteng	Eldorado Park ,Klipspruit West,Johannesburg Gauteng	Eldorado residents protest over cable theft IOL News 5 April 2014 Johannesburg - Eldorado Park and Klipspruit West residents blocked roads and threw stones at passing cars on Saturday morning due to cable theft in the area, Johannesburg metro police said. Chief Superintendent Wayne Minnaar said the two neighbouring communities were protesting along the K43 road as there was no power in the area.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/eldorado-residents-protest-over-cable-theft-1.1671624
7-Apr-2014	Gauteng	Boitumelong	Situation tense in Boitumelong IOL News 10 April 2014 Johannesburg - The situation in Boitumelong was tense as protest action intensified in the area, the office of the North West premier said on Thursday.
7-Apr-2014	Gauteng	Boitumelong	Protests continue in Boitumelong IOL News 7 April 2014 Johannesburg - Violent protests continued on Monday across the Boitumelong township in Bloemhof in the North West, said police. Protesters torched six houses including that of the mayor, said Brigadier Thulani Ngubane. The houses of two municipal officials, two police officials and the mayor's neighbour was also destroyed.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/protests-continue-in-boitumelong-1.1672458
8-Apr-2014	Gauteng	Bloemhof,NWP	NW govt calls for calm amid protests IAfrica.com 8 April 2014 Government officials in the North West province have appealed for calm amid violent protests in Boitumelong and Coverdale townships near Bloemhof. North West Acting Premier and MEC for Finance, Paul Sebegoe, has called on protestors to exercise their constitutional right to protest responsibly and not destroy property.	http://news.iafrica.com/sa/912258.html
8-Apr-2014	Gauteng	Johannesburg	Violent protests ‘self defeating’: minister IOL News 8 April 2014 Johannesburg - The violent protests taking place at Boitumelong township in Bloemhof, North West, were self-defeating, Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Lechesa Tsenoli said on Tuesday. “Violent protests such as these are self-defeating and undemocratic, and set us back collectively as a nation,” Tsenoli said in a statement.
8-Apr-2014	NW	Khunotswane	Police monitor Zeerust protests Gaborone Mbele (IOL News ) 8 April 2014 Schools and public offices have been closed by members of the community.(SABC) South Africa North West Zeerust Khunotswane Ramotshere Moiloa Botswana Angry residents of Khunotswane Village, near Zeerust, North West, have barricaded roads entering the village.	http://www.sabc.co.za/news/a/a1f35d80438fa3f5b941f9806cf46596/Police-monitor-Zeerust-protests-20140408
9-Apr-2014	Gauteng	Bloemhof,Christiana	Boy, 17, shot dead during protests Michael Mokoena (IOL News)10 April 2014 The violent protests that started in Bloemhof and spread to Christiana has claimed its first casualty: a Grade 9 pupil who was shot and killed when protesters in Christiana marched to the municipal offices on Wednesday. The angry residents said that the 17-year-old boy had been shot and killed by a white tavern owner who allegedly shot at them when they were marching to the Lekwa-Teemane Municipality.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/boy-17-shot-dead-during-protests-1.1673807
10-Apr-2014	Gauteng	Boitumelong	Boitumelong protests intensify ahead of Modise's visit Mail & Guardian 10 April 2014 The situation in Boitumelong was tense as protest action intensified in the area, the office of the North West premier said on Thursday. "It is very tense in the area but we hope the situation will be conducive when the premier visits the area later this afternoon," Premier Thandi Modise's spokesperson Lesiba Kgwele said.
11-Apr-2014	NW	Mothutlung ,Johannesburg		http://ewn.co.za/2014/04/13/Protest-breaks-out-in-North-West
11-Apr-2014	NW	Mothutlung ,Johannesburg	Protest breaks out in North West Eye Witness News 14 April 2014 JOHANNESBURG – Violence has broken out in a village near Zeerust in the North West Province over water shortages. Police say residents burnt down a tribal office and a ward councillor’s house on Friday evening.	http://ewn.co.za/2014/04/13/Protest-breaks-out-in-North-West
14-Apr-2014	Gauteng	Tsakane,Johannesburg	Gauteng hit by service delivery protests Eye Witness News 14 April 2014 JOHANNESBURG - Less than a month before the elections and amid a call from struggle stalwart Ronnie Kasrils for people not to vote for the ANC, another two protests have broken out in Gauteng over poor service delivery.	http://ewn.co.za/2014/04/14/Gauteng-hit-by-fresh-service-delivery-protests
15-Apr-2014	Gauteng	Olievenhoutbosch, Centurion	Calm after Olievenhoutbosch protest IOL News 16 April 2014 Pretoria - The situation in Olievenhoutbosch, Centurion, returned to normal on Wednesday following service delivery protests in the area, the DA said. Democratic Alliance representative in the area Zweli Khumalo said: “There is nothing happening today (on Wednesday) but according to the residents it's not over yet”.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/calm-after-olievenhoutbosch-protest-1.1676991
15-Apr-2014	Gauteng	Mooiplaats Pretoria Gauteng	Mob bars Mooiplaats residents from being moved Valeska Abreu (IOL News ) 16 April 2014 Pretoria - Mooiplaats residents willing to be relocated from the informal settlement to nearby Olievenhoutbosch were left helpless and frustrated on Tuesday after their expected move was met with fierce opposition. Rocks, bricks and burning tyres barricaded the road leading into Olievenhoutbosch, sending a clear message that an influx of new-comers would not be tolerated.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/mob-bars-mooiplaats-residents-from-being-moved-1.1676783
15-Apr-2014	Gauteng	Olievenhoutbosch,Centurion	Centurion protesters disperse IOL News 15 April 2014 Pretoria - Protesters in Olievenhoutbosch in Centurion, outside Pretoria, had dispersed by Tuesday afternoon, Gauteng police said. “All the affected roads have been reopened,” Lt-Col Lungelo Dlamini said.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/gauteng/centurion-protesters-disperse-1676596
23-Apr-2014	Gauteng	Kanana Midrand	Community holds service delivery protest. Nokuthula Sonile (IOL News) 25 April 2014 MIDRAND – The community of Kanana took to the streets to protest the poor service delivery of land ownership. Early in the morning of 23 April, community members and the South African National Civic Organisation Sol Plaatjie branch closed the roads in Kanana. Residents said they had been promised stand 1075 and stand 1345 in Rabie Ridge in 2011, but nothing has materialised.	http://midrandreporter.co.za/107435/community-holds-service-delivery-protest/
26-Apr-2014	NW	Rustenburg	Arrests after 4,000 rampage in S.Africa platinum belt Yahoo News 30 April 2014 South African police have arrested four people for public order offences after thousands looted a shopping centre, burnt public buildings and chased away a government minister in the country's restive platinum belt. At least 4,000 protestors were involved in day of violence near the northern city of Rustenburg on Sunday, amid a simmering three-month long strike by platinum miners.	https://za.news.yahoo.com/arrests-4-000-rampage-africa-platinum-belt-180354146.html
27-Apr-2014	Gauteng	Diepsloot Soweto	Diepsloot protest for jobs Andrei van Wyk (Fourways Review) 30 April 2014 DIEPSLOOT – Diepsloot residents expressed outrage that they were not offered jobs at a construction site near the informal settlement. The community of Ext 12 gathered for their third day of protest and held up signs calling for jobs while they burnt tyres in the middle of the road. Diepsloot resident Sharon Takalani said residents of Ext 12 were resentful that the contractors and local government had hired people they knew, and who were politically affiliated to them to work on a project just off of the R114.	http://fourwaysreview.co.za/172757/diepsloot-protest-for-jobs/
30-Apr-2014	Gauteng	Ennerdale	Ennerdale residents seize land IOL News 30 April 2014 Johannesburg - Ennerdale residents have decided to mark out stands for themselves and start an informal settlement, saying it’s the only way for them to get housing. The residents said they had been backyard dwellers for more than 20 years, sharing yards with more than 25 people. Believing the government prioritised informal settlers over backyard dwellers, more than 100 residents began clearing a piece of vacant land in Ennerdale Extension 6 last week, which continued on Tuesday, in a land invasion move.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/ennerdale-residents-seize-land-1.1681896
5-May-2014	KZN	Mandlazini	41 held after Richards Bay violence Adam Wakefield (IOL News) 6 May 2014 Durban - Forty-one people were arrested for public violence and arson after a community hall in Mandlazini, Richards Bay, was torched on Tuesday, KwaZulu-Natal police said. “At approximately 3am, at Mandlazini, a group of approximately 300 people blockaded the road in a service delivery protest,” Captain Thulani Zwane said. People dispersed, returned to the community hall and set it on fire. The 41 arrested were aged between 15 and 63 and would appear in the Richards Bay Magistrate's Court on Thursday. The situation was under control.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/41-held-after-richards-bay-violence-1.1684405
5-May-2014	KZN	Mandlazini	Voting station destroyed in KZN IOL News 6 May 2014 Police have arrested 35 people for burning a voting station near Richards Bay during a service delivery protest. Durban - Police have arrested 35 people for burning a voting station near Richards Bay during a service delivery protest on Monday night. KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Mmamonnye Ngobeni revealed this during a parade of 1 000 policemen to be deployed around KZN. She warned the police would be “merciless” against any form of crime, especially that which might disrupt voting.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/voting-station-destroyed-in-kzn-1.1684393
5-May-2014	KZN	Nsuze	No use voting, say angry protesters Kamcilla Pillay and Mphathi Nxumalo (IOL News) 6 May 2014 Durban - Thousands of residents from informal settlements on the KwaZulu-Natal North Coast took to the streets, burning tyres and throwing rocks to protest at the lack of service delivery. They have also vowed to abstain from voting in tomorrow’s general elections, saying it meant “nothing” to them. About 5 000 people protested near Nsuze on the R614, between Wartburg and oThongathi.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/no-use-voting-say-angry-protesters-1.1684408
6-May-2014	Gauteng	Bekkersdal	Bekkersdal burns ahead of polls 6 May 2014 Gauteng will be main focus of final sprint Johannesburg - Rioting broke out in Bekkersdal township in Gauteng on the eve of the general election, one of several hotspots where the army has been deployed to keep order, police said Tuesday. “We have received reports of disturbances in Bekkersdal where residents have blockaded roads with burning tyres,” said police spokesman Lungelo Dlamini. “At this stage we don't know the cause of the violence,” he said adding that no injuries had been reported. Bekkersdal township, south west of Johannesburg, has been hit by intermittent unrest since last year, as residents protest a lack of public services in the area. Violence intensified early this year, resulting in the destruction of public buildings, with local officials accused of corruption and nepotism.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/bekkersdal-burns-ahead-of-polls-1.1684428
