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Taxi drivers wreaks havoc in Western Cape amidst ongoing strikes and protest, disrupting traffic from major cities

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Western Cape taxi drivers will start their protest again this week, disrupting traffic from major cities such as Cape Town and Bellville.

Several taxi associations have begun the resistance that could be resumed this week for their dissatisfaction with Cape Town’s Traffic Department.

They claim that the Department of Traffic officials are using the taxi drivers as a target and the first wave of protests has started in the western regions of the mother city.

The taxi drivers claim that the traffic officers focus on them and strike at them with “impossibly high fines”.

Since the beginning of October, the taxis with their vehicles have blocked the roads and streets, resulting in total chaos and traffic congestion.

The situation is so bad, motorists have been urged to avoid the N2, both inbound and outbound.

Taxi protest: Here’s what we know

The revolt, led by various taxi associations, is believed to stem from their dissatisfaction with how the city
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Video: “I Am F*cking Tired of Trying To Survive in This Goddam Country!” Afrikaner Survives Yet Another Attack!

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Switch on subtitles (CC) for english.

“I was just almost hijacked yet again. Let’s just call it that (hijacking). My windows were closed. My doors were locked. And it happens just like that (clicks fingers). Then 4 of them appear at your doors and they all try your car door handles at the same time. I am TIRED…. and I am FED UP of having to try and survive in this goddamn country.

I do not drive around from dawn to dusk looking for shit to stir in this country. Four ….black……demon-possessed, ignorant….low-intellect scum that roam the earth. Especially here in Africa. And you know what, people are now going to accuse me of being a racist. If that’s the fucking case, then so fucking be it. Because you know what.. this stab wound in my arm… was a black man. I am white. The 2 stab wounds in my chest. It was a black man. And I’m white. These 4 fucking things that were just all over my car were black and I’m white…”

 
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PROTESTS in SA – a prime example of barbaric conduct enforced by violent protesters that destroys whatever they can find and set fire to anything that can burn

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The right to protest is part of human rights. If you are opposed to something, you protest against it.

In most organized and civilized countries, people take to the streets carrying posters and banners, address the media, and then present a document outlining their grievances and what they would like to be done about it.

And then they go home.

Not in South Africa.

You don’t need to have a valid grievance. You don’t need to explain the reasons for your protest clearly, you don’t need to suggest a sensible sollution and you don’t, definitely never ever, need to behave sensibly. You break whatever glass you can find, you set fire to anything that can burn and if possible, make sure you injure or kill a bystander for special effect.

The violent protests around Dunoon on the Cape Flats last week was another prime example of this barbaric conduct.

And dear friends abroad, do you know what the protest was about?

School children were protesting because min
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Syndicate, corrupt officials and even police officers work together in illegal land grabs

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Residents in the Lenasia neighborhood, previously an Indian neighborhood, are busy protesting. The protest stems from the growing number of squatters who set up their huts in the south of Lenasia.

They regard this illegal land occupation as a risk to their safety and that it affects the value of properties. The neighborhood is now almost surrounded by informal structures.

Service delivery is apparently influenced and illegal coupling of power and water causes further stress.

The police had to use rubber bullets to chase the stickers apart. The MEC of housing Lobogang Maile said in a statement that syndicates work with corrupt officials and even police officers who “help” squatters to occupy illegal land.

-Vryburger / 2019-07-22

 

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Traffic severely affected after “land grabs” row – Protesters have been throwing rocks at cars as violent protests escalate in the Lenasia area of Johannesburg, causing a traffic nightmare for commuters

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The situation has become volatile in the Lenasia South region of Ennerdale in Johannesburg, as protests have engulfed major routes through to the city. It has been reported that blockades made from debris and burning tyres have caused a serious traffic nightmare for commuters on Thursday morning.

Although we’re awaiting official verification, it seems that the protests are linked to a recent spate of land invasions in Lenasia. The acts of land occupation have split the community, who also have their grievances with service delivery in the area and a rising tide of criminal activity.

Johannesburg traffic latest news for Thursday 1 August:

The R558 through Lenasia South has been blocked off by protesters.

Burning tyres have also been spotted on the K43 and Old Lawley Road.

Travel through Lenasia, Lawley and Ennerdale has been severely affected. Although some roads have re-opened, the flow of traffic remains heavy.

