Pretoria - Violent protests often linked to service delivery were never spontaneous, but a build up of issues that had been communicated - without solutions.
Experts on Wednesday said protests and related violence were normally the end result of dissatisfaction which had been taken through the different stages before erupting.
They were speaking at a seminar hosted by the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) in Pretoria, which dealt with violent protests against the backdrop of the upcoming municipal elections.
“People never decide they are unhappy overnight and then wake up and burn schools; they go though a process before protesting,” ISS crime and justice programme manager Lizette Lancaster said.
