South Africa– Blue Sky Publications (Pty) Ltd T/A TheSouthAfrican Number: 2005/028472/07. A man wearing chains joins a protest rally in front of the U.S. Consulate General in Johannesburg, South Africa, Monday, June 8, 2020. Police officers were called to the R104 just past Hans Strydom Road after protests spilled onto the major carriageway. Following the 2020 retrenchment saga at the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), consultations with the employees and their representatives have come to a halt. South African journalist Thobile Mlangeni sustained injuries on 26 November 2020 when police allegedly fired rubber bullets indiscriminately in Mbombela, Mpumalanga Province. Filed under protests , racism , south africa , 11/20/20 Share this article: Former public protector Thuli Madonsela has been battling the EFF on their form of ‘peaceful protest' at Clicks stores. It has been published in several global media reports on the protests. ... September 7, 2020. close. Rising protests are a warning sign for South Africa’s government . 1st Floor, Block B, North Park, Black River Park, 2 Fir Street, Observatory, Cape Town, 7925, South Africa SHARE. The silence has ... Police are monitoring two protests in Hout Bay and Philippi East. A protester demonstrates against the deaths of George Floyd, in the United States, and Collins Khosa, in South Africa, outside South Africa's Parliament in Cape Town June 3, 2020. Our offices are for administrative purposes only, no visitors will be accepted without an appointment. The Nigerian city of Lekki has become the scene of tumultuous violence as armed forces allegedly gunned down anti-Sars protesters. BURNING FOREIGN OWNED BUSINESSES. Residents say they've had no water delivered for two weeks and are demanding that President Cyril Ramaphosa address them on ... People from several Gauteng communities marched through central Johannesburg under the banner of the Gauteng Housing Crisis Committee (GHCC). Student protests are endemic in South Africa. No water QwaQwa – “peaceful ” strike this morning! Is Springbok legend ‘Beast’ Mtawarira’s next career move a WWE ring? Authorities on high alert as pro-Trump supporters flood DC to protest election . Some Naledi residents have been without electricity for five or six months, others for more than nine months. Situation reported to be tense in Middelburg, near Graaf-Reinet. (@okayafrica) As protesters took to the streets in cities across the U.S. in the aftermath of the police killing of George Floyd, a Black man in Minneapolis, Minn., so did demonstrators in other countries … The Black Lives Matter movement became an international phenomenon in 2020. TheSouthAfrican.com is all about South Africa and the stories that affect South Africans, wherever they are in the world. Electricity disconnection is understood to be at the heart of grievances. It’s been a very tumultuous start to the week for a number of places across South Africa, as three major protests were reported overnight and into Monday morning. Anti-government mass protests will most certainly continue into 2020, given the challenges that remain and the growing demands posed by youthful, better educated and urbanised populations. The eight-year-old passed away on Saturday, and hundreds of residents are still marching on the streets demanding a solution. Postal: Blue Sky Publications (Pty) Ltd T/A TheSouthAfrican, PO Box 44354, Claremont, 7735, South Africa, United Kingdom– Blue Sky Publications Ltd – Company Registration Number: 04683692. Julius Malema, leader of South Africa's opposition party the Economic Freedom Fighters, kneels during a protest against the death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd. 1 of 3. South African farmers protest attacks AFP 8/18/2020. The woman driver allegedly tried to flee after mowing through the protesters. They plan to ... During the lockdown period of 27 March to 31 July 2020, a total of 511 protests were recorded. ... (accessed 15 February 2020). The latest incident comes just a week after another Golden Arrow bus was torched by protesters in Philipi. 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The FF Plus claims the Senekal protest, which took place on Tuesday 6 October, was not violent and lawless. Tensions have been inflamed here after a young girl drowned while trying to collect water from a nearby river. Since April 2020, in Germany numerous protests against government policies over the COVID-19 pandemic have been held in several cities. ... sets the course of protests. Durban nurses arrested for allegedly using hospital patient’s bank card, Lotto and Lotto Plus results for Wednesday, 13 January 2021. The Gauteng suburb of Boschkop has seen unrest develop with the last couple of hours. SAPS are battling to calm the situation and ensure that traffic disruptions remain at a minimum on Monday. The protesters also paid homage to Collins Khosa, a South African man allegedly beaten by soldiers enforcing COVID-19 lockdown restrictions in April. ... Truck drivers have taken to the streets, to protest against the hiring of their foreign counterparts. Share page. The most striking protest action comes from Olivenhoutsbosch near Pretoria. And, the report’s authors say, that unrest is unlikely to die down in 2020. South African police use tear gas on protest over race South African police have used tear gas, stun grenades and water cannons on hundreds of … Residents of Boschkop, Olivenhoutsbosch and Qwaqwa have all taken to the streets to air their various grievances. Protest against Africa’s 1st COVID-19 vaccine test shows fear World . Protests in South Africa against Ethiopia fighting. Golden Arrow pleads for police help after more Cape Town buses torched 17.8.2020 Farming communities to embark on ‘supportive protest’ awareness campaign 13.8.2020 MOST POPULAR South Africa Many residents ... A small protest took place on 19 April 2020 in Sofia against the measures to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, with many of the participants expressing concerns about their livelihoods. Protestors have been barricading roads since early in the week. The man later died in hospital. South African men often hold patriarchal views about women, seeing them as inferior. The is discontent in the not-so-United States of America on Wednesday. The pandemic has exposed socio-economic weaknesses resulting from poor policy implementation and a … Thousands of South African women took to the streets on Thursday to protest at the government’s failure to deal with rising violence against women in the wake of a … Recent anti-racism protests in South Africa have utilized slogans and imagery connected to the Black Lives Matter movement in the United States.