Tag: protests
18 students charged by UFS
The University of the Free State (UFS) is reportedly charging 18 students for various transgressions at the Bloemfontein-based campus following the March 2021 protests...
Disruption of infrastructure projects concerns Mangaung
The Mangaung Metro Municipality is concerned about a new notion among groupings in Bloemfontein to disrupt infrastructure projects that are being implemented around the...
Irate Winburg residents warn FS premier
Irate residents in the Makeleketla Township of Winburg in the Free State have issued a stern warning to the premier, Sisi Ntombela, amidst the...
Business owners reeling from effects of Winburg protests
Small business owners in Makeleketla at Winburg in the Free State are reeling from the effects caused by the sporadic violent protests.
OFM News reports,...
N1 to Winburg closed following protests
The N1 between Bloemfontein and Winburg in the Free State remains closed as a result of violent protests in the Winburg area.
OFM News reports,...
Another suspect arrested over Senekal court riot
Another suspect has been arrested following a protest which turned violent outside the Senekal Magistrate’s Court in Free Sate on Tuesday, 6 October.
The Citizen...
Tensions high as early morning Senekal protests start
Tensions are high and police visibility even higher as thousands of protesters from various organisations and political groups take to the streets of Senekal...
Cape Town protests escalate, resulting in five arrests
Five people were arrested in Steenberg and in Jakes Gerwel Road in Bishop Lavis, Cape Town after protesters burnt tyres and barricaded roads on...
Restaurants set to block roads with tables, chairs in protest on...
The biggest-ever united protest in the history of South Africa’s restaurant industry is set to take place on Wednesday as hundreds of eateries, coffee...
CUT students out on bail following fundraising initiative
Deputy