Protests in South Africa
South Africa has been dubbed "the protest capital of the world"[1] and has one of the highest rates of public protest in the world.[2] The rate of protest has been escalating since 2004[3] and "rose dramatically in the first eights months of 2012".[4] Since 2008 more than 2 million people have taken to the streets in protest every year.[5] Njabulo Ndebele argues that "Widespread 'service delivery protests' may soon take on an organisational character that will start off as discrete formations and then coalesce into a full-blown movement".[6] There has been considerable repression of popular protest.[7] The most common reasons for protest are greivances around land and housing.[8]
Escalation of Popular Protest from 2004 till 2012
During the 2004/05 financial year about 6,000 protests were officially recorded, an unknown number of protests went unrecorded, and about 1,000 protests were illegally banned. This meant that at least 15 protests were taking place each day in South Africa at this time.[9][10] However the number of protests has escalated dramatically since then and Business Day reports that "2009 and 2010 together account for about two-thirds of all protests since 2004". [11] There was a dramatic surge in protests shortly after Jacob Zuma first took office and the number of protests was ten times higher in 2009 than in 2004 and even higher in 2010.[12] The number of protests reached an all time high in 2010/2011[13] and then a further all time post-apartheid peak in July 2012[14] with more protests occurring in the Western Cape than in any other province[15] and just under half of all protests occurring in shack settlements.[16]
The Rebellion of the Poor, Municipal Revolts or the Ring of Fire
There has been a major wave of popular protest since 2004.[17][18] Just under 40% of all protests take place in shack settlements.[11] There has been a significant degree of repression of popular protest.[19][20][21]
These protests are usually referred to as service delivery protests in the media but although there is evidence of growing unhappiness with service delivery[22] most analysts argue that this description is overly narrow and misleading.[23][24][25][26] A number of poor people's movements have insisted that their protests should not be referred to as 'service delivery protests'.[27][28][29] But others have termed the rapidly increasing wave of protest since 2004 as a 'rebellion of the poor'[17][30] or a series of 'municipal revolts'.[31] Zwelinzima Vavi, COSATU Secretary General, has described the increasing rate of popular protest as a "ring of fire" closing in on major cities that could result in a Tunisia style revolution.[32][33]
Some of the most notable protests during this period occurred in Harrismith, Kennedy Road, Durban, Diepsloot, Balfour, Thokoza,[34][35] Khutsong,[26] Macassar Village, Lansdowne Road[36][37] and Mandela Park[38][39] in Khayelitsha, KwaZakhele, downtown Durban,[40] Masiphumelele, Ermelo[41], Grahamstown[28] and Thembelihle (Lenasia).[42]
Protests continue and some analysts take the view that protests are becoming increasingly radical.[43] Some commentators have concluded that "a large majority of South Africans feel that conventional mechanisms of engaging the state are failing, and that alternatives may be more effective."[44]
According to Professor Peter Alexander:
"As many commentators and activists now accept, service delivery protests are part of a broader Rebellion of the Poor. This rebellion is massive. I have not yet found any other country where there is a similar level of ongoing urban unrest. South Africa can reasonably be described as the ‘protest capital of the world’."[45]
A number of community organisations and movements have emerged from this wave of protest,[46][47] some of which organise outside of party politics.[48] However in most cases this wave of protest has not led to sustained organisation.[49]
Protest by Trade Unions
The national trade union federation, COSATU, has also organised a number of large protests, most notably against labour broking and highway tolls.[50][51]
Protest by Workers Organised Outside of Trade Unions
The 2012 Marikana miner strike, organised outside of the ruling tripartite alliance, resulted in 34 strikers being killed by the police with 78 being wounded on 16 August 2012.[52]
Notable protests
- The Harrismith protests in 2004 [53][54][55]
- The Kennedy Road road blockade on 19 March 2005[56]
- The Khutsong protests[26] during 2006 and 2007
- The N2 Gateway occupations where over 1,000 families occupied unfinished BNG houses to protest unfair and corrupt allocation of houses during 2007 and 2008[57]
- The February 2008 Symphony Way road occupation which lasted over 1 year and 9 months[58]
- The Balfour protest of 2009[17][59]
- The Macassar Village Land Occupation in May 2009[60]
- The Durban proletarian shopping protest in July 2009[61]
- The Abahlali baseMjondolo march on Jacob Zuma in March, 2010. City Manager Mike Sutcliffe tried to ban the shackdwellers from occupying the CBD[62][63]
- The protests in Ermelo,[41]Grahamstown,[28][64][65][66] Zandspruit [67][68] Ficksburg [69][70][71], Makhaza in Khayelitsha [72], the Samora Machel squatter camp in Mitchell's Plain, Cape Town, Shaka's Kraal in KwaZulu-Natal[73][74], Noordgesig, Soweto[75] and Themb'elihle,[76] Johannesburg, all in 2011.