13-May-2014	NW	Maditloka	Chrome mine protest turns violent IOL News13 May 2014 Maditloka - Sixteen people were arrested after allegedly pelting police with stones during a protest in Mmaditloka, near Marikana, on Tuesday, North West police said. “(The protest) was about the chrome mines, people said (the mines) caused damage to their property,” Brigadier Thulane Ngubane said. The protest did not appear to be related to the on-going platinum strike. Those arrested would appear in the Rustenburg Magistrate's Court. Ngubane said he could not immediately give further details. There have been tensions in the area recently as the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union objected to employers approaching miners with their wage offer directly in a bid to end the four-month strike in the platinum sector.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/chrome-mine-protest-turns-violent-1.1687711
13-May-2014	NW	Marikana Mmaditlhokwa	13 nabbed for arson, kidnapping IOL News 9 July 2014 Johannesburg - Thirteen people were arrested for arson and kidnapping at the Mmaditlhokwa informal settlement in Marikana on Wednesday, North West police said. “They were wanted for allegedly setting alight a ward councillor's house and a house belonging to the councillor's close friend where a person was also kidnapped during the night on Tuesday, May 13,” Colonel Sabata Mokgwabone said. Residents blocked the entrance to the informal settlement with rocks, apparently protesting over the arrest of the 13.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/13-nabbed-for-arson-kidnapping-1.1716762
13-May-2014	NW	Mmaditlokwe Rustenburg	Protesters block Mmaditlokwe roads Rustenburg - Residents of Mmaditlokwe near Marikana in the North West burned tyres and blockaded roads on Wednesday, demanding the release of 16 people arrested for public violence	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/protesters-block-mmaditlokwe-roads-1.1688279
5-Jun-2014	Mpumalanga	Barberton	Barberton protest death not confirmed IOL News 12 June 2014 Barberton - Police have not confirmed the death of a protester said to have been shot during a service delivery protest in Mpumalanga on Thursday. Mpumalanga police said the protest began in the morning when community members went on the rampage in Barberton, a Sapa correspondent reported. “Police had to use rubber bullets to disperse the crowd who were burning tyres, barricading roads and further went to burn down a house of councillor in the area,” said Brigadier Selvy Mohlala. “We can confirm that one person had to be rushed to hospital after suffering wounds from rubber bullet shots. At the moment, we cannot confirm that the person has died.”	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/barberton-protest-death-not-confirmed-1.1702799
11-Jun-2014	Gauteng	Soweto Diepkloof	Rubber bullets fired at bare bum protesters IOL News 11 June 2014 Johannesburg - Police fired rubber bullets to disperse protesters who bared their bottoms during a service delivery protest in Diepkloof Zone Six, Soweto, on Wednesday. “They (the protesters) were showing their bums by taking their trousers down on the street... (to) show their anger with service delivery issues,” Warrant Officer Kay Makhubela said. Chris Hani Road was barricaded with rocks and burning tyres.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/rubber-bullets-fired-at-bare-bum-protesters-1.1701705
17-Jun-2014	KZN	Mariannhill,	No homes after 34 years: residents IOL News 17 June 2014 Durban - Service delivery protests erupted at several points around eThekwini on Tuesday, causing massive traffic disruptions – including the closure of the M4 between Ballito and eMdloti. At least one high school had to abandon its exams. Protests in Mariannhill, west of Durban and at oThongathi in the north began early this morning after hundreds of rampaging informal dwellers took to the streets demanding better service.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/kwazulu-natal/no-homes-after-34-years-residents-1.1704630
17-Jun-2014	KZN	oThongathi	No homes after 34 years: residents IOL News 17 June 2014 Durban - Service delivery protests erupted at several points around eThekwini on Tuesday, causing massive traffic disruptions – including the closure of the M4 between Ballito and eMdloti. At least one high school had to abandon its exams. Protests in Mariannhill, west of Durban and at oThongathi in the north began early this morning after hundreds of rampaging informal dwellers took to the streets demanding better service.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/kwazulu-natal/no-homes-after-34-years-residents-1.1704630
18-Jun-2014	Limpopo	Polokwane Botlokwa	Limpopo protesters block N1 IOL News 18 June 2014 Polokwane - Residents of Botlokwa in Limpopo pelted cars with stones and barricaded the N1 on Wednesday, Limpopo police said. Brigadier Hangwani Mulaudzi said residents wanted to remove the chairman of the traditional council. He said on Monday a group called Botlokwa Community Safety wanted to march, but the municipality declined the request because due processes were not followed.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/limpopo-protesters-block-n1-1.1705401
24-Jun-2014	W cape	Cape Town Kosovo	Residents tear down 100 bucket toilets Xolani Koyana (IOL News) 24 June 2014 Cape Town - Kosovo residents destroyed about 100 toilets the City of Cape Town provided because they were of the bucket type already there, which they had rejected in favour of sanitary flush toilets. About 150 people, mostly residents of Kosovo informal settlement in Philippi, used steel pipes to tear down the concrete toilet enclosure while others pushed it to the ground.
24-Jun-2014	W cape	Khayelitsha	Protesters cause mayhem on Mew Way IOL News 24 June 2014 Cape Town - Part of Khayelitsha erupted on Tuesday morning as protesting residents burnt tyres, stoned a bus, attacked a provincial government worker and clashed with police. Residents from S section, took to the streets in protest over a general lack of housing and an apparent breakdown in relations with the City of Cape Town’s Human Settlements portfolio. Protesters burned tyres and barricaded Pama Road and Mew Way in the early hours before clashing with riot police. At dawn the fires had been extinguished and police were monitoring the scene. The smell of tear gas hung in the air.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/protesters-cause-mayhem-on-mew-way-1.1708580
1-Jul-2014	KZN	Ladysmith	Township recovers after fare hike fury Daily News 4 July 2014 By Kamcilla Pillay Authorities are picking up the pieces after messy protests in a Ladysmith township this week over taxi fare hikes. Police said on Monday that more than 300 people had gathered to protest against the increase of 60c – from R5.90 to R6.50 – for the trip from Steadville township into the northern KwaZulu-Natal town. Roads in the area are still closed and motorists are being advised to take alternative routes.	http://www.iol.co.za/dailynews/news/township-recovers-after-fare-hike-fury-1.1714134
4-Jul-2014	W cape	Khayelitsha	Protesters set municipal premises alight IOL News 4 July 2014 Cape Town - A municipal building in Khayelitsha was set alight and vandalised by people demonstrating for houses and land. The city’s subcouncil 24’s premises in Walter Sisulu Road was engulfed in flames after petrol bombs were thrown at the building, damaging parts of it on Wednesday night. Subcouncil 24 covers the greater Khayelitsha area. Police spokesman Derek van der Merwe said on Thursday that a public violence case was opened. No one had been arrested.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/protesters-set-municipal-premises-alight-1.1714270
9-Jul-2014	KZN	Pongola Ncotshane	Anger over tot’s death turns violent IOL News 11 July 2014 Durban - The ANC in KwaZulu-Natal on Thursday condemned the burning a house, a church, and a court building in Ncotshane, Pongola, after a boy's body was found at the church. “The ANC... condemns in the strongest terms possible the ongoing destruction of private and public property in Pongola,” the party's provincial treasurer Peggy Nkonyeni said in a statement.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/anger-over-tot-s-death-turns-violent-1.1717867
10-Jul-2014	W cape	Helderberg	Pregnant teen hurt in Cape protest IOL News 10 July 2014 Cape Town - Rampaging residents of a Helderberg suburb stoned passing motorists, lit burning barricades and confronted police in connection with a land dispute. The N2 was closed at about mid-afternoon on Wednesday - as was the main Victoria Road, which leads into Somerset West - after vehicles were attacked by roving bands of residents from the suburb of Garden Village. A number of motorists were forced to ramp over a centre island in a bid to flee the deadly projectiles. The roads were strewn with rubbish, rocks and tree stumps, as aggressive crowds roamed from one end of the suburb to the other.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/pregnant-teen-hurt-in-cape-protest-1.1717408
11-Jul-2014	KZN	Durban Kennedy Road	Durban community barricade road SABC News 11 July 2014 KwaZulu- Natal Durban Kennedy Road informal settlement Protest Thulani Zwane Community members have embarked on a service delivery protest in the Kennedy Road informal settlement in Durban. They are barricading the road with burning tyres and stones.	http://www.sabc.co.za/news/a/7bcb930044b01eb0a674ff3bfe17c0b1/Durban-community-barricade-road-20140711
14-Jul-2014	W Cape	cape Town Langa	Langa says sorry for looting IOL News 14 July 2014 Cape Town - Langa residents have begged for forgiveness from foreign shopowners in the township after their shops were looted during protests. Community leaders have also undertaken to try to protect the shopowners in future and to include them in talks about problems in the community. A total of 53 shops belonging to Somalis and Ethiopians were attacked and looted by residents who went on the rampage on Wednesday.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/langa-says-sorry-for-looting-1.1719685
17-Jul-2014	Gauteng	Twane Mamelodi	Mamelodi protesters block road IOL News 17 July 2014 Johannesburg - Around 500 residents of Stoffelpark informal settlement in Mamelodi, Pretoria sat in the middle of a road in an apparent protest, police said on Thursday. “There are between 400 to 500 people sitting in the middle of Tsamaya Road next to Mahube Valley,” spokesman Constable Sam Shibambo told Sapa. He said police were still not sure what it was about as the residents did not carry any placards. “There are no placards to say what the problem is but police are monitoring the scene,” he said. Shibambo said there was no damage to property or acts of violence reported. He appealed to motorists to avoid the area. - Sapa	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/mamelodi-protesters-block-road-1.1721035
29-Jul-2014	KZN	Durban Nchanga	Anger after taxi kills boy (4) IOL News 29 July 2014 Durban - Furious Nchanga residents have blockaded roads after a child was run over and killed on the township’s main road by a taxi. The blockades have forced the closure of a number of schools, with teachers unable to get to class and pupils sent home. Now, in the wake of the tragedy last week, which cost 4-year-old Minenhle Nkala his life, residents are demanding speed bumps be installed to slow traffic.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/anger-after-taxi-kills-boy-4-1.1727500
