So far this year they have recorded 140 service delivery protests nationwide, compared to 137 in 2016 and 82 in 2011.
Residents of Maboloka in the North West burnt buses in a service delivery protest on January 21, one of many similar protests to have hit South Africa this year.That's what Municipal IQ, which specialises in local government data, revealed on Tuesday.
Municipal IQ “Even when voters could use their sanction at the ballot box last month, a number chose rather to make themselves heard through service delivery protests,” said Municipal IQ managing director Kevin Allan. “Gauteng has returned to its typical top spot as the protest capital of South Africa, followed by the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal, with the latter particularly rattled last month by a series of protests in Msunduzi and eThekwini,” said Municipal IQ.
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