- Protests in the Siyahlala shack settlement in Gugulethu, Cape Town[77], the Zakheleni[78] and Puntan's Hill shack settlements in Durban, [79], as well as Marrianridge, also in Durban[80], Oliphantshoek in the Northern Cape[81] and Port Elizabeth[82] in 2012.
- Protests on grape farms in the Western Cape in November 2012 [83][84]
Notable post-apartheid protest campaigns
- The Treatment Action Campaign's largely successful struggle for access to AIDS medication
- Operation Khanyisa, protest against electricity disconnection led by the Soweto Electricity Crisis Committee. (The name was later used by ESKOM for a campaign against "electricity theft") [85]
- The No Land! No House! No Vote! Campaign is a popular nationwide protest movement of the Poor People's Alliance boycotting electoral politics.
- The Abahlali baseMjondolo campaign against the Slums Act
- The Right2Know Campaign is a NGO led campaign in defence of media freedom
- The COSATU led campaign against labour brokering and electronic road tolls in Gauteng[86]
- The 2012 Marikana miner strike[87]
- The Western Cape 2012 Farm Workers' Strike[88]
Reasons for protest
- Unequal and segregated distribution of land in both rural and urban areas[89]
- The demand for housing[90]
- Poor Service delivery[91] (especially with regard to housing)[92][93]
- Government Corruption (especially at the local level)[94][95][96]
- Undemocratic structure of wards and development forums[97]
- Top down selection for party positions within the ANC [97][98][99][100]
- Top down and authoritarian approaches to governance[101]
- Evictions and forced removals[102]
- Rampant crime[28][103]
- Unemployment[104]
- Police brutality [105][106]
- Provincial border demarcation issues[26]
- Increases in transport prices[107]
- Electricity disconnections[108][109], increases in electricity prices[110][111][112] and the failure to provide electricity to shack settlements[113]
- Over crowding in schools [114]
- Failure to install traffic calming measures on roads adjacent to shack settlements[115]
- Low wages[87][116]
Tactics
The toyi-toyi originally a Zimbabwean dance, has been used for decades in South Africa as a protest tool. Road blockades,[117] land occupations, the mass appropriation of food[40][61][118] and vote strikes[119][120][121][122] are also common tactics.