29-Jul-2014	KZN	LadySmith Roosboom	All night protest rages on Daily News 29 July 2014 Twenty-four people were taken into custody on public violence charges after they staged a protest outside a northern KwaZulu-Natal town, blockading a main road and pelting police cars with stones. More than 700 people gathered on the R103 road between Ladysmith and Colenso, protesting about the lack of water supply to Roosboom, a settlement 13km outside Ladysmith.	http://www.iol.co.za/dailynews/news/all-night-protest-rages-on-1.1727166
31-Jul-2014	N Cape	Kuruman	Kuruman school torching condemned IOL News 31 July 2014 Basic Education Minister and ANCWL leader Angie Motshekga. File picture: Bongiwe Mchunu Kimberley - Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga on Thursday condemned the burning of part of a primary school in Kuruman, Northern Cape. “Preventing learners from their right to an education and malicious destruction to infrastructure cannot be tolerated,” Motshekga said in a statement. She said the administration blocks of some schools in the area had been set alight in the past two months.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/kuruman-school-torching-condemned-1.1728746
31-Jul-2014	Eastern Cape	PE	PE township forces anti-apartheid museum to close Max Matavire 31 July 2014 South African shantytown residents have forced the closure of a museum honouring anti-apartheid heroes, accusing the authorities of building "a house for dead people" while they live in squalor. Once a tourist magnet, The Red Location Museum in New Brighton outside the southern city of Port Elizabeth houses hundreds of "memory boxes" containing the life stories of anti-apartheid activists, including the late liberation icon Nelson Mandela. The modernity of the 22 million rand ($2 million) building, which won several international architectural awards, stands in total contrast to the plastic and corrugated iron structures which serve as houses for the neighbouring community.	https://za.news.yahoo.com/africa-shantytown-forces-anti-apartheid-museum-close-042340398.html
2-Aug-2014	KZN	Port Shepstone	Water protests leave one dead IOL News 7 August 2014 Durban - Traffic on the N2 near Port Shepstone had to be diverted on Wednesday after disgruntled residents caused havoc during a violent service delivery protest. Hundreds of people blocked the road with burning tyres and debris demanding ¡§fresh tap water¡¨ after water cuts at the weekend.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/water-protests-leave-one-dead-1.1731810
5-Aug-2014	Gauteng	Newclare	Protesters take on Nyalas in Newclare housing protest Sipho Kings 6 October 2014 Tweet It took the sheer presence of police Nyalas to smash apart groups of furious protesters who took over the streets of Newclare yesterday. In the early hours of Monday morning a few hundred protesters from Kathrada Park blockaded the road outside the Newclare train station – which services the community just west of Johannesburg. Through placards and chants, they demanded houses that had been promised them since 2002. Things escalated and the green palisade fences of the station were torn down, before it was torched. A security guard opened fire, killing one member of the crowd.	http://mg.co.za/article/2014-10-06-protesters-take-on-nyalas-in-newclare-housing-protest
6-Aug-2014	OFS	Kgotsong	Twelve in court for burning houses IOL News 6 October 2014 Bloemfontein - Twelve people appeared in the Bothaville Magistrate's Court on Monday for allegedly burning eight houses in the local Kgotsong township, Free State Police said. Captain Stephen Thakeng said the case was postponed to next Monday for a formal bail application.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/twelve-in-court-for-burning-houses-1.1760899
7-Aug-2014	Gauteng	Eikenhof	Eikenhof tense after shacks demolished IOL News 7 August 2014 Johannesburg - The situation was tense on Thursday during a stand-off between police and Eikenhof residents who were angry over the demolition of their shacks in the informal settlement. A journalist was hurt as the residents turned on the media covering the stand-off. The shacks had allegedly been erected illegally and when they were demolished it sent the residents into a frenzy.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/eikenhof-tense-after-shacks-demolished-1.1732150
8-Aug-2014	Gauteng	Ekurhuleni Etwatwa	Municipality to meet Etwatwa protesters October 8 2014 at 04:42pm Johannesburg - The Ekurhuleni metropolitan municipality on Wednesday will meet leaders of a protest currently under way in Etwatwa, on the East Rand.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/gauteng/municipality-to-meet-etwatwa-protesters-1.1762210
8-Aug-2014	KZN	Tongaat	24 held for electrocution protest IOL News 8 October 2014 Durban - At least 24 people were arrested on Wednesday following protests in Tongaat, north of Durban, KwaZulu-Natal police said. The 24 would face charges of public violence, spokesman Captain Thulani Zwane said in a statement.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/24-held-for-electrocution-protest-1.1762207
9-Aug-2014	Mpumalanga	Emalahleni	Mayor released Emalahleni executive mayor released. Witbank News 11 August 2014 Executive mayor Cllr Salome Sithole. Earlier this evening executive mayor of Emalahleni Cllr Solome Sithole was taken hostage at Emalahleni FM. After negotiations with protestors the executive mayour was released. The hostage situation at Emalahleni FM followed fruitless talks this morning on Monday, August 11 after protest actions this past weekend was unsuccessful.	http://witbanknews.co.za/22534/mayor-released/
15-Aug-2014	W cape	Grabouw	Grabouw resident protest for better services IOL News 20 August 2014 Cape Town - Despite a heavy rainstorm, around 1 000 Grabouw residents took part in a service delivery protest and march to the offices of the Theewaterskloof municipality on Wednesday. They handed over a list of grievances to deputy mayor Mlulami Tshaka and town manager Anton Liebenberg. The protest was organised by the Grabouw Civic Organisation (GCO) with support from the Western Cape ANC, SA Communist Party, and the Ses'Khona People's Rights Movement (SPRM).	http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/western-cape/grabouw-resident-protest-for-better-services-
17-Aug-2014	Limpopo	Polokwane Mankweng Block G	Limpopo residents vow to continue protest SABC News 18 August 2014 The residents have blockaded the main road leading to the University of Limpopo, Mankweng hospital and the magistrate's court as they demand electricity.(SABC) Protesting residents of Mankweng Block G outside Polokwane in Limpopo have vowed not to stop their demonstration until they're addressed by Polokwane executive mayor Thembi Nkadimeng.	http://www.sabc.co.za/news/a/f5f0fa804524e5e293d093a5ad025b24/Limpopo-residents-vow-to-continue-protest-20141808
18-Aug-2014	Gauteng	Riverlea	Riverlea councillor gets protection order IOL News 18 August 2014 Johannesburg - A DA councillor in Riverlea, Lynette Pretorius, says she fears for her life after residents attacked her last week. She claims the ANC is behind protests against her in the area.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/riverlea-councillor-gets-protection-order-1.1737027
19-Aug-2014	Gauteng	Ekurhuleni Daveyton	Roads blocked in Daveyton protest IOL News 19 August 2014 Johannesburg - Protesters were blockading roads in Daveyton on the East Rand on Tuesday after they were prevented from invading land in the area, Ekurhuleni metro police said. ¡§The whole situation started yesterday (Monday) when people tried to illegally invade land and law enforcement took action and prevented them from doing so,¡¨ spokesman Chief Superintendent Wilfred Kgasago said. ¡§They are angry and at 5am started barricading roads with rocks, tree-trunks, tires and other objects. The roads affected are those leading in and out of Daveyton.¡¨	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/roads-blocked-in-daveyton-protest-1.1737377
19-Aug-2014	W cape	Khayelitsha	‘We will build again’ Kieran Legg 20 August 2014 Cape Town - The bang of a stun grenade marked the start of the second day of evictions in the Enkanini settlement in Khayelitsha. Nervous demolition workers, many of whom had dismantled homes in Philippi East just a week before, looked out for flying rocks as they hurriedly began bashing down newly-erected homes on a strip of city-owned land.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/we-will-build-again-1.1738211
22-Aug-2014	W cape	Philippi	Running battles rage across Cape’s Marikana IOL News 22 August 2014 Cape Town - Rioters ran through the smoke carrying cases of Coca-Cola after looting a wholesaler in Marikana, Philippi, on Friday morning as the area once again flared into violence while evictions were under way. At the time of publication, running battles raged across several square kilometres as police clashed with angry residents. Small armies of rioters, carrying rocks and makeshift shields, kept police under constant attack. The police, who had a helicopter circling, retaliated with tear gas and thunderflashes.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/running-battles-rage-across-cape-s-marikana-1.1739718
23-Aug-2014	W cape	Philippi	Philippi cops accused of shooting IOL News 23 August 2014 Cape Town - Police have been accused of using live ammunition during violent protests in Philippi yesterday, with one man shot in the leg recovering in Tygerberg Hospital. Although community leader Tumi Ramahlele insisted live ammunition was used, Tygerberg Hospital spokeswoman Laticia Pienaar said they had not yet ascertained whether live ammunition caused the injuries sustained by the patient, Robert Sobutyu.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/philippi-cops-accused-of-shooting-1.1739914
24-Aug-2014	Gauteng	Jeppestown	Firefighters attacked after killer blaze Botho Molosankwe 25 August 2014 Residents at the razed shacks at Platform Five in Joburg s Jeppestown. Johannesburg - A blaze ripped out the heart of Platform Five in Joburg’s Jeppestown early on Sunday. But when the firefighters arrived, they needed police to protect them from a barrage of bricks and fury. But they were too late. Three people were dead, burnt beyond recognition. Those who survived the inferno had lost everything – their shacks, their belongings and whatever cash they had saved.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/gauteng/firefighters-attacked-after-killer-blaze-1.1740267
25-Aug-2014	KZN	Mooi River	Protest on N3 near Mooi River IOL News 25 August 2014 Durban - Ten people have been arrested in protests in Mooi River calling for the removal of a KwaZulu-Natal mayor. The protesters blocked part of the N3 passing Mooi River on Monday, police said. Captain Thulani Zwane said the 10 were expected to appear in court on Tuesday. The protesters had been calling for the removal of Mooi Mpofana local municipality mayor Ntombi Mpangase.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/kwazulu-natal/protest-on-n3-near-mooi-river-1.1740781
26-Aug-2014	Gauteng	Joubert Park	10 shot in violent Joubert Park eviction IOL News 26 August 2014 Johannesburg - In a violent eviction in which 10 people were injured by rubber bullets and allegedly beaten, about 200 families were thrown out into the street on Monday night by the Red Ants, assisted by the SAPS and the Joburg Metro Police Department.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/10-shot-in-violent-joubert-park-eviction-1.1741266
27-Aug-2014	Mpumalanga	Witbank	Bus torched in Witbank protest IOL News 27 August 2014 Nelspruit - A group of protesters set alight a bus when they barricaded the N4 near Witbank on Wednesday, Mpumalanga police said. They barricaded the Vosman and Wakefield street intersection around 6am, Brigadier Selvy Mohlala said. Two cars were damaged when the group threw stones at passing vehicles.