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Video: No Hope Jo’Anna: JHB Becomes Warzone As Protesters Attack SAPS & Sends Them Packing With Stones!

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Sorry Eddy Grant, Jo’Anna still has no hope even though “your side” was given JHB, for free, and has run Joburg for quarter of a century now… Will the ANC regime also have to send their joke of an army into JHB like they did in the Cape Flats?

Johannesburg had some Deja Vu Thursday when protesters turned the streets of JHB into a warzone. However unlike the SA Police of 25 years ago, it is clear the ANC’s Police is far from capable of enforcing the ANC’s unpopular policies and upholding law and order. Too many “cadre employment” placements no doubt: (vote for ANC and get a job in government services whether you are qualified or not)

We don’t know anymore what the meaning of Riot, Attack, Unrest or Protest anymore. The specifying word should be Terrorism cause what happened today in Johannesburg Central was more likely connected to WAR and a power play… like any socialist country in the world w
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TUT’s nine campuses across the country are still closed due to violent protests by black disadvantaged students who apparently cannot study on empty stomachs

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Academic programs were discontinued at all Tshwane University of Technology campuses and students were ordered to vacate residences.

Residence property has been damaged in the past and recovery costs have not yet been calculated.

Fears exist for student and staff safety. According to TUT’s Willa de Ruyter, the situation at campuses is unpredictable and flammable. The Young Communist League considers the decision of TUT to be a confirmation that challenges and demands of previously historic black disadvantaged students are being overlooked.

Students insist that the National Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) provides their grants for food, especially for those students who do not live on campus, while also insisting on more accommodation.

The police used shock grenades on Monday to dismiss the students who moved to the office of Higher Education Minister Naledi Pandor in Pretoria.

Lucky Nkambule, head of the Student Council at the T
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SA characterised by chaos and violence – Angry protesters barricaded roads with burning tires and set bus alight in Eastern-Cape

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Protestors in the Gelvandale and Bethelsdorp area barricaded the main roads with burning tyres and stones on Stanford Road, Gail Road and other roads in the Helensvale area and in Bethelsdorp, since 06:00 on 19 February 2019.

Public Order Police have been deployed in the areas of Bethelsdorp and Gelvandale and 5 protesters were arrested. The protestors (two men and three females) aged between 28 and 35 are arrested and detained under the Criminal Matters Amendment Act, Gatherings Act and the National Road Traffic Act.

A bus was also set alight. POPS will remain in the area to monitor the situation. At this stage the reason for the protest is unclear. Police are warning the community that although they have the right to protest, they should do so within the ambit of the law and not cause damages to infrastructure and blocking the roads.

They will appear in Gelvandale court on Wednesday 20 February 2019. Motorists are advised to use alternative ro
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What a check! These kids want everything on a silver platter for free – UKZN students burn mattresses in protest over ‘uncomfortable’ beds – African mentalism is destroying our country

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Fed up with the poor condition of their beds, University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) education students have resorted to setting them on fire.

Students at a university residence in Hospital Road, near Durban’s South Beach, burnt the metal frames of their beds on Sunday night to voice their dissatisfaction.

On Monday morning, burning mattresses were seen being flung out of windows at the residence, occupied by education students from the UKZN’s Edgewood campus. The protest resulted in lectures at the campus being cancelled.

Student representative council (SRC) president Sanele Hlongwa told TimesLIVE that they set their beds alight because they could no longer sleep on them.

“For ages now, students have been asking that their beds be changed. The building at Hospital Road is a university-owned building. The university has changed the beds at residences on campus. The same must be applied to off-campus residences,” said Hlong
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Protest actions and strike is becoming a norm in SA – Cosatu plans to bring economic activities in eight provinces  to a complete halt and stated: ‘We will march to show our anger’

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The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) plans to bring economic activities in eight provinces to a complete halt on Wednesday February 15, 2019.

The labour federation said the national shutdown was intentionally planned ahead of the budget speech, so that minister Tito Mboweni could respond to the labour sector concerns on job losses, which the federation says should guide his distribution of resources.

Cosatu spokesperson, Sizwe Pamla, said they were expecting thousands of workers to take part in the mass action, saying they would participate by simply staying at home and not going to work, while others would join picketing in major cities in eight provinces. He said the point of the strike was to bring everything to a standstill and cause as much inconvenience as possible, affecting both the public and private sector.

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