ARTICLES RELATING TO PROTESTS

Cops crack down on Joburg protest violence

2013-05-24 20:12

More than 90 people have been arrested for protest-related crimes in Evaton, Orange Farm and Sebokeng, south of Johannesburg, Gauteng police say.

Cosatu e-toll protesters start marching

2013-05-24 11:05

A group of Cosatu e-toll protesters have taken to marching down an adjacent street as they wait for feedback from union officials on whether the protest can go ahead.

Cosatu still deciding on e-tolls protest

2013-05-24 08:42

Cosatu says it is studying the court ruling halting its planned e-toll protest, as it wants to continue within the confines of the law.

Cape Town seeks interdict for protesters

2013-05-22 16:40

The City of Cape Town intends seeking an interdict against the people disrupting the servicing of toilets in informal settlements, an official says.

Cape Town protest closes highway

2013-05-20 10:04

A section of the N2 highway in Cape Town is closed because of a service delivery protest, Western Cape police say.

Mpumalanga protesters out on bail

2013-05-15 18:16

Twenty-eight protesters have been released on bail of R500 each by the Piet Retief Magistrate's Court.

Shots fired at Marikana

2013-05-15 14:26

Shots have been fired inside the Wonderkop Stadium, in Marikana, while striking miners were gathering for a meeting.

Mpumalanga MEC welcomes protest arrests

2013-05-14 14:24

Mpumalanga Community Safety MEC Vusi Shongwe has welcomed the arrest of 23 people for public violence, during service delivery protests in Thandukukhanya township in Piet Retief.

Cops fire rubber bullets in Kliptown

2013-05-07 15:02

Police have fired rubber bullets to disperse residents protesting at an informal settlement in Kliptown.

KZN commuters protest over taxis

2013-05-06 14:20

KwaDukuza commuters have barricaded roads with rocks and burning tyres in protest at the lack of taxis in the area.

Tshwane cops protest new shift system

2013-05-02 14:20

Members of the Tshwane metro police have reportedly spent Workers' Day protesting against a new shift system.

ANCWL: Hands off Motshekga

2013-04-25 17:18

The ANC Women’s League has come out in support of Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga following Sadtu's call for her and her director general Bobby Soobrayan to resign.

Cosatu threatens to join teachers

2013-04-24 16:47

If calls by protesting Sadtu members are not heeded, Cosatu members will join them on the streets, its Western Cape secretary Tony Ehrenreich has vowed.

Cosatu: Apartheid lingers in SA education

2013-04-24 13:52
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Structural deficiencies in the South African education system need to be addressed urgently, Cosatu has said during a protest by teachers.

Sadtu march under way in Pretoria

2013-04-24 12:14

SA Democratic Teachers' Union members have started striking in Marabastad on the outskirts of Pretoria CBD. It is estimated that there are 5 000 strikers in the city.

Protesters gather for Sadtu march

2013-04-24 09:27

Members of the SA Democratic Teachers' Union have started converging on the outskirts of Pretoria for their protest march to the Union Buildings.

Sadtu to march in Pretoria, Cape Town

2013-04-23 12:00

Planned marches by at least 25 000 members of the SA Democratic Teachers' Union in Pretoria and Cape Town will go ahead, the union says.

Government slams violent Soweto protest

2013-04-22 19:02

Government has condemned violence and destruction of property during a protest in Soweto last week.

Protesters stone cars on Cape Town highway

2013-04-19 14:34

Protesters in Cape Town have disrupted the N2 by stoning cars during service delivery protests in the Khayelitsha and Phillipi East areas.

Cops on high alert after Soweto protest

2013-04-18 11:02

Johannesburg police are on high alert at the Elias Motsoaledi informal settlement in Soweto after protesters blockaded a road and stoned vehicles.

Freedom Park protest affects traffic

2013-04-11 11:20

Residents of Freedom Park near Eldorado Park have embarked on a protest, placing stones on the highways and forcing motorists to use alternative routes.

Free State council members to be probed

2013-04-10 17:03

Members of the Metsimaholo council in the Free State are to be investigated following claims of corruption and wasteful expenditure, speaker Sello Matena says.

Hundreds protest against Sasolburg mayor

2013-04-10 13:23

Hundreds of disgruntled residents of Zamdela, outside Sasolburg, are marching to the municipal buildings to demand the removal of the mayor.

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Sasolburg protests start again

2013-04-10 10:11

Protests in Zamdela, Sasolburg, have flared up again as residents protest municipal demarcation plans and barricaded roads. See all the pictures.

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Sadtu members to embark on go-slow

2013-04-08 10:11

The SA Democratic Teachers Union says its members will embark on a national go-slow when schools reopen this week, calling for the resignation of the education minister.

