Tag: unrest

Three days of unrest, violence and looting in July 2021 cost South Africa 350 lives and saw the national economy bleed to the tune...

The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has been deployed across four provinces to help the South African Police Service (SAPS) safeguard transportation routes...

Businesses are increasingly witnessing the impact of protest movements and civil unrest on their operations, a trend that is forecast to grow according to...

High levels of unemployment and poverty are a high national security risk to South Africa as they are drivers of crime and instability, and...

Last July South Africa was hit by a wave of devastating violence that left over 350 people dead and caused massive economic damage. Different...

As South Africa last week marked the first anniversary of the July unrest that swept through KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng provinces, the use of social...

Roads were blocked, shops were shut, phones were down and mosque loudspeakers blared calls for a general strike in Sudan on Tuesday, a day...

The events that took place in South Africa over July this year highlighted the inability of organs of state to act proactively and decisively...

Defence and Military Veterans Minister Thandi Modise told a sitting of the National Assembly that there is a need to consider deploying a special...

South Africa’s need for sovereign security has been emphasised by July’s civil unrest at home and the insurgency in Mozambique that the South African...

Parliament has requested that the Portfolio Committee on Police (PCOP), in collaboration with the Select Committee on Justice and Security, conduct an oversight report...

The entire security cluster was caught unprepared to deal with July’s civil unrest, and should have anticipated it and taken appropriate measures to pre-empt...

The civil unrest in July resulted in more than 1 200 ATMs stolen or damaged and R120 million in cash taken from ATMs and...

Government is working around the clock to get businesses affected by looting and damage to property in parts of the country back on their...

The opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) party is seeking to obtain a report from the State Security Agency (SSA) on the recent looting and unrest...

The South African Police Service (SAPS), South African National Defence Force (SANDF) and other law enforcement agencies have worked together to recover goods that...

Ten suspects were on Monday remanded in custody for their alleged role in the recent unrest in greater Durban. The suspects, who appeared before the...

On Friday 23 July, Rheinmetall Denel Munition (RDM) donated 1 000 food parcels to needy families who have been affected by recent public violence...

Acting Minister in the Presidency, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, says the death toll related to the recent unrest has risen to 337 in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal. Briefing...

The whole nation has and continues to rightfully applaud the deployment of the military in support of the South African Police, who are seemingly...

Acting Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni says six individuals, who have been identified as alleged instigators of the violent riots that flared up...

The uninvited appearance of the Chief of the South African National Defence Force at a virtual meeting organised and hosted by the Chairperson and...

When roads to KwaZulu-Natal were closed and alternative supply chains had not been re-established, South Africa’s aviation fraternity came together to deliver relief to...

The deployment of 25 000 members of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) from July to August will cost an expected R600 million,...

President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Friday the government would not allow "anarchy and mayhem" to prevail in South Africa after violence this week which...

The announcement on Wednesday 14 July that 25 000 members of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) will be deployed to help counter...

The Right2Know Campaign has said it is dismayed at how President Cyril Ramaphosa, the security cluster and the leaders of the African National Congress...

Defence minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has said that the South African government is looking to deploy 25 000 members of the South African National Defence...

The United Nations (UN) in South Africa has condemned the wave of violence and looting sweeping parts of the country, and says it supports...

The looting spree that appeared to have surprised the rest of law abiding South Africans and the Security Sector, especially the Intelligence Agencies and...

The Monday 12 July announcement that 2 500 South African National Defence Force (SANDF) soldiers would be deployed to assist police in quelling looting...

The South African government has issued a stern warning to those inciting violence and disregard of the law with inflammatory messages on social media. This...

As chaotic scenes played out in pockets of KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng, leaving many businesses gutted and looted by protesters, President Cyril Ramaphosa said it...

Protesters clashed with police in several areas of South Africa and looters ransacked shopping malls on Tuesday as frustrations over poverty and inequality boiled...

Terrorists from Mozambique and instability in eSwatini are not the biggest national security threats facing South Africa. What is most threatening to South Africa’s...

Cameroon saw isolated incidents of unrest in separatist Anglophone regions during voting in an election expected to extend the rule of President...

Shiburu Kutuyu, a 45-year-old Ethiopian maize and coffee farmer, was jolted awake by gunshots one night in June. He told his wife...

Shiburu Kutuyu, a 45-year-old Ethiopian maize and coffee farmer, was jolted awake by gunshots one night in June. He told his wife...

Shiburu Kutuyu, a 45-year-old Ethiopian maize and coffee farmer, was jolted awake by gunshots one night in June. He told his wife...

Mobs looted shops and burned down properties in Ethiopia's eastern Somali region as unrest gained momentum and spread across the province following...

Daniel was at home in Bole, south-west Cameroon, on February 2 when he heard gunfire and a commotion. Moments later, his house...

At least five people were killed in Ethiopia's restive Oromiya region after police opened fire during a protest, witnesses said. Protesters blocked...

Moroccan authorities have arrested more activists involved in the country's biggest political protests since the "Arab Spring", lawyers and rights groups said...

The United Nations human rights chief will push Ethiopia to allow his agency to investigate rights abuses in 2015 and 2016 which...

A total of 669 people were killed in unrest that gripped Ethiopia for months before authorities imposed a state of emergency last...

Two soldiers were killed in fresh unrest in Ivory Coast's capital Yamoussoukro and gunfire erupted in other cities on Tuesday, signalling further...

Ethiopia accused "elements" in Eritrea, Egypt and elsewhere on Monday of being behind a wave of violent protests over land grabs and...

In the wake of violent protests in parts of the Tshwane metro government has called for calm and for people to continue...

Britain's top soldier warned that pro-democracy uprisings in the Middle East could spawn militant Islamist activity in Britain, but said the greatest...

Troops and militiamen loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad moved into a residential district of Homs overnight after six days of tank...