1-Sep-2014	Gauteng	Ennerdale	Protesters, cops clash in Ennerdale IOL News 2 September 2014 Johannesburg - An unfulfilled election promise sparked a protest in the south of Joburg on Monday. Police fired rubber bullets and teargas to disperse the crowd. Residents of Ennerdale South blocked the Golden Highway at the intersection with the R550 early on Monday to protest against the lack of a sewerage system and piped water. A protester, who gave his first name as Big for fear of reprisal, said he was struck on the knee by a rubber bullet fired by the police during what he described as a peaceful protest.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/protesters-cops-clash-in-ennerdale-1.1744358
1-Sep-2014	W cape	Ganspan	Protesters set ambulance alight IOL News 2 September 2014 Protesters from Ganspan went on a service delivery rampage, blocking roads and setting an ambulance alight. Kimberley - About 300 protesters blockaded roads in Ganspan with burning tyres, trees, rubble and stones, while an ambulance was set alight during a service delivery protest near Jan Kempdorp on Monday.
1-Sep-2014	W cape	Nyanga	Buses set alight in Nyanga IOL News 1 September 2014 Cape Town - Nyanga was a no-go area on Monday morning after protesters torched seven Golden Arrow buses on its roads. City of Cape Town Safety and Security director Richard Bosman said some drivers had been injured as rioters ran amok.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/buses-set-alight-in-nyanga-1.1743794
2-Sep-2014	W cape	Cape town Mfuleni	Two held over damaged bus IOL News 2 September 2014 Cape Town - Eight people were arrested on Tuesday for allegedly setting two trucks alight and damaging a bus in Mfuleni, Cape Town, Western Cape police said. Batteries and cellphones were stolen during the violent protest, Captain Frederick van Wyk said. “The suspects are detained on charges relating to malicious damage to property, possession of stolen property, robbery, theft and public violence,” he said.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/two-held-over-damaged-bus-1.1744913
2-Sep-2014	Gauteng	Tembisa Mayibuye township	Rioting residents want to own flats 3 September 2014 Johannesburg - Residents of Friendship Town are tired of empty promises. On Tuesday morning, they protested on the streets of Mayibuye township, near Tembisa. The busy Modderfontein Road was blocked off from 3am as residents placed burning tyres and rocks on the street.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/rioting-residents-want-to-own-flats-1.1745179
4-Sep-2014	Gauteng	Atteridgeville	Atteridgeville residents in fresh RDP demand IOL News 4 September 2014 Atteridgeville West community members marched to municipal offices in the township voicing their concerns over apparent fraudulent activities involving homes. Photo: Phill Magakoe Pretoria - Residents of Atteridgeville West are refusing to back down on their demand to have their RDP houses given back to them and have taken to the streets again to deliver a third memorandum to the municipal offices.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/gauteng/atteridgeville-residents-in-fresh-rdp-demand-1.1745771
16-Sep-2014	KZN	Durban Copesville	Settlers blockade roads during protest IOL News 16 September 2014 Pandemonium greeted Copesville residents when about 1 500 people blocked Bhambatha Road with burning tyres. Photo: Henk Kruger Durban - Pandemonium greeted Copesville residents early on Monday when about 1 500 people blocked Bhambatha (New Greytown) Road in Pietermaritzburg with burning tyres, rubbish and boulders.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/settlers-blockade-roads-during-protest-1.1751751
17-Sep-2014		Grabouw	Violence erupts after Grabouw meeting IOL News 17 September 2014 Cape Town - Violence erupted in Grabouw in the Western Cape on Wednesday morning after an unsuccessful meeting to try to end a service delivery protest. Theewaterskloof municipal officials, Grabouw Civic Organisation (GCO) leaders and representatives of protesting and rioting groups, attended the meeting at the Grabouw police station.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/violence-erupts-after-grabouw-meeting-1.1752614
22-Sep-2014	Gauteng	Lehae	Golden Highway open after protests IOL News 23 September 2014 Johannesburg - The Golden Highway was reopened on Tuesday after residents of Lehae township, south of Johannesburg, blockaded it with rocks earlier, metro police said. The highway was reopened around noon after the rocks and stones had been removed, Chief Superintendent Wayne Minnaar said. “Traffic is flowing but there is still a very heavy police presence.”	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/golden-highway-open-after-protests-1.1755279
23-Sep-2014	Eastern Cape	PE Kirkwood	Protesters torch municipal building IOL News 23 September 2014 Port Elizabeth - A municipal building in Kirkwood was set alight during service delivery protests on Tuesday, Eastern Cape police said. Warrant Officer Basil Seekoei urged motorists to use alternative roads and members of the public to avoid the town's central business district. Burnt tyres and wood were strewn along the town's main roads. The protests began in the early hours of Tuesday morning, he said. Rubber bullets were used to disperse the crowd.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/protesters-torch-municipal-building-1.1755220
30-Sep-2014	W cape	Hangburg	Cars set alight as Hangberg erupts Natasha Bezuidenhout and Murray Williams (IOL News) 30 September 2014 Cape Town - Cars were set alight and buildings damaged early on Tuesday morning as the Hangberg housing saga erupted again. The Panorama Hill complex, an upmarket block of flats at the entrance to Hangberg, became the target of angry residents who burned and damaged six cars after a community member was arrested.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/cars-set-alight-as-hangberg-erupts-1.1757936
13-Oct-2014	Limpopo	Mankweng	Limpopo residents protest over services IOL News 13 October 2014 Mankweng - Residents of Mankweng township and Thoka village in Limpopo embarked on service delivery protests on Monday. The protesters used stones, timber, and burning tyres to blockade the R71 between Polokwane and Tzaneen.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/limpopo-residents-protest-over-services-1.1764367
15-Oct-2014	Gauteng	Slovo park	Slovo park residents block roads The New Age 15 October 2014 Protesters from the Slovo Park informal settlement near Bushkoppies, south of Johannesburg, blocked roads on Wednesday morning, metro police said. Chief Supt Wayne Minnaar urged motorists travelling from the south to use the R554 or N12 as alternative routes. Both the Golden Highway and Stockwell intersection were affected. "They have placed big rocks on the road." The protests began around 5.30am. The reason for the protests were not known, he said.	http://www.thenewage.co.za/140627-1007-53-Slovo_park_residents_block_roads
20-Oct-2014	Limpopo	Mankweng	Protest keeps learners out of school IOL News 20 October 2014 Mankweng - Pupils at several Limpopo schools, including matriculants, were prevented from attending classes and writing exams on Monday because of a service delivery protest, the DA said on Monday. “Learners from Maphotho, Solomondale, Sebayeng Primary Schools and Baphutheng, Mafolofolo and Leruleng Secondary were prevented (from going) ... to their schools and (were) forced... to join the strike,” Democratic Alliance Limpopo leader Jacques Smalle said.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/limpopo/protest-keeps-learners-out-of-school-1.1767785
29-Oct-2014	Gauteng	Orange farm	Residents protest at mall opening IOL News 29 October 2014 Johannebsurg - Orange Farm residents barricaded roads and burnt tyres demanding jobs at the opening of a new mall in the area, Gauteng police said on Wednesday. Captain Johannes Mophiri said about 80 people were protesting for jobs, outside the mall. They had submitted their CVs to the mall's management but only a selected group were hired.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/residents-protest-at-mall-opening-1.1772498
31-Oct-2014	Gauteng	Twane Kroningspark	VIDEO: Pandemonium onder Kroningsparkplakkers Krugersdorp News 5 November 2014 Sowat 30 Kroningsparkplakkers het onder die Rooimiere se trok gaan sit om protes aan te teken. Marizka Coetzer \| 5 November 2014 10:00 One comment Irene van Niekerk (heel links) kyk hoe die plakkers hulle misnoeë te kenne gee. Gemoedere het hoog geloop met die aankoms van die Rooimiere om die Kroningspark-plakkers uit hulle tente na hulle nuwe tuistes te neem.	http://krugersdorpnews.co.za/248657/pandemonium-onder-kroningsparkplakkers/
4-Nov-2014	Limpopo	Budeli and Dumasi	Limpopo residents protest over water SABC 4 November 2014 Residents in Budeli and Dumasi in Limpopo have blockaded the Malamulele-Thohoyandou road with stones and burning tyres demanding the provision of water. They are accusing the Vhembe District Municipality of failing to supply them with water.	http://www.sabc.co.za/news/a/d8d0170046146cdf8064a696e5573d3a/Limpopo-residents-protest-over-water-20140411
11-Nov-2014	Limpopo	Burgersfort	Limpopo protest halts mine reopening Rudzani Tshivhase (SABC News) 11 November 2014 Residents barricaded the road to the mine, demanding relocation and jobs.(SABC) Limpopo Burgersfort Sekhukhune Moroke-Magakala Meckleinburg Chromex Chrome mine Wimpie van Wyk SAPS Rudzani Tshivhase Security officers outside the Chromex Chrome Mine in the Sekhukhune district of Limpopo have used rubber bullets to disperse a group of angry residents who barricaded the road leading to the mine.	http://www.sabc.co.za/news/a/6c292a004629a263a093a696e5573d3a/Limpopo-protest-halts-mine-reopening-20141111
