protests

This will be a catch-all thread for anything related to the current protests/riots in the US. Let's start. Warning: Graphical. Black man stabbed in the back by a 43yo white protester in Portland. He was then apprehended by fellow protesters and has been arrested by police...

Students attack security guards – What the #FeesMustFall protests really look like A local photographer has captured up-close images of #FeesMustFall protests this week, showing students violently attacking security guards.

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Ongoing protests across the country are a ticking bomb about to explode, Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi said on Thursday. "Nineteen years later in a democracy we are becoming [the] protest headquarters of the world; we call that a ticking bomb about to explode," he told delegates at...

US actor and activist Danny Glover surprised Popcru members at Mary Fitzgerald Square in central Johannesburg on Thursday. He told the crowd he supported them. "I'm here on behalf of all the workers in Mississippi. We are all supporting each other, we must stand together. Amandla," he...

Protesters blocked roads near Cape Town International Airport on Monday morning despite an interim interdict banning such behaviour, the City of Cape Town said. The Western Cape High Court last week granted the city an interdict against 89 former employees of toilet service company Sannicare...

An early warning system is in place to alert law enforcement officials to potentially violent protests, State Security Minister Siyabonga Cwele said on Tuesday. Delivering his budget vote speech in the National Assembly, Cwele blamed "socio-economic factors and the global economic slowdown"...

Mining operations at Lonmin's platinum mine in Rustenburg, in North West, were suspended on Tuesday, the company said. "We can confirm there is a stoppage. Workers arrived for work, but did not go underground. The reason for them not going underground is unclear," said spokeswoman Sue Vey...

Motorcyclists protesting e-tolls in Gauteng are expected to cause traffic disruptions on Saturday by riding on highways ear-marked for the project, Johannesburg metro police said. "Traffic will be disrupted on Johannesburg freeways today [Saturday] as a group of motorcyclists will be driving...

Service delivery protest marches do not make any difference, DA leader Helen Zille said in Sterkspruit in the Eastern Cape on Friday. "The truth is, protest marches rarely change anything because making a noise doesn't change a government." She was speaking to residents after a tour of the...

The Ficksburg Regional Court was packed on Thursday for the trial of seven policemen charged with killing local protester Andries Tatane. Regional Magistrate Hein van Niekerk was expected to hear final arguments in the matter from the prosecution and defence teams. Earlier, Van Niekerk...

The seven policemen accused of killing protester Andries Tatane are expected to apply for the charges to be dropped in the Ficksburg Regional Court on Friday, SABC news reported. Two of the State's police witnesses claimed they were threatened into making statements to the Independent Police...

South Africans need to get involved in the affairs of the country, but without resorting to violence and looting, deputy public service and administration minister Ayanda Dlodlo said on Wednesday. Speaking in Durban, Dlodlo said that in recent months the country's image had taken a knock...

Lectures at the University of KwaZulu-Natal's Howard College campus were disrupted on Monday by students protesting over accommodation. "Protesting students on the Howard College Campus have disrupted classes," university spokeswoman Nomonde Mbadi said. "We have received reports that some...

A group of protesters gathered outside the Bosman Railway Station in Pretoria on Wednesday demanding improved service from Metrorail. A leader of the protesters, Reuben Rathelele, said relying on the train service had been a frustrating experience for thousands of commuters. "We want them...

Issued by: BDS Workinggroup Attention: News Editors For immediate release: S. AFRICAN STUDENTS DISRUPT (& CANCEL) ISRAELI PERFORMANCE AT JOHANNESBURG UNIVERSITY Last night, 15 minutes into what was going to be a 90-minute scheduled concert by Israel's Yossi Reshef, Wits University...

Lenasia land fraudster Mandla Dlamini was sentenced to three years' imprisonment by the Johannesburg Magistrate's Court on Tuesday. "After considering all the facts before the court, including the age of the accused, I am still of the opinion that imprisonment is the [best] option,"...

The Gauteng provincial legislature accepted a memorandum from the Congress of SA Trade Unions (Cosatu) on Monday, the office of the speaker said. Cosatu held a picket outside the legislature during premier Nomvula Mokonyane's state-of-the-province address, related to e-tolls and other issues...

A policeman was seriously hurt when he was hit on the head with a beer bottle during a protest in Sterkspruit, in the Eastern Cape, police said on Monday. Brigadier Marinda Mills said Warrant Officer Mhlangabezi Kakaza, 46, was among the police who responded to complaints that protesters had...

http://www.businesslive.co.za/southafrica/sa_markets/2012/04/19/cosatu-to-strike-again-on-e-tolls-labour-brokers Can't they just separate the issues for once?