Popular Protest & Elections
In areas with high rates of popular protest residents tend to boycott elections, to support independent candidates or to support parties other than the ANC.[123]
Violence
Violence from the State
A number of people have been killed by the police in these protests over the years[41][55][124][125][126][127][128] including Andries Tatane.[70][129][130][131][132][133][134][135] The number of confirmed deaths of protestors after apartheid is currently standing at twenty three. Four people were killed by the police during protests between 2000 and 2004, two in 2006, one in 2008, two in 2009, three in 2010 and eleven in 2011.[136]
There have also been constant allegations of non-fatal police brutality against protestors.[127][137][138][139][140] It has been argued that people organizing independently of the ruling African National Congress are more likely to face state repression.[141][142]
The worst incidence of police violence in post-apartheid South Africa was the Marikana Massacre in August 2012 in which 34 striking miners were killed and 78 were injured. One pistol was recovered from the strikers after the massacre.[143]
Violence from Protesters
Violence on the part of protesters, including attacks on ward councilors and their homes, has been escalating.[144] In two years nine houses belonging to ward councillors in Gauteng were burnt down.[145]
Also See
Further reading
- We are the Third Force, by S'bu Zikode, 2005
- National Trends Around Protest Action by the Freedom of Expression Institute
- Amandla! Protest in the New South Africa, Simon Delaney, Freedom of Expression Institute, May 2007
- In Service of the People's Democracy: An assessment of the South African Police Service, by David Bruce with Gareth Newham & Themba Masuku, Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation, 2007
- Voices of anger. Phumelela and Khutsong: Protest and conflict in two municipalities, Centre for Development Enterprise, 2007
- Burning message to the state in the fire of poor’s rebellion, Richard Pithouse, Business Day, 2009/07/23
- The Elite and Community Protests in South Africa, Shawn Hattingh, 5 August 2009
- People are demanding public service, not service delivery, Steven Friedman, Business Day, 2009
- Service Delivery Protests: Findings from Quick Response Research on Four Hot-Spots’ – Piet Retief, Balfour, Thokoza, Diepsloot, Centre for Sociological Research, 2009
- Political tolerance on the wane in South Africa, Imraan Buccus, University of KwaZulu-Natal, SA Reconciliation Barometer, 2011
- Rebellion of the poor: South Africa’s service delivery protests – a preliminary analysis, by Peter Alexander, 2010
- South Africa: The Enduring Rationality of Revolt, Richard Pithouse, 2010
- Making sense of municipal revolts, by Mandisi Majavu, Foundation for Contemporary Research, 2011
- A State of Deep Crisis in South Africa's Local Government, by Dale T. McKinley, SACSIS, 2011
- Local Government Elections: The Will of the People? , by Jane Duncan, SACSIS, 2011
- Police brutality and service delivery protests, by Mphutlane wa Bofelo, Pambazuka News, 21 April 2011
- Dissent Under Jacob Zuma, Jane Duncan, May 2011
- Dissent Under Thabo Mbeki, Jane Duncan, May 2011
- Rebellions of the poor, by the poor, for the poor, Khadija Patel, The Daily Maverick, May 2011
- Politics of Grieving, by Drucilla Cornell, Social Text, May 2011
- Jobless youth a ‘ticking time bomb’ for SA, Vavi warns, Sam Mkokeli, Business Day, 2011/06/07
- The smoke that calls: Insurgent citizenship, collective violence and the struggle for a place in the new South Africa, Society, Work & Development Institute, 2011
- Ten Thesis on Democracy, Unemployed People's Movement, Amandla Magazine, 2011
- Reclaiming the South African dream, Vishwas Satgar, Red Pepper, December 2011
- Ring of Fire: Not so crazy a picture, Greg Nicholson, The Daily Maverick, 2012
- Protests and Police Statistics: Some Commentary, Peter Alexander, Amandla Magazine, April 2012
- "We are the people who do not count": Thinking the disruption of the biopolitics of abandonment, Anna Selmeczi, PhD Thesis, 2012
- Cosatu finds a way through the tricky political minefield, Carol Paton, Business Day, 2012
- The Politics of Protest, by Jared Sacks, Mail & Guardian, 21 August 2012
- Media underplaying police, state brutality, Jane Duncan, Sunday Independent, 26 August 2012
- Apolitical truth about civil disobedience, by Jared Sacks, Mail & Guardian, 21 September 2012
- The Road to Marikana: Abuses of Force During Public Order Policing Operations, David Bruce, SACSIS, 12 October 2012
- The day the Cape winelands burned, REBECCA DAVIS & KATE STEGEMANN, The Daily Maverick, 15 November 2012
Other Resources
- Service Delivery Protest Map (with media resources), Durham University
See also
- Abahlali baseMjondolo
- The Anti-Privatisation Forum
- The Landless Peoples Movement
- The Marikana miners' strike
- The Mandela Park Backyarders
- The Poor People's Alliance
- The South African Unemployed Peoples' Movement
- The Western Cape Anti-Eviction Campaign
Notes and references
- ^ ‘Black boers’ and other revolutionary songs, Chris Rodrigues, 2010
- ^ Protests and Police Statistics: Some Commentary, Peter Alexander, Amandla Magazine, April 2012
- ^ Protests and Police Statistics: Some Commentary, Peter Alexander, Amandla Magazine, April 2012
- ^ 'The year that anger boils over', Nirhsa Davids, The Sowetan, 11 October 2012
- ^ Behind the Marikana massacre, by Martin Plaut, The New Statesmen, 20 August 2012
- ^ Liberation betrayed by bloodshed, by Njabulo S. Ndebele, City Press, 26 August 2012
- ^ Media underplaying police, state brutality, Jane Duncan, Sunday Independent, 26 August 2012
- ^ Service-delivery protests getting uglier - report, Nashira Davids, The Times, 11 October 2012
- ^ "Amandla! Protest in the New South Africa". FXI.
