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Cape Communities Battle as Protests for Water, Power Turn Ugly

On one side stood Mitchells Plain residents with golf clubs, baseball bats and axes. Across the road were residents from Siqalo informal settlement holding rocks and golf clubs. In the middle were police in full riot gear...

South Africa: Violent Clashes Between Mitchells Plain and Siqalo Residents

GroundUp, 2 May 2018

30 people arrested for public violence Read more »
South Africa: Roads Closed, Cars Set Alight Near Mitchells Plain

News24Wire, 2 May 2018

Protesters have barricaded several roads, damaged property and set a truck alight in Cape Town on Wednesday. Read more »
South Africa: 11 Arrested After Violence Erupts in Cape Town Protest

News24Wire, 2 May 2018

Eleven people have been arrested on suspicion of public violence in the aftermath of a protest on Jakes Gerwel Drive near Mitchells Plain, Cape Town on Wednesday. Read more »

Ashraf Hendricks/ Groundup

Siqalo residents have been protesting for electricity and other basic services.

Ashraf Hendricks/ Groundup

Mitchells Plain residents help to push freight cars out of the road.

Ashraf Hendricks/ Groundup

Siqalo informal settlement residents were driven back by police.

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