14-Nov-2014	NW	Rustenburg	Numsa members to join a service delivery march in Rustenburg NUMSA 13 November 2014 Tomorrow Friday 14 November 2014, members of the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) around Rustenburg will join community members in a march to the Bojanala Platinum District Municipality offices (Cnr. Beyers Naude & Fatima Bhayat Drive). The march is about inadequate basic services such as housing, electricity and water in areas that the district municipality covers. Numsa joins the march as part of the union’s drive to build a united front that brings together workers and communities in common campaigns and to encourage its members and shopstewards to be involved in community struggles.	http://www.numsa.org.za/article/numsa-members-join-service-delivery-march-rustenburg/
19-Nov-2014	KZN	Port Shepstone	Protesters block part of N2 in KZN IOL News 19 November 2014 Durban - Protesters blockaded the N2 near Harding and Port Shepstone on Wednesday in service delivery protests, KwaZulu-Natal police said. “Plus-minus 400 people were protesting. The road was blocked with burning tyres and stones,” said Major Thulani Zwane. “They also damaged water tanks. No arrests have been made and police are still at the scene monitoring the situation and clearing the road.” Zwane said no one was injured. - Sapa	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/protesters-block-part-of-n2-in-kzn-1.1782662
2-Dec-2014	NW	Barkly West	Protesters ‘holding town hostage’ IOL News 2 December 2014 Kimberley - Raw sewage is running down the streets of Barkly West and into the Vaal River because the town is being held hostage by angry protesters, who are preventing municipal workers from delivering services to the area.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/northern-cape/protesters-holding-town-hostage-1.1789452
3-Dec-2014	Limpopo	Tzaneen Nkowankowa	Nkowankowa residents protest over water The New Age 3 December 2014 Residents of Nkowankowa near Tzaneen in Limpopo blocked a road, demanding water on Wednesday, police said. "They are blocking the road with burning tyres. The protest started early this morning [Wednesday]," said Colonel Ronel Otto. She said no property was damaged and police were monitoring the situation. The protesters blocked the R36 road linking Limpopo and Mpumalanga.	http://www.thenewage.co.za/145010-1013-53-Nkowankowa_residents_protest_over_water
3-Dec-2014	Limpopo	Tzaneen Mokgolobotho	Protesters block access to hospital IOL News 3 December 2014 Polokwane - Residents of Mokgolobotho, outside Tzaneen, blocked a road to the Letaba Hospital in Limpopo on Wednesday, preventing patients and ambulances from entering. They were demanding that the local Greater Tzaneen municipality restore water supply to their area.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/protesters-block-access-to-hospital-1.1790286
3-Dec-2014	KZN	Estcourt Msuluze	Msuluze residents block off R74 Estcourt and Midland News 4 december 2014 Recently Msuluze residents who live along the R74 in the vicinity of Weenen blocked off the road with stones, preventing easy access to passing motorists Ronelle Mungaroo \| 3 December 2014 09:08 A portion of the R74 was blocked off with stones after residents from Msuluze protested against poor service delivery.	http://estcourtnews.co.za/15021/msuluze-residents-block-r74/
3-Dec-2014	Gauteng	Johannesburg Lawley	Protest in Lawley disrupts traffic IOL News 3 December 2014 Johannesburg - A protest in Lawley, south of Johannesburg, disrupted traffic on Wednesday morning, metro police said. “There are protests in Lawley, south of Johannesburg and motorists should avoid the old Lawley road which passes the Lenasia station as it is closed between Lenasia Drive and the R580,” said Chief Superintendent Wayne Minnaar. “There are rocks and tyres on the road placed by protesters who are complaining of no electricity.” The K43 and R580 can be used as alternative routes on Wednesday morning, he said.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/gauteng/protest-in-lawley-disrupts-traffic-1.1789909
4-Dec-2014	Gauteng	Pretoria Nellmapius	Journalists held captive during protest IOL News 4 December 2014 Johannesburg - Two Daily Sun reporters were held captive, allegedly by Economic Freedom Fighters members, during a protest in Nellmapius, Pretoria, Beeld reported on Thursday. According to the report, the group threatened to “necklace” the men during the protest on Wednesday. Daily Sun publisher Jeremy Gordin said the two journalists were grabbed by a group of drunk men in a place called Malemaville. “The leader of the group is apparently an EFF leader,” he was quoted as saying.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/gauteng/journalists-held-captive-during-protest-1.1790712
12-Apr-2015	Gauteng	Esselen Park	Six injured in violent clashes between Red Ants and land grabbers Kempton Express 15 April 2015 The violence erupted on Saturday after the metro police had removed all demarcations for sites SIX people were injured in violent clashes on Sunday between land grabbers and the Red Ants in Esselen Park. The violence erupted on Saturday after the metro police had removed all demarcations for sites, allegedly done on instruction of EFF members, infuriating the illegal land invaders.	http://kemptonexpress.co.za/68266/six-injured-in-violent-clashes-between-red-ants-and-land-grabbers/
13-Apr-2015	W Cape	Cape Town	Cape land invaders refuse to move IOL News 13 April 2015 Cape Town - Illegal land invasions have spread across Cape Town from Khayelitsha, Kalkfontein near Bonteheuwel and now to Wallacedene in Kraaifontein. JP Smith, the mayco member of safety and security for the City of Cape Town, said seven people who occupied land illegally in Kalkfontein were arrested on Saturday.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/cape-land-invaders-refuse-to-move-1.1844309
15-Apr-2015	NW	Rustenburg Ledig	Protests continue in Ledig IOL News 15 April 2015 Rustenburg - Irate residents of Ledig near the Sun City resort outside Rustenburg, refused to allow North West Local Government MEC Collen Maine to speak to them on Wednesday. “We could not allow the MEC to speak. We agreed yesterday (Tuesday) that all arrested people must be released by 10am (Wednesday), before the MEC address us,” said community leader Pakaza Mdluli.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/protests-continue-in-ledig-1.1845730
21-Apr-2015	KZN	Pine Town	Pinetown hit by service delivery protests IOL News 21 April 2015 Durban - Residents of Luganda, outside Pinetown in KwaZulu-Natal, barricaded roads and set fire to a municipal office during a service delivery protest in the area on Tuesday. Residents were barred from going to work by protesters while no taxis or other vehicles were allowed to enter the township. Disgruntled resident, Nokuthula Ngidi who spoke to ANA, said that the march was about empty promises allegedly made by the ward councillor.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/pinetown-hit-by-service-delivery-protests-1.1848374
24-Apr-2015	Gauteng	Ennerdale	Rubber bullets fired in Ennerdale IOL News 24 April 2015 Johannesburg - Joburg Metro police fired rubber bullets at residents of Ennerdale who were burning tyres and sewerage pipes in James Street on Friday morning. The residents are protesting about a piece of land which has allegedly been set aside for people who will be relocated from Protea South in nearby Soweto. The protest started late on Thursday night.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/rubber-bullets-fired-in-ennerdale-1.1850236
26-Apr-2015	Cape Town	Khayelitsha	Stones fly as residents try to build on Denel land IOL News 26 April 2015 Khayelitsha residents sang protest songs outside the court building where Denel's application for the eviction of the Khayelitsha land invaders was heard. Cape Town - Violence flared as Site C, Khayelitsha, residents returned to rebuild shacks on Saturday on Denel-owned land in Cape Town from which they had been removed after police intervention earlier this month. Smoke rose as residents burnt bushes to clear land so more people could erect shacks.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/stones-fly-as-residents-try-to-build-on-denel-land-1.1850531
3-May-2015	Gauteng	Joburg Eldorado Park	Desperate Eldos residents invade land IOL News 6 May 2015 Johannesburg - A group of Eldorado Park residents illegally invaded a piece of land in a bid to claim what they believe rightfully belongs to them. Residents, including young children, embarked on the land grab mission in Extension 6 on Tuesday. They took to the streets in protest, singing “We want houses”, under the watchful eye of police officers stationed on the corner of the plot. A mixed atmosphere of excitement and anger filled the air as residents began the beginning phases of erecting their makeshift shelters using plastic, cardboard and sticks.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/gauteng/desperate-eldos-residents-invade-land-1.1854458
3-May-2015	NW	Rustenburg	Two held after water protest in Rustenburg IOL News 5 May 2015 Rustenburg - Two people have been arrested for public violence during a service delivery protest in Rustenburg, North West police said on Tuesday. Sergeant Kelebogile Moleko said the two were arrested on Monday night. She said residents of Paardekraal Extension 23 barricaded the R510 road at about 8pm and attempted to march to town.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/two-held-after-water-protest-in-rustenburg-1.1853789