- ^ Sekwanele! - Social Movement Struggles for Land and Housing in Post-Apartheid South Africa, by Toussaint Losier, Left Turn Magazine, 2010
- ^ a b Are fiery street protests replacing the vote?, Karen Heese and Kevin Allan, Business Day
- ^ Municipal Hotsopts Monitor research as reported in the City Press newspaper, 20 February 2011
- ^ Protests and Police Statistics: Some Commentary, Peter Alexander, Amandla Magazine, April 2012
- ^ South African Television's Accumulation by Dispossession, Jane Duncan, SACSIS, 7 August 2012
- ^ Western Cape is protest capital of SA, Oryx Media, 2012
- ^ Marrian, Natasha (7 August 2012). "Mangaung ANC 'link' to new wave of protests". Business Day.
- ^ a b c Rebellion of the poor: South Africa’s service delivery protests – a preliminary analysis, Peter Alexander, Amandla Magazine, 2010
- ^ Rebellions of the poor, by the poor, for the poor, Khadija Patel, The Daily Maverick, May 2011
- ^ Dissent Under Jacob Zuma, Jane Duncan, May 2011
- ^ Dissent Under Thabo Mbeki, Jane Duncan, May 2011
- ^ Political tolerance on the wane in South Africa, Imraan Buccus, University of KwaZulu-Natal, SA Reconciliation Barometer, 2011
- ^ Dismay over service delivery growing, survey shows, CHANTELLE BENJAMIN, Business Day, 2011/05/13]
- ^ Burning message to the state in the fire of poor’s rebellion, Richard Pithouse, Business Day, 2009/07/23
- ^ People are demanding public service, not service delivery, Steven Friedman, Business Day, 2009
- ^ The Service Delivery Myth, Richard Pithouse, The Daily Dispatch, 2011
- ^ a b c d "We are Gauteng People" Challenging the politics of xenophobia in Khutsong, South Africa, Seminar Presentation, Joshua Kirshner, 23 February 2011, Rhodes University
- ^ Living Learning, Abahlali baseMjondolo
- ^ The Uprising, Dylan Valley interviewed by Sean Jacobs
- ^ Rebellions of the poor, by the poor, for the poor, Khadija Patel, The Daily Maverick, May 2011
- ^ Making sense of municipal revolts, by Mandisi Majavu, Foundation for Contemporary Research, 2011
- ^ Jobless youth a ‘ticking time bomb’ for SA, Vavi warns, SAM MKOKELI, Business Day, 2011/06/07
- ^ Unemployment in South Africa: Feel It, the Ticking Time Bomb Is Here, Ebrahim-Khalil Hassen, 23 June 2011
- ^ "Police get blame for making protests worse". Business Day.
- ^ "Protest violence: cops blamed". News24.
- ^ "An Urgent Update on AbM-WC Protest". Khayelitsha Struggles.
- ^ "Cop fires on Cape Argus team". Cape Argus.
