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Service delivery protests

SA’s service delivery protests likely to decline as electricity grid stabilises - Municipal IQ data

Business Maverick

SA’s service delivery protests likely to decline as electricity grid stabilises - Municipal IQ data

By Ed Stoddard

Angry Cradock and Middelburg residents demand special council meeting over blocked electricity meters

South Africa

Angry Cradock and Middelburg residents demand special council meeting over blocked electricity meters

By Estelle Ellis

Giving a voice to unheard communities, and the art of protesting peacefully and effectively

South Africa

Giving a voice to unheard communities, and the art of protesting peacefully and effectively

By Thom Pierce

Service delivery protests are biggest threat to matric exams, say education officials

South Africa

Service delivery protests are biggest threat to matric exams, say education officials

By Nonkululeko Njilo

Residents of Rocklands: ‘Protesting is the only way the municipality will hear us’

South Africa

Residents of Rocklands: ‘Protesting is the only way the municipality will hear us’

By Luvuyo Mehlwana and Estelle Ellis

Farmers determined to find solutions after bearing brunt of protesters’ rage at lack of service delivery

South Africa

Farmers determined to find solutions after bearing brunt of protesters’ rage at lack of service delivery

By Estelle Ellis

Hopefully, at some stage, the police will be able to arrest July unrest masterminds, says Ronald Lamola

South Africa

Hopefully, at some stage, the police will be able to arrest July unrest masterminds, says Ronald Lamola

By Des Erasmus

Making Hermanus a ‘beautiful place’ for all – can efforts by new mayor Annelie Rabie unify the divided town?

South Africa

Making Hermanus a ‘beautiful place’ for all – can efforts by new mayor Annelie Rabie unify the divided town?

By Angus Begg

Makhanda crisis: Inclusive, transparent and participatory governance processes could be the city’s last chance

South Africa

Makhanda crisis: Inclusive, transparent and participatory governance processes could be the city’s last chance

By Sisesakhe Ntlabezo and Zukiswa Kota

We need the decuplets distraction in these days of misery

South Africa

We need the decuplets distraction in these days of misery

By Sibusiso Ngalwa

The fine legal line between legitimate protest and criminality

South Africa

The fine legal line between legitimate protest and criminality

By Stanley Malematja

What’s wrong with us? Inside the mind of South Africans

South Africa

What’s wrong with us? Inside the mind of South Africans

By Marianne Thamm