6-May-2015	Gauteng	Soweto Orlando West	Two held on second day of Soweto protest IOL News 7 May 2015 By Gertrude Makhafola Comment on this story Johannesburg - Orlando West in Soweto was tense on Thursday as protests against Eskom prepaid meters continued. Metro police arrested two young men and bundled them into a police vehicle. “We’re taking them to Orlando police station,” one officer told a woman who inquired why they were being arrested.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/two-held-on-second-day-of-soweto-protest-1.1855237
10-May-2015		Etwatwa	Community damages councillor’s house Benoni City Times 11 May 2015 Around 350 people marched to the Etwatwa Police Station on Sunday, demanding answers about a man they thought had been arrested for having an altercation with a local ward councillor. Benoni SAPS cluster spokesperson Lieut Nomsa Sekele said the community had a meeting in the Emaphupheni section in Etwatwa, at around 4pm, on May 10.	http://benonicitytimes.co.za/214095/community-damages-councillors-house/
10-May-2015	Gauteng	Phomolong	Power outages lead to more protests The Tembisan 24 May 2015 The smell of rubber in the air were from burning tyres barricading cars en-route to private dwellings. May 24, 2015 The smell of burning rubber in the air came from the burning tyres, which were barricading cars en-route to private dwellings. Electricity cuts on the night of May 10 unleashed protests, where residents’ frustrations over power outages resulted in them throwing rocks and burning tyres.	http://tembisan.co.za/26040/power-outages-lead-to-more-protests/
24-May-2015	Gauteng	Alberton Eden Park	Residents want councillor removed Alberton Record 24 May 2015 A group of angry residents of Greenfields Extension 5, Eden Park, and Thina Zonke marched to Clr Gladstone Zide’s office, shouting: ”Away with Zide, Zide must go”. The aim of the march, on May 19, was to hand over a memorandum of demands, which included the removal of the Ward 53 councillor, and that he hands over of his office keys.	http://albertonrecord.co.za/68479/residents-want-councillor-removed/
25-May-2015	Gauteng	Tembisa Rabie Ridge	More than 1 000 gather in a bid to call for better services The Tembisan 25 May 2015 Over 1 000 residents are protesting for better service delivery in Rabie Ridge, Tembisa. May 25, 2015 Residents march to Midrand as they demand better service delivery. They will hand over a memorandum to regional director Abigail Ndlovu at City of Joburg. Residents from Ivory Park, Kaalfontein, Ebony Park and Rabie Ridge sections are marching to Midrand to call for better service delivery.	http://tembisan.co.za/26272/service-delivery-protest-in-rabie-ridge/
30-May-2015	KZN	Mbazwana	Five held over illegal protest in KZN IOL News 30 May 2015 Durban - Police in KwaZulu-Natal have arrested five people on charges of public violence related to a service delivery protest in Mbazwana, police reported on Saturday Provincial police spokesperson Colonel Jay Naicker said: “On Saturday, Mbazwana police and Public Order Police arrested five suspects for public violence. The community embarked on an illegal protest, they blockaded the road with shards and burning tyres demanding service delivery.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/five-held-over-illegal-protest-in-kzn-1.1865510
7-Jun-2015	Gauteng	Soweto Dube	Protest against power cut during bitter cold IOL News 8 June 2015 Johannesburg - Glass, stones and rubber bullets littered the corner of Pela and Butshingi streets in Dube, Soweto, on Monday morning after hostel dwellers protested against power cuts on Sunday night. They took to the streets, causing havoc from the afternoon until about 7pm, because the electricity in the rest of Dube was on throughout the bitterly cold day on Sunday.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/protest-against-power-cut-during-bitter-cold-1.1868904
12-Jun-2015	NW	Bapong	Cars, bus set alight in NWest protest IOL News 12 June 2015 Brits - Four cars and a bus were set alight in Bapong near Brits on Friday during a protest aimed at forcing a mining company to employ residents, North West police said. “Four vehicles belonging to Lonmin workers were burnt. A bus was partially burnt,” said Captain Paul Ramaloko.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/cars-bus-set-alight-in-nwest-protest-1.1870817
17-Jun-2015	Gauteng	Soweto Diepkloof	Fiery power protest in freezing Joburg IOL News 18 June 2015 Johannesburg - On the coldest night in Joburg since the start of winter, enraged Soweto residents braved the bitter chill to protest against power cuts. On Wednesday night, a group of about 50 residents from Diepkloof Zone 6 took to the streets to vent their frustrations. They barricaded one of the main roads with garbage and lit fires obstructing traffic. The disgruntled community claims that for the past two weeks they have been receiving more power cuts than residents in other parts of Soweto.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/fiery-power-protest-in-freezing-joburg-1.1873028
23-Jun-2015	NW	Rustenburg Tlhabane	Two arrested after service protests IOL News 23 June 2015 Rustenburg - Two people were arrested for public violence in Tlhabane near Rustenburg following a service delivery protest, North West police said on Tuesday. “The suspects were arrested after the community of Tlhabane barricaded the road from Phokeng to Lefaragatlha village on Monday, in protest of service delivery and shortage of water in the area,” said police spokesperson Captain Paul Ramaloko.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/two-arrested-after-service-protests-1.1875404
1-Jul-2015		Lerato Park	Premier scolds protesters IOL News 2 July 2015 Lerato Park - Premier Sylvia Lucas on Wednesday scolded the community for their rudeness and for taking their unhappiness to the streets. This comes after another protest where the roads in Lerato Park were barricaded with rocks and burning tyres during the early hours of on Wednesday morning. Community members are angry that the June 30 deadline has passed without any names of the beneficiaries of the new houses under construction being announced as promised.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/premier-scolds-protesters-1.1879429
6-Jul-2015	NW	Brits Majakaneng	Six arrested during NWest protest IOL News 6 July 2015 Brits - Six people were arrested during a protest in Majakaneng near Brits after a truck was torched on Monday, North West police said. Spokesman Captain Paul Ramaloko: “Seven cars were pelted with stones and a truck was burnt down. The situation is calm and police are monitoring.” He said a group of young men barricaded the N4, allegedly demanding that a local mine must employ them. “The public order police are monitoring the situation, at the moment situation is calm.” Ramaloko said it was safe to use the N4 and the R104 (old Pretoria road).	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/six-arrested-during-nwest-protest-1.1881172
9-Jul-2015	KZN	Durban Blackburn Village	Protests over illegal connections IOL News 9 July 2015 Durban - The removal of illegal electricity connections in informal settlements sparked two separate service delivery protests in the north and south of Durban on Wednesday. Both protests - the first opposite uMhlanga and the other in Lotus Park, Isipingo - were directed at the municipality after they removed the electricity connections. They were also protesting against the lack of houses for those living in informal settlements.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/protests-over-illegal-connections-1.1883043
13-Jul-2015	Gauteng	Burgersfort	Protesters torch truck on R555 IOL News 13 July 2015 Johannesburg - The R555 at Burgersfort was blocked by a burning truck after protesting Mampuru community members stopped it and set it alight on Monday afternoon, Limpopo police said. “Travellers in that area are advised to avoid travelling on that road or to drive carefully. The road linking Burgersfort and Eerstegeluk is completely closed with burning tyres and stones,” spokeswoman Colonel Ronel Otto said. “Motorists are also advised not to stop when people next to the road flag them down as if pretending to be hiking for a lift.”	http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/limpopo/protesters-torch-truck-on-r555-1.1884634
15-Jul-2015	Mpumalanga	Emalahleni	Emalahleni protest Witbank News15 July 2015 Residents of Emalahleni woke up on the morning to be met by burning tyres, road blockages and being without transport to take them to work. Burning tyres on the Willie Ackerman Drive and Botha Street in Ackerville during a protest by some community members. It was not clear as to why some members of the community were protesting, but later a memorandum was received that was emailed to Witbank News. It was also reported that two buses were burned and roads were blocked off in some parts of KwaGuqa and KwaGuqa Extensions.	http://witbanknews.co.za/47080/emalahleni-protest/
28-Jul-2015	Gauteng	Muldersdrift	Shack dwellers voice grievances IOL News 29 July 2015 THE STAR Johannesburg - Rocks, burning debris and several chopped down pine trees blocked a main route to Krugersdorp on Tuesday. Residents of an informal settlement in Muldersdrift, north-west, of Joburg, protested in anger about service delivery issues.