- ^ "Mandela Park Backyarders to march peacefully on Housing MEC at 9am this morning". Mandela Park Backyarders. [dead link]
- ^ "Hundreds protested yesterday in Mandela Park after assault by Chippa security guards. Demonstrations to continue…". Mandela Park Backyarders.
- ^ a b "94 arrested for protest thefts at supermarkets". Daily News.
- ^ a b c Ermelo Residents See No Reason to Vote, Diane Hawker, Independent Online, 2010
- ^ Five lessons from Themb'elihle, Phillip de Wet, The Daily Maverick
- ^ The 'Gatvol' Factor, Jane Duncan, 2011
- ^ Delivery protests National problem requires local, tailor-made solutions, Udesh Pillay, Business Day, 1 April 2011
- ^ A Massive Rebellion of the Poor, Peter Alexander, Mail & Guardian, April 2012
- ^ The elite and community protests in South Africa, Shawn Hattingh, LibCom, 2009
- ^ The 'new' ANC and the Alliance, Shawn Hattingh, Z Mag,2009
- ^ "Popular Anger and Protest in Cape Town is Under the Control of Ordinary People and No Political Party Likes That", People of Color Organize!, 2010
- ^ [* Whose Liberation? A Partly-Forgotten Left Critique of ANC Strategy and Its Contemporary Implications, by Steven Friedman, Journal of Asian & African Studies, February 2012 doi:10.1177/0021909611429436]
- ^ Cosatu finds a way through the tricky political minefield, Carol Paton, Business Day, 16 May 2012
- ^ South Africans march in mass protest at toll roads, BBC News, 7 March 2012
- ^ Marikana: What really happened? We may never know., by Mande de Waal, The Daily Maverick, 23 August 2012
- ^ Harrismith police killing follow-up, Freedom of Expression Institute, 2004
- ^ A collection of newspaper articles on the Harrismith protest
- ^ a b Tatane’s death opens old wounds for family, Lucas Ledwaba, City Press, 2011-04-24
- ^ Struggle Is a School: The Rise of a Shack Dwellers’ Movement in Durban, South Africa, Richard Pithouse, Monthly Review, 2006
- ^ Housing and Evictions at the N2 Gateway Project in Delft, by Kerry Chance, Abahlali baseMjondolo, 2008
- ^ The Cape Town model, state violence and military urbanism, Christopher McMichael, Open Democracy, 5 January 2012
- ^ South Africa’s Poor Renew a Tradition of Protest, Barry Bearak, New York Times, September 2009
- ^ Martin Legassick on the Macassar Village Land Occupation in Cape Town, Martin Legassick, 2009
- ^ a b South Africa's Outraged Poor Threaten President, Megan Lindow, Time Magazine, 24 July 2009
- ^ "Shack dwellers up in arms". Sowetan.
- ^ "Sutcliffe Continues His War on the Poor". Abahlali.
- ^ The Rebellion of the Poor Comes to Grahamstown
- ^ The Flames of Phaphamani, by Pedro Alexis Tabensky, LibCom
- ^ Bullets fly as township erupts, Thabo Jijana, Grocott's Mail, 10 February 2011
- ^ Protests in Zandspruit
- ^ Police fire rubber bullets in Zandspruit, Jacob Moshokoa, Eye Witness News, April 2011
- ^ South Africa rocked by footage of protester's death, Monsters & Critics, 14 April 2011
- ^ a b SAPS, SABC under fire after Ficksburg killing, The Times, 14 April 2011
- ^ Ficksburg protesters torch buildings, by Miranda Andrew, Mail & Guardian, 14 April 2011
- ^ Hall torched in housing protest, Mandla Mnayakama, The New Age, 29 April 2011
- ^ Fatal turn in taxi fare protest, By Lungi Langa and Nompumelelo Magwaza, IOL, 8 June 2011
- ^ Army dispatched to ‘hot spot’, 13 May 2011, Cape Argus, BRONWYNNE JOOSTE and ESTHER LEWIS
- ^ ‘Police fired rubber bullets without provocation’, by Adam Sege, 10 June, The Star
