Protesters blocked roads and stoned cars in Cape Town on Monday morning. City of Cape Town traffic services spokesperson Richard Coleman said PG Drive was closed in both directions between Military Road and Sonnet Way. Coleman said protest action had also been reported in Khayelitsha. Mew Way Road was closed in both directions between Pama..
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Chaos is once again the order of the day in Cape Town – Protesters stone cars, block roads
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SANDF Deployment does not stop gang violence in Western Cape – ANC regime does not have ability to take control over crime
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Police with smoke grenades trying to intimidate protesters and gang groups are doing nothing and just angering protesters, says a resident of the Bishop Lavis area in the Western Cape. Then rubber bullets were used, and the gangs laughed at the police and fired back with live ammunition. Then the army soldiers and the hope..
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Unprotected strike of my city bus drivers rears into its seventh week – damages of torched Myciti Buses now estimated At R18 Million
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The latest incident occurred earlier this week where its understood three suspects threw a petrol bomb inside a bus near Milnerton. The City of Cape Town has placed the estimated costs to MyCiTi vehicles at R18 million after four buses were torched in separate attacks on the transport system. The latest incident occurred earlier this..
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WATCH | This is not a civilization – Illegal march in Stellenbosch turns out violent, 27 arrested
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Twenty-seven people were arrested for public violence and malicious damage to property after an illegal march in Stellenbosch on Monday. About 60 protesters marched from the Stellenbosch Magistrate’s Court in Mark Street to Plein Street after community leaders appeared in court. “According to reports, the protesters threw garbage in front of a municipal building,” police..
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Protesters Erect Shack Outside Helen Zille’s Residence
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A small group of protesters have erected a shack and are demonstrating in front of Premier Helen Zille’s residence. The protesters have told Eyewitness News that nothing is being done in their communities. Some of their major concerns are land and housing. Amanda Makolwa, a resident of Cross Roads in Philippi, says that the government..
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Why Parkwood land-grabbers are fed up – ‘If you’re brown‚ you’re not allowed to get a house’
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Plots have been marked off with duct tape and rope on a vacant piece of land in Parkwood‚ Cape Town.
“Unfortunately if you happen to be brown‚ this is the problem‚ you are not allowed to have a house‚ you are not allowed to have a job‚” said an angry Faidel Adams‚ who has moved onto the land next to the busy M5 highway.
The land grab began on Saturday and escalated into violent clashes with police after roads were allegedly blocked by protesters in the area.
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