6-Aug-2015	Gauteng	Soweto	Fire engine torched in Soweto IOL News 6 August 2015 Johannesburg - A fire engine was destroyed when protesters pelted it with stones before setting it alight next to the Mzimhlophe hostel in Soweto, causing millions of rand in damage and injuring a fireman. The fire engine was travelling along the Soweto highway after dousing a fire in Meadowlands when hostel dwellers protesting against electricity interruptions surrounded it on Wednesday night, said Johannesburg Emergency Management spokesman Robert Mulaudzi. “The protesters started stoning the fire engine and the firemen ran out of the vehicle… one fireman was stoned and injured,” Mulaudzi said.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/fire-engine-torched-in-soweto-1.1896391
7-Aug-2015	Limpopo	Vuwani	Limpopo protesters torch vehicles IOL News 7 August 2015 A police nyala was burnt during protests in Vuwani, Limpopo, on Friday. Johannesburg – A police nyala and a truck were set alight in Vuwani, Limpopo, on Friday as residents took to the streets and protested against being incorporated into a newly proposed Malamulele municipality. Police spokeswoman Colonel Ronel Otto said the area had come to a total standstill. “No public transport is operating, shops and schools are also closed. A police nyala and a truck were set alight during the protests, travelers are advised to avoid the area,” she said.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/limpopo-protesters-torch-vehicles-1.1897264
11-Aug-2015	KZN	Durban KwaDabeka	Protest erupts in Durban township IOL News 11 August 2015 Durban - A service delivery protest rocked Durban’s western township of KwaDabeka on Tuesday morning, KwaZulu-Natal police said. Police spokesman Major Thulani Zwane said the protest started in the early hours of the morning. He said police estimated that about 100 people took part, and there were no immediate reports of injuries, damage to property or arrests. Local morning radio traffic reports advised motorists to stay away from the area.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/protest-erupts-in-durban-township-1.1897894
12-Aug-2015	NW	Brits Sonop	Sonop residents take to the streets IOL News 12 August 2015 Rustenburg - Residents of Sonop near Brits in North West have barricaded internal roads in their area demanding electricity, North West police said on Wednesday. Colonel Sabata Mokgwabone said no arrests have been made and the police were monitoring the situation. A resident identifying himself Tumi said that a bakkie was burnt down on Tuesday night.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/sonop-residents-take-to-the-streets-1.1898669
13-Aug-2015	E Cape	PE Walmer	Five held for public violence IOL News 13 August 2015 Port Elizabeth – Eastern Cape police arrested five men on charges of public violence and looting during the protests in Walmer, Port Elizabeth, police said on Thursday. Residents in Walmer have been protesting over service delivery, and violence erupted in the area as roads were blocked and protestors stoned vehicles belonging to the police and other road users on Thursday.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/da-protests-against-new-visa-regulations-1.1899940
17-Aug-2015	KZN	Durban Kennedy Road	Protests over burnt shacks in Durban IOL News 17 August 2015 Durban - Protests erupted at Durban’s Kennedy Road informal settlement on Monday, as about 200 protesters burnt tyres and debris blocking roads, police said. Police spokesman Colonel Jay Naicker said officers from the Public Order Policing unit, the Greenwood Park and Sydenham police stations were deployed to the area. “They were protesting about service delivery after their shacks were destroyed by fire last week,” he said. He said police had instructed the protesters to disperse and that a case of public violence had been opened at the Sydenham police station. He said there were no immediate reports of injuries and no one had been arrested.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/protests-over-burnt-shacks-in-durban-1900984
24-Aug-2015	Gauteng	Joburg Klipheuwel	Klipheuwel protest turns violent IOL News 24 August 2015 Johannesburg - Protesters were burning tyres and throwing stones at Klipheuwel Road near Philadelphia on Monday, Western Cape police said. “Police are on the scene. Two suspect have been arrested at this stage on charges of public violence. Police and other Law Enforcement Agencies are on the scene monitoring the situation,” police spokeswoman Noloyiso Rwexana said. It was unclear why the residents were protesting and more information was not immediately available.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/klipheuwel-protest-turns-violent-1904809
1-Sep-2015	W Cape	Cape Town Langa	Backyarders protest turns violent IOL News 2 September 2015 Cape Town - A sleepless night on the floor in a two-bedroom house she shares with nine of her family members led Nontando Bambani to participate in a violent protest in Langa on Tuesday. Bambani was one of 100 backyarders who vented their anger, demanding that they should be beneficiaries in a new housing project in Langa.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/backyarders-protest-turns-violent-1.1909465
2-Sep-2015	KZN	Durban Kennedy Rd	City condemns vandalism in service delivery protest Berea Mail 2 September 2015 While the City condemns the vandalism of municipal property during protests, officials have met with the community of the Kennedy Road informal settlement to address their concerns.	http://bereamail.co.za/62921/city-condemns-vandalism-in-service-delivery-protest/
3-Sep-2015	Mpumalanga	Nkomazi municipality	Mpumalanga Municipality slams Mbuzini protest SABC News 3 September 2015 Residents of Mbuzini in the Nkomazi municipality in Mpumalanga have barricaded the main road into the area demanding a proper road infrastructure. (SABC) Mpumalanga Nkomazi Mbuzini Service delivery protest Selvy Mohlala Cyril Repinga The Nkomazi Local Municipality in Mpumalanga has condemned a protest by Mbuzini community members. The municipality's spokesperson Cyril Repinga, says they have engaged the community in several meetings about the road infrastructure. Repinga says the community has been informed that they are busy with development of road infrastructure in the area.	http://www.sabc.co.za/news/a/2f4e6d8049b62e69b759ff8b2debb9b3/Mpumalanga-Municipality-slams-Mbuzini-protest-20150309
6-Sep-2015	NW	Lethabong	No arrests for Lethabong looting IOL News 9 September 2015 On Tuesday night a group of teenagers looted shops owned by foreign nationals. This followed a meeting at which it was alleged a resolution was taken to shut down the township on Wednesday, in a bid to force the Rustenburg local municipality to speed up the process of allocating residential sites in Lethabong. They also wanted the municipality to attend to a sewerage spill they alleged had been leaking for over six months in Chesampama.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/no-arrests-for-lethabong-looting-1913591
8-Sep-2015	Limpopo	Lephalale	Protesters burn buses, police station MSN News 8 September 2015 Protesters in Lephalale, Limpopo went on the rampage on Monday night as they blockaded roads and burnt down a number of buses, a municipal office and a satellite police station. According to reports, the protesters are allegedly former construction workers at the nearby Medupi power station. The reasons for the protest are as yet not known but police have increased their presence in the area to prevent further protests. Eskom said in an SABC report that the protests had not affected operations at Medupi.
8-Sep-2015	Limpopo	Mokopane	Violent protest enters second week at Angloplats in Limpopo The New Age 8 September 2015 The violent protest by residents of Mapela against Angloplats outside Mokopane, Limpopo, has entered its second week. The residents are demanding jobs and development projects from Angloplats to assist the community. Running battles continue, roads around the mine are blocked leading to disruption of schools around the area. The residents also want the mine to reverse its decision to relocate a high school to a neighbouring village to make way for mine expansion.	http://www.thenewage.co.za/169549-1013-53-Violent_protest_enters_second_week_at_Angloplats_in_Limpopo
8-Sep-2015	Mpumalanga	Pienaar	Mpumalanga residents protest IOL News 8 September 2015 Johannesburg - Residents of Pienaar in Mpumalanga blocked roads and protested against a construction company they accused of not employing local people, police said on Tuesday. “They placed obstacles such as rocks and tree stumps on the road next to the police station on Tuesday morning. They accused a company constructing a road in the area of not employing enough local people,” said police spokesman Brigadier Selvy Mohlala. He added that there were no reports of destruction to property. No arrests have been made.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/mpumalanga-residents-protest-1.1912552
12-Sep-2015	NW	Ventersdorp,	Ventersdorp, Potch violence condemned IOL News 12 September 2015 Potchefstroom - The Democratic Alliance in North West on Saturday condemned the looting of buildings and violence during protests this week, but will continue its High Court action to oppose the Tlokwe local municipality merger with the Ventersdorp local municipality. “The vandalism and arson of the Venterdorp local municipal buildings last night [on Friday] is a horrible result of the ANC government's neglect and contempt for residents' views, which are opposed to the merger of Tlokwe municipality and Ventersdorp municipality,” DA spokeswoman Juanita Terblanche said in a statement	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/ventersdorp-potch-violence-condemned-1.1915043
19-Sep-2015	KZN	Umlazi	Umlazi media statement 20 September 2015 From the Monday protest in demand of electricity connection. This protest have resulted to one community member Mr Zakhe Xulu being arrested on Friday morning in the closure of Mangosuthi Highway. The police bail was not granted for Mr Xulu in GG Police station in Umlazi.
20-Sep-2015	Limpopo	Mokopane	Protesters ban political parties Sowetan 21 September 2015 Residents of a Limpopo mining area have taken a stance to bar political parties from interfering in their negotiations with a mining company. Villages around Mapela near Mokopane were recently rocked by days of violent protests amid allegations of non-compliance by Anglo American Platinum.	http://www.sowetanlive.co.za/news/2015/09/20/protesters-ban-political-parties?ref=yfp
21-Sep-2015	Limpopo	Vuwani	Vuwani plans to resume protests IOL News 21 September 2015 Limpopo Vuwani Cyril Ramaphosa Thulamela Makhado Livhuwani Matsila Vhembe District There are reports that residents of Vuwani in Limpopo are planning to resume their protests on Monday. They suspended their action a week ago, after Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa addressed them. He focused on the Municipal Demarcation Board's decision to merge their area with other parts of Thulamela and Makhado municipalities to form a new municipality in the Vhembe district.	http://www.sabc.co.za/news/a/12a34b8049ed04fabafabef699190bea/Vuwani-plans-to-resume-protests-20152109
25-Sep-2015	Limpopo	Magatle	Protesters dig trench across R360 IOL News 25 September 2015 Johannesburg - Residents of Magatle in Limpopo blocked roads with stones and dug a trench across the R360 during a service delivery protest on Friday, Limpopo police said. “Motorists travelling in the Magatle area are advised to drive carefully on the R360 as protesters blocked roads with stones. Police removed the obstacles, the problem is that a deep hole has been dug across the road,” said spokeswoman Colonel Ronel Otto. “The protest is against a lack of service delivery,” she added.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/limpopo/protesters-dig-trench-across-r360-1.1921177
25-Sep-2015	NW	Naledi	5 arrested for N West violent protest IOL News 25 September 2015 Johannesburg - Former leader of the Congress of SA Students Andrew Babeile has been arrested over his alleged involvement in the destruction of property belonging to the Naledi Local Municipality in North West during a protest this week. Babeile, Lindwall Steytler, Handy Ntshotshoba, Mvuyo Ncobo and an unnamed man handed themselves over to the police on Wednesday night. According to councillors and police, they destroyed municipal property and assaulted the municipality’s chief financial officer David Thornhill on Tuesday afternoon.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/5-arrested-for-n-west-violent-protest-1.1921079
29-Sep-2015	W Cape	Cape Town Masiphumelele	Volatile Masi being monitored IOL News 30 September 2015 Cape Town - Police were keeping a close eye on Masiphumelele on Tuesday night after hundreds of protesters set up burning barricades to prevent access to the area on Tuesday morning. The protesters demanded the release of seven men who appeared in the Simon’s Town Magistrate’s Court after an alleged mob justice incident in the area two weeks ago. The alleged vigilante attack resulted in the death of one man who had been beaten and shot, and the severe injury of another who had been beaten and set alight.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/pics-volatile-masi-being-monitored-1.1922941
30-Sep-2015	NW	Delareyville Atamalang	Schools, clinic burned in NWest protest IOL News 30 September 2015 Rustenburg - Three schools and a clinic were burnt down during a service delivery protest in Atamalang near Delareyville on Wednesday, North West police said. Captain Paul Ramaloko said protesters, demanding electricity torched ten classrooms at the three schools in the early hours of Wednesday morning.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/schools-clinic-burned-in-nwest-protest-1.1923237
7-Oct-2015	E Cape	King William’s Town Sterkstroom	Six arrested for public violence IOL News 7 October 2015 King William’s Town - Police in Sterkstroom in the Eastern Cape have arrested six suspects for attempted murder and malicious damage to property following community protests in which several houses, including that belonging to the mayor were damaged.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/six-arrested-for-public-violence-1.1926487
8-Oct-2015	Limpopo	Polokwane	Polokwane municipal offices bombed IOL News 28 October 2015 Polokwane - Offices belonging to the Polokwane municipality were petrol bombed on Wednesday morning after the council disconnected electricity to residents who had been defaulting on their payments. The municipality executive mayor Councillor Thembi Nkadimeng said the incident happened after residents revolted against the local housing rental body.
11-Oct-2015	KZN	R103 near Ladysmith	Police disperse angry protesters on R103 Ladysmith Gazette 11 October 2015 The road is now open to motorists police The authorities had to disperse an angry crowd along the R103 earlier this evening. Protesters were burning tyres and would not let any motorists pass through. RTI and police reacted quickly and chased the mob away. The road is now open to motorists. Police and RTI are monitoring the area.	http://witbanknews.co.za/55040/demonstrations-at-phola/
12-Oct-2015	Gauteng	Joburg Kya Sand	Kya Sand protest turns violent IOL News 12 October 2015 Johannesburg - Chaos erupted in Kya Sand on Monday morning when residents pelted motorists with stones and blocked thoroughfares near Witkoppen and Malibongwe roads with rocks, burning tyres and debris.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/pics-kya-sand-protest-turns-violent-1.1928530
13-Oct-2015	Limpopo	Burgersfort	Protesters burn two trucks in Limpopo Witbank News 13 October 2015 Angry protesters set two trucks on fire along the R555 road near Burgersfort in Limpopo during a protest today. Burgersfort police spokesperson Constable Victoria Maluleke said the protesters barricaded roads with stones and burning tyres. They are demanding the nearby mining company employ the locals, Review Online reported.	http://witbanknews.co.za/lnn/111124/protesters-burn-two-trucks-in-limpopo
14-Oct-2015	Limpopo	Burgersfort	Vehicles torched in mine jobs protest IOL News 14 October 2015 Burgersfort, Limpopo - At least ten vehicles were set alight by residents of Burgersfort in Limpopo amid angry protests over lack of job opportunities in the local mining sector. Four trucks, four buses and two cars were set alight on Tuesday night by residents living near the platinum mines who are demanding jobs and development in the area. Residents, who claimed mining companies had failed to deliver on earlier promises to employ locals, also burnt tyres and barricaded roads with debris.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/vehicles-torched-in-mine-jobs-protest-1.1930043
20-Oct-2015		Lekwa Municipality	Residents protest against smart meters Standerton Adverts 20 October 2015 This comes after the Kosmospark and Florapark residents called on the municipality to remove the newly installed meters This came after the Kosmospark and Florapark residents called on the Lekwa Municipality to remove the newly installed meters. They said they are spending more money on electricity because of the smart meters.	http://standertonadvertiser.co.za/26716/residents-protest-against-smart-meters/
3-Nov-2015	KZN	Durban Lamontville	Road Blockade in Sisonke Village Yesterday the Sisonke Village Abahlali branch (Lamontville) took to the street and blockaded the road after a long wait for a ward councillor to respond to their demand. The community of Sisonke have been in the area for fives years without water, electricity and toilets. Instead they have faced constant illegal and violent evictions. The local leadership of AbM have tried to have meetings with the ward councillor and wrote letters to her but she never responded.	http://abahlali.org/node/15024/
4-Nov-2015	KZN	Umkhanyakude District Municipality	KZN drought sparks violence IOL News 5 November 2015 Durban - Desperation for water has turned violent in Jozini. Community members rampaged, barricading roads with burning tyres and boulders and stoning motorists on Wednesday morning. Ward 7 and Ward 2 residents have closed the main access roads connecting Jozini to the N2, demanding water. At the heart of the protest are allegations that the Umkhanyakude District Municipality has failed to provide drinking water, delivered by water tankers, for more than two months.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/kzn-drought-sparks-violence-1940963
6-Nov-2015		Clewer Vosmam	Land invaders torched a shop after looting it Witbank News 6 November 2015 After a running battle with police and Law enforcements units from the municipality, land invaders allegedly burned down a shop after looting all that was inside. After a running battle with police and Law enforcements units from the municipality, land invaders allegedly burned down a shop after looting all that was inside. A shop in Vosman was looted and burned by the land invaders. It is not known why they targeted the shop.	http://witbanknews.co.za/54573/land-invaders-torched-a-shop-after-looting-it/
9-Nov-2015	Gauteng	Centurion Olievenhoutbosch	Protest over ‘sneaky’ home allotment IOL News 10 November 2015 Pretoria - Thousands of livid residents of Olievenhoutbosch on Monday took to the streets to voice their anger over the allocation process of the newly built RDP houses in their area. They threw debris on to the road and burnt tyres, calling on Tshwane mayor Kgosientso Ramokgopa to give them answers about the “sneaky allocation process of RDP houses in Extension 27”.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/gauteng/protest-over-sneaky-home-allotment-1943297
12-Nov-2015	Limpopo	R36 at The Oaks	Limpopo demarcation protest intensifies Kempton Express 12 November 2015 Residents are demanding the boundaries separating their village from a neighbouring village be changed. The protests on the R36 at The Oaks, between Hoedspruit and Tzaneen, have intensified. Police have barricaded the road and no vehicles are allowed in. Farm watch members and various units of the Limpopo provincial police intensified their presence today, as they started a clean-up operation by taking graders into the no-go zone. Police at the scene said protesters were mainly active in the late afternoon and at night, Letaba Herald reported.	http://kemptonexpress.co.za/lnn/119682/limpopo-demarcation-protest-intensifies
15-Nov-2015	W Cape	Cape Town Mitchells Plain	Road closed as protesters take to the streets News 24 16 November 2015 Cape Town - Protest action on Sunday afternoon led to the closure of parts of a Jakes Gerwel and Highlands drives in Mitchells Plain. Residents of the Siqalo informal settlement earlier threw stones at vehicles and set tyres alight, authorities confirmed. About 400 protesters had also burnt rubble in the road and traffic was diverted by metro police. Police were also on the scene and after the crowd was addressed by the public order police, protesters returned to their homes, said mayoral committee member for safety and security JP Smith. Fire services are currently cleaning the scene.	http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/road-closed-as-protesters-take-to-the-streets-20151115
16-Nov-2015		Phola	Demonstrations at Phola Witbank News 16 November 2015 There was a protest in the early hours of the morning in Phola. There was a protest in the early hours of the morning in Phola. It was not clear as to what the community members were complaining about. The protest was on Tuesday, November 10. Emalahleni municipal manager Mr Theo Van Vuuren in his Face book page warned the people about the protest. He said:	http://witbanknews.co.za/55040/demonstrations-at-phola/
18-Nov-2015	KZN	KwaMsane	Residents block road in protest against water shortage News 24 18 November 2015 About 2 000 people participated in the protest, police said. Eight were arrested after setting a community hall in KwaMsane on fire. A resident from KwaMsane, Nomusa Msweli, said they last had water in June this year.	http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/residents-block-road-in-protest-against-water-shortage-20151116
2-Dec-2015	Gauteng	Centurion Mooiplaats	Protesters burn tyres on R55 Pretoria East Record 3 December 2015 The R55 was closed on Wednesday after violence ensued by angry Mooiplaats residents. Violence erupted on the R55 in Olievenhoutbosch, Centurion on Wednesday morning, after angry Mooiplaats residents barricaded the road with burning tyres and rocks.	http://rekordeast.co.za/73561/protesters-burn-tyres-on-r55/
14-Dec-2015	Limpopo	Mankweng	Water threats prompt Mankweng protest IOL News 14 December 2015 Limpopo - Residents of Mankweng in Limpopo staged protest and forced shops to close on Monday amid demands that the local Polokwane municipality reverse a council motion to cut water.	http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/limpopo/water-threats-prompt-mankweng-protest-1.1960217
25-Jan-2016	Gauteng	Lenasia Precas	Protest in Lenasia over water, power IOL News 25 January 2016 Johannesburg - Residents of the Precas informal settlement, near Lenasia, blocked streets with bricks and burning tyres on Monday morning in protest against poor service delivery. Plumes of black smoke rose into the air, which was filled with the pungent odour of the rubbish that was strewn around the streets from bins. “We are tired of having no running water and electricity,” said Amanda Ponie, a young woman living in the area. They were also protesting because those living in Precas had been told that they had to move to neighbouring Thembilihle or Lehae informal settlements.	http://w