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The 2021 South African unrest, also known as the July 2021 riots, [23] the Zuma unrest [24] or Zuma riots, [25] was a wave of civil unrest that occurred in South Africa 's KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng provinces from 9 to 18 July 2021, sparked by the imprisonment of former President Jacob Zuma for contempt of court.
23+. Arrested. About 500. The 2023–2024 Senegalese protests broke out in Senegal on 1 June 2023 following opposition leader Ousmane Sonko 's conviction for corrupting young people, which may disqualify him from standing in the 2024 Senegalese presidential election. [1] [2] At least 23 persons died during the protests and about 500 were arrested.
The 2021 Senegalese protests were a series of mass protests and rioting against the arrest of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko over rape allegations which left 13 dead in Senegal during early March. Protests occurred starting throughout Senegal on 3 March, when hundreds gathered to protest the opposition leader's arrest.
South Africa is bracing for nationwide protests called by an opposition party in a bid to unseat president Cyril Ramaphosa. Julius Malema, leader of the Marxist Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF ...
The 2016–2017 Zimbabwe protests began in Zimbabwe on 6 July 2016. Thousands of Zimbabweans protested government repression, poor public services, high unemployment, widespread corruption and delays in civil servants receiving their salaries. [3] [4] A national strike, named "stay-away day," began on 6 July [5] and subsequent protests took ...
2021–2023 Eswatini protests. Date. 20 June 2021 – c. summer 2023. Location. Eswatini; solidarity protests in South Africa. Caused by. Authoritarian rule and suppression of opposition. Misuse of the country's funds by the monarchy [1] Government's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.
He also criticised political "elites", who are purportedly concerned about racism, but "paying no attention" to the "racist government of South Africa". However, BBC News, CBS News, Associated Press, PolitiFact, The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal described Carlson's segment as false or misleading.
Escalation of popular protests. 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.