- ^ Themb'elihle: Arresting a protest, Phillip de Wet, The Daily Maverick
- ^ Western Cape hit hardest by service-delivery protests, Setumo Stone, Business Day, 6 June 2012
- ^ Service failure: next step, silence the dissent, Many de Waal, Daily Maverick, 25 June 2012
- ^ KZN to build homes after fatal protest, by NONDUMISO MBUYAZI, Independent on Saturday, 2012
- ^ Residents protest over lack of housing, Kamcilla Pillay, Daily News, 24 July 2012
- ^ Protesters held in Northern Cape, SAPA, IOL Online
- ^ http://www.peherald.com/news/article/7185 Premier Noxolo Kiviet slams protest violence, Zandile Mbabela and Luyolo Mkentane,The Herlad, 6 July 2012
- ^ Western Cape's grapes of wrath, Mandy de Waal, The Daily Maverick, 8 November 2012
- ^ Neither ANC nor DA seems popular with farm workers, who just want a better deal, Carol Paton, Business Day, 15 November 2012
- ^ http://www.saha.org.za/apf/electricity.htm
- ^ Cosatu finds a way through the tricky political minefield, Carol Paton, Business Day, 16 May 2012
- ^ a b Lydia Polgreen (16 August 2012). "Mine Strike Mayhem Stuns South Africa as Police Open Fire". The New York Times. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
- ^ The Farm Workers' Strike: It's Far From Over, Anna Majavu, SACSIS, 15 November 2012
- ^ Service-delivery protests getting uglier - report, Nashira Davids, The Times, 11 October 2012
- ^ Service-delivery protests getting uglier - report, Nashira Davids, The Times, 11 October 2012
- ^ Expect more flash-points - half of SA’s metro residents are still not satisfied with service delivery a year later, TNS Research, 4 March 2011
- ^ Dismay over service delivery growing, survey shows, CHANTELLE BENJAMIN, Business Day, 2011/05/13]
- ^ The broken vows and blocked roads of Kya Sands, by Greg Nicholson, The Daily Maverick, 22 March 2011
- ^ Ayikho impunga yehlathi (There is no place to hide in the world), Abahlali baseMjondolo, 9 March 2011
- ^ Corruption and Dependence: South Africa’s road to ruin or salvation?, Moeletsi Mbeki, Open Democracy, 31 March 2011
- ^ Mucking out the Durban City Hall, Richard Pithouse,SACSIS, 22 March 2011
- ^ a b ANC’s tinkering won’t make democracy work, Steven Friedman, Business Day, 4 May 2011
- ^ ANC faces fury over candidate selection, Sabelo Ndlangisa, Sizwe sama Sende and Cedric Mboyisa, City Press, 2011
- ^ Turmoil in party shows limitations of ‘democratic centralism’, John Kane-Berman, Business Day, March 2011
- ^ ANC List Sparks Fury, Sibongile Mashaba, Sowetan, March 2011
- ^ What the State's Response to the Anger of Protesting Communities Is Not Telling Us, by Ibrahim Steyn, 2009
- ^ A self-written history of Mandela Park: Kwanele! Enough Is Genoeg!, Mandela Park Backyarders
- ^ Dismay over service delivery growing, survey shows, CHANTELLE BENJAMIN, Business Day, 2011/05/13]
- ^ Dismay over service delivery growing, survey shows, CHANTELLE BENJAMIN, Business Day, 2011/05/13]
- ^ March on the Sydenham Police Station: Press Release & Memorandum, Abahlali baseMjondolo, 2007
- ^ Ficksburg killing sparks riot, Deon de Lange, Pretoria News, 15 April 2011
- ^ Fatal turn in taxi fare protest, By Lungi Langa and Nompumelelo Magwaza, IOL, 8 June 2011
- ^ Protest Sparked By Attempt to Cut Illegal Electricity Connections, Nombulelo Damba, All Africa, 2011
- ^ ‘We are being deprived’, NIYANTA SINGH, Sunday Tribune, 2011
- ^ Tembisa protests and the shadow of things to come, by Phillip de Wet, The Daily Maverick, 21 September 2011
- ^ Why SA is burning: Power to the people still a pipe dream, Phillip de Wet, Mail & Guardian, 23 March 2012
- ^ Ratanda residents rekindle Heidelberg protests, Phillip de Wet, Mail & Guardian, 20 March 2012
- ^ Western Cape hit hardest by service-delivery protests, Setumo Stone, Business Day, 6 June 2012
- ^ Ratanda residents rekindle Heidelberg protests, Phillip de Wet, Mail & Guardian, 20 March 2012
- ^ Dead kid sparks riot, AMUKELANI CHAUKE, The Times,1 August 2012
- ^ Western Cape's grapes of wrath, Mandy de Waal, The Daily Maverick, 8 November 2012
- ^ The Enduring Rationality of Revolt, Richard Pithouse
- ^ The Witness]=25560 No mercy, no grants, says Mkhize, Nalini Naidoo, Sharlene Packree and Sapa, The Witness, 2009
- ^ "The Thoroughly Democratic Logic of Refusing to Vote". SACSIS., Richard Pithouse
- ^ The revolt of South Africa’s untouchables, Pedro Alexis Tabensky, Pambazuka, March 2011
- ^ Give ANC a sign - but without boycott, Fred Khumalo, Sunday Times, March 2011
- ^ The self-limiting politics of the SA people, Mandy de Waal, The Daily Maverick, 17 October 2012
- ^ Hotspot voters dump ANC, by Sizwe sama Yende, Lucas Ledwaba, Dumisane Lubisi and Cedric Mboyisa, City Press, 2011-04-24
- ^ Charge three senior cops with murder -- ICD, Bate Felix, City Press, 5 June 2009
- ^ Dissent Can Still Get You Killed, Richard Pithouse, The Witness, 16 June 2006
- ^ Two student protesters killed by police in Durban, South Africa, Trevor Johnson, World Socialist Website, 2001
- ^ a b Independent Report into Political Violence Against Landless People's Movement, Jared Sacks, International Alliance of Inhabitants, 2010
- ^ Most feel let down by their municipality, Brendan Boyle, The Times, 5 March 2011
- ^ Tatane's Death Underlines Need for Government to Deliver by Andile Mngxitama, Sowetan, 19 April 2011
- ^ Only police chiefs can end it, David Bruce, Sunday Times,24 April 2011
- ^ Police violence in Ficksburg is not anything new, Steven Friedman, Business Day, 20 April 2011
- ^ Murdered by the Ruling Classes, by Shawn Hattingh, Anarkismo, 21 April 2011
- ^ Police brutality and service delivery protests, by Mphutlane wa Bofelo, Pambazuka News, 21 April 2011
- ^ We condemn the murder of Andries Tatane and the securitisation of South African politics, Democratic Left Front, 21 April 2011
- ^ Protester's death not an isolated case, ILHAM RAWOOT AND GLYNNIS UNDERHILL, Mail & Guardian, 15 April
- ^ The Road to Marikana: Abuses of Force During Public Order Policing Operations, David Bruce, SACSIS, 12 October 2012
- ^ A collection of articles and statements on police brutality
- ^ The Flames of Phaphamani, by Pedro Alexis Tabensky, LibCom
- ^ Profile of a town on fire, Kwanele Sosibo, Mail & Guardian, March 2011
- ^ Worries emerge over freedom of expression in South Africa, Jane Duncan, 2010
- ^ Activists decry talk of 'third force' at Marikana, by Niren Tolsi, Mail & Guardian, 2012
- ^ Media underplaying police, state brutality, Jane Duncan, Sunday Independent, 26 August 2012
- ^ The murder fields of Marikana. The cold murder fields of Marikana, Greg Marinovich, The Daily Maverick
- ^ Engage citizens to stem rise in violent protests, Karene Heese & Kevin Allen, Business Day, 22 June 2012
- ^ Our councillors are vulnerable - ANC, Dominic Mahlangu, The Times, 25 June 2012