#ZumaMustFall marches in Pretoria and Johannesburg began to dwindle at midday on Wednesday. Thousands had turned out and called for the removal of President Jacob Zuma. At the Union Buildings in Pretoria, the crowd had shrunk to less than 200 as proceedings pushed into the afternoon. Those that were left[…]
Thousands of people are expected to take to the streets in various cities on Wednesday to express their dissatisfaction with President Jacob Zuma’s leadership. Barring the Johannesburg march, organisers of marches in other cities have apparently not applied for permission to demonstrate. Protest marches have been planned for Port Elizabeth,[…]
South Africans have taken to social media to voice their displeasure at President Jacob Zuma’s shock announcement to remove Nhlanhla Nene as finance minister and within 24 hours, the hashtag #ZumaMustFall was trending while a Facebook page to organise a peaceful march had been set up. A Facebook #ZumaMustFall event[…]
The ANC in the Western Cape joined by NGO’s and community organisations marched to the Civic Centre in Cape Town, highlighting a lack of service delivery. A large crowd gathered at Keizergracht ahead of the march through the City Centre. Hundreds of people were bussed into the city in order[…]
Community members in Hanover Park are to take a stand against an upsurge in gang violence that has beset the area over the past two weeks. Residents, led by the National Peoples Movement, will take to the streets on Wednesday in a march against crime and increased gang-related shootings. While[…]
President Jacob Zuma will be forced to face the wrath of protesting students on Friday when they descend on the Union Buildings to await his address. Thousands of students, civil society groups and academics will be waiting for the president’s comments on the tuition fee hike debate that has gripped[…]
More money for workers and a tax on Clifton residents were among the demands coming out of Cosatu’s nationwide marches on Tuesday. The overarching sentiment was that workers were being victimised by government and employers, and that unions were engaged in fighting unfair labour practices. E-tolls, rolling blackouts, job security,[…]
Hundreds of Cosatu members took part in the Cape Town leg of a nationwide protest. Clad in red, they marched through the city centre to deliver a memorandum of grievances to Parliament. The workers demanded that those in power urgently address various difficulties faced by workers such as job cuts,[…]
Hundreds of workers from various unions across the country have taken to the streets of Cape Town to march to Parliament for workers’ rights. Members from Cosatu, NUM, Sactwu and other unions gathered in Kaizergracht to start the protest at around 10:50 on Wednesday. Cosatu provincial secretary Tony Ehrenreich told[…]
The secretary general of Ses’khona People’s Rights Movement has warned that they will later this month march for improved sanitation in impoverished communities. Loyiso Nkohla said the mass action is planned to go ahead on October 28. Nkohla along with Ses’khona leader Andile Lili, Thembela Mbanjwa and Songezo Mvandaba appeared[…]
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