 

Metro police dispute Cosatu's R2m claim

2013-05-24 14:36

Cosatu was asked to make an upfront payment of R200 000 for the planned protest against e-tolls and not R2m, the Johannesburg metro police say.

Protesters gather for e-toll action

2013-05-24 10:01

A handful of people have gathered outside Cosatu's Johannesburg headquarters as the union leaders decide whether to continue with a planned protest against e-tolling.

Cosatu's e-toll protest to go ahead

2013-05-24 07:12

Cosatu plans to go ahead with a go-slow protest against e-tolling, despite failed attempts at getting permission.

Striking janitors dump faeces on N2

2013-05-21 09:27

Striking janitors responsible for cleaning communal toilets dumped human faeces on the N2 highway in Cape Town during a protest, according to a report.

Government contingent to visit Marikana

2013-05-16 21:08

Cabinet will send a delegation of ministers to Marikana in the North West to calm renewed unrest, acting Minister in the Presidency Edna Molewa says.

Cops met with death threats at Marikana

2013-05-15 14:46

Death threats were hurled at a police videographer in Marikana by striking mineworkers, the Farlam Commission of Inquiry has been told.

Officials look to combat violent protests

2013-05-14 18:22

An early-warning system is in place to alert law enforcement officials to potentially violent protests, State Security Minister Siyabonga Cwele says.

Protests diverting police resources

2013-05-13 14:10

Protests in Gauteng are diverting police resources away from fighting crime, provincial police commissioner Lieutenant General Mzwandile Petros says.

Satawu members gather to march

2013-05-07 11:56

Satawu members have begun moving into the Peter Roos Park, in Johannesburg for a march in demand of higher wages for bus drivers.

Metro cops strike deemed illegal

2013-05-02 20:35

A protest by Tshwane metro police officers was illegal, executive director Console Tleane says.

Sadtu condemns Motshekga's 'underwear'

2013-04-26 22:37

The SA Democratic Teachers' Union has criticised the conduct of some of its members during a protest march.

Protest disrupts KZN university lectures

2013-04-24 20:21

Lectures have been disrupted at the University of KwaZulu-Natal's Edgewood campus in Pinetown, when about 300 students protested.

Protesters try to force way into Union Buildings

2013-04-24 15:04
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Police have struggled to control thousands of striking teachers' union members who pushed through police barriers in an attempt to enter the Union Buildings.

Sadtu march gets going in Cape Town

2013-04-24 12:29

Hundreds of Sadtu members have started marching to Parliament in Cape Town.

Cops out in force ahead of Sadtu march

2013-04-24 10:17

Police and metro police officers as well as emergency services officials have been deployed to the outskirts of Pretoria ahead of a planned Sadtu march to the Union Buildings.

Thousands of teachers set to march

2013-04-24 07:28
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Up to 25 000 members of the SA Democratic Teachers Union are set to hit the streets of Pretoria and Cape Town in a national protest march organised by the union.

Shops looted during university protest

2013-04-22 19:40

Students looted shops at Walter Sisulu University's Mthatha campus during a protest, the university says.

Protest ahead of shoplifter assault case

2013-04-22 11:51

Cosatu members are protesting outside a Limpopo court, calling for the "harshest sentences" for three people accused of allegedly assaulting a shoplifter with a hammer.

'Porta loos' torched at service protest

2013-04-18 20:03

More than 70 people burnt tyres and threw stones at passing cars on the N2 highway during a service delivery protest in Cape Town, while a truck delivering portable toilets was also torched.

Durban teachers call for minister's head

2013-04-17 17:49

Hundreds of SA Democratic Teachers' Union members have picketed outside the education department's Durban office.

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Sasolburg public meeting cancelled

2013-04-11 09:36

Protesting residents in Zamdela, Sasolburg, are furious after a public meeting with municipal authorities was cancelled. Watch.

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Zamdela quiet after protest

2013-04-10 16:00

The situation is quiet in the Zamdela informal settlement outside Sasolburg, in the Free State, after a march by residents, police say.

Quiet ahead of Sasolburg protest

2013-04-10 10:32

Free State police say the situation is quiet in Zamdela township near Sasolburg ahead of a planned march to protest against corruption.

Motshekga won't comment on go-slow

2013-04-08 11:50
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Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga has opted to remain silent on a looming go-slow by Sadtu members who are calling for her dismissal.

Tibetan immolations in spotlight at Brics

2013-03-26 14:38

Civil society groups including the Tibet Society of South Africa have geared up for a day of protest at the Brics summit in Durban.

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