2019 service delivery protests | |
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Date | 3 April 2019 – May 2019 |
Location | Urban areas of
South Africa |
Caused by | Lack of delivery of municipal services |
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Resulted in |
The 2019 service delivery protests refers to a series of protests and civil disturbances taking place across urban areas of South Africa related to poor service delivery that started in Alexandra on 3 April 2019. [4] [5]
After starting in Alexandra on 3 April the protestors marched to the wealthy nearby neighbourhood of Sandton five days later to gain more attention. [6] On 9 April the trade union SAFTU stated their support for the protests and called on other areas in Gauteng province to join. [7] By 11 April 2019 the protests had spread to other major cities in the rest of the country. [8] Other than Alexandra protests occurred in Hammanskraal, Roodepoort, Vereeniging, Kroonstad, Blackheath, [9] Tshwane, [10] Bekkersdal, Orange Grove, [11] Nomzamo [12] Lingelethu East, [13] Bergville, [14] Bekkersdal, [15] Caledon, [16] Eersteriver, Rus-ter-Vaal, [2] Khayelitsha, [17] Riverlea, [18] and Soweto. [19]
The major political parties traded accusations over the cause of the riots. [6] The African National Congress (ANC) accused the Democratic Alliance (DA) of not effectively delivering services to the protesting communities [20] and the DA made a counter accusation that it was ANC governance in Johannesburg two years before was the root cause of poor service delivery in Alexandra. [21] The protests were openly supported by the trade union SAFTU who called on other areas to join the protests. [22] The DA [23] and Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) accused the ANC of instigating and spreading the protests to discredit them in the run up to the 2019 South African general election. [24] [25]
Notable South African academic Steven Friedman, criticised media coverage of the protests for "denigrat[ing] poor people by offering a distorted picture of their lives" and supporting politically motivated narratives that the protests were incited by political parties instead of being driven by genuine grievances. [26]
2019 service delivery protests | |
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Date | 3 April 2019 – May 2019 |
Location | Urban areas of
South Africa |
Caused by | Lack of delivery of municipal services |
Methods | |
Resulted in |
The 2019 service delivery protests refers to a series of protests and civil disturbances taking place across urban areas of South Africa related to poor service delivery that started in Alexandra on 3 April 2019. [4] [5]
After starting in Alexandra on 3 April the protestors marched to the wealthy nearby neighbourhood of Sandton five days later to gain more attention. [6] On 9 April the trade union SAFTU stated their support for the protests and called on other areas in Gauteng province to join. [7] By 11 April 2019 the protests had spread to other major cities in the rest of the country. [8] Other than Alexandra protests occurred in Hammanskraal, Roodepoort, Vereeniging, Kroonstad, Blackheath, [9] Tshwane, [10] Bekkersdal, Orange Grove, [11] Nomzamo [12] Lingelethu East, [13] Bergville, [14] Bekkersdal, [15] Caledon, [16] Eersteriver, Rus-ter-Vaal, [2] Khayelitsha, [17] Riverlea, [18] and Soweto. [19]
The major political parties traded accusations over the cause of the riots. [6] The African National Congress (ANC) accused the Democratic Alliance (DA) of not effectively delivering services to the protesting communities [20] and the DA made a counter accusation that it was ANC governance in Johannesburg two years before was the root cause of poor service delivery in Alexandra. [21] The protests were openly supported by the trade union SAFTU who called on other areas to join the protests. [22] The DA [23] and Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) accused the ANC of instigating and spreading the protests to discredit them in the run up to the 2019 South African general election. [24] [25]
Notable South African academic Steven Friedman, criticised media coverage of the protests for "denigrat[ing] poor people by offering a distorted picture of their lives" and supporting politically motivated narratives that the protests were incited by political parties instead of being driven by genuine grievances. [26]