In the last year, the city has seen a 53% increase in the number of land invasions recorded. Protests relating to the land crisis have increased by 249%. The City of Cape Town has released its annual Safety and Security Directorate’s statistics for the last year, with results pointing to a massive surge in illegal..
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Cape Town battling a wave of land invasions and related protests
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South Africa: “Violence is the only language our government understands”
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Residents of Ngcobo in the Eastern Cape blocked the R61 to Cofimvaba demanding that the provincial government fix their roads. They closed the busy road with burning tyres, stones and trees, demanding a meeting with Eastern Cape transport MEC Weziwe Tikana. The protest started at 3am and went on until lunchtime. School transport and taxis..
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Taxpayers will now have to pay #Feesmustfall damages of nearly R800m
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The damage caused at universities and training colleges by so-called Fees Must Fall protests has soared to nearly R800 million. This has been revealed by Higher Education Minister Naledi Pandor in a written reply to a parliamentary question from the Democratic Alliance (DA). The University of the North West suffered the highest cost in damages,..
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What is really happening in Hermanus and elsewhere in South Africa?
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Hermanus in the Western Cape still resembles a scene from a horror movie with ongoing violence, intimidation and political upheaval and it is calculated that damages are now approaching R50 million. When speaking to residents however, you realise that there is much more to the story than what the media reports. Even more than the..
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N2 protest: Burning tyres and confusion brings Durban drivers to a halt
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Durban drivers on the N2 were left stranded in a massive traffic backlog on Tuesday morning. Protesters blocked part of the busy highway with burning tyres just one day after rubbish was dumped in a similar area.
The N2 Durban bound was the area in question on Tuesday morning. A similar incident also took place in the uMbongintwini area.
“Police have an idea of who could have done this and arrests are expected to be made. Tyres were placed across all the lanes and then set alight. This has caused a severe traffic backlog. Vehicles had to be diverted from the N2 in Isipingo onto the M4,” Sewpersad said.
With a blockage of that scale, drivers had been attempting to utilise the emergency lanes to get past the tyres, an act police have urged motorists not to partake in.
When the fire department arrives on the scene, it has been unable to use the emergency lanes to put out the fire and remove the debris.
At this stage, police have admitted that they are n
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Hermanus violence, policeman attacked robbed of pistol and shotgun
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The situation in Zwelihle, Hermanus reached a volatile point last night, 19 July 2018, when one of our members was attacked and severely assaulted by protestors. The member was robbed of his 9mm firearm and shotgun during the attack. He was admitted to hospital where he is being treated. Operations to quell the violence in..
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KwaZulu-Natal highways shut down due to petrol price protests
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In response to skyrocketing petrol prices, the #FuelPricesMustFall campaign has taken to KwaZulu-Natal’s city streets and major highways in protest. Hundreds of motorists were stuck in traffic congestion on Wednesday morning as a result of the demonstration. The purpose of the #FuelPricesMustFall campaign is to raise awareness regarding the issue of escalating fuel prices. The..
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Madness of the new SA, how does the victim become the criminal?
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Last Friday 4 May 2018, Ferdie van Greunen and his family arrived at their home in Lynnwoodrif. An unknown vehicle was parked in the driveway. Ferdie got out of his car and approached the unknown vehicle. At this point it became clear that the two people in the vehicle were burglars. One of them ran straight towards the vehicle in which Ferdie’s family was still sitting and attempted to drive away with it, thereby committing vehicle theft and abduction as well.
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State firearm lost in fracas with violent protesters, Limpopo
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Four people aged between 32 and 64 were on Tuesday, 8 May 2018, arrested following acts of public violence at Seleteng Ga-Mphahlele next to Lebowakgomo.
The police were summoned to the scene where community members were protesting.On arrival, the road had already been barricaded by the chanting protesters who were also hostile towards police.
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Cape Town station chaos
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Protesting reported, 30 April 2018, by Front Nasionaal SA, at Cape Town train station. Protesting today and wondering why there are no trains the next day!
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Mayhem in North West Province: Looting and loathing continues in Mahikeng
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The revolt against North West premier Supra Mahumapelo continued throughout Wednesday night and into Thursday morning‚ with shops being looted and a truck trailer being torched.
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Fed-up members of public force their way into Randburg Home Affairs after ‘early closure’
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They decided to stage a sit-in until they were attended to by officials, but were simply ignored.
A group of disgruntled members of the public staged an unsuccessful sit-in at the Home Affairs offices in Randburg after being told an hour and a half before the branch’s official closing time that they would not be served
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Residents of Imizamo Yethu protest about basic services
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CAPE TOWN – A group of protesting Imizamo Yethu residents is demanding basic services.
The residents have been at loggerheads with the City of Cape Town since last year when a fire devastated the area
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The taxi industry in Ekurhuleni has given the Ekurhuleni metro notice that its members will be embarking on a march tomorrow
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Commuters will be compensated with a free ride for a lost day.
The taxi industry in Ekurhuleni has given the Ekurhuleni metro notice that its members will be embarking on a march tomorrow,
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Limpopo protesters demand jobs from mine
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Northam – Communities living in the mining area of Northam Platinum mine in Limpopo braved the rain to hand over a memorandum to the mine on Thursday.
Communities residing in the 50km radius of the mine demanded that they be employed at the mine; that the mine recognise their councillors and traditional leaders; and for the mine to stop recruiting people from Teba in Phokeng and to rather recruit directly from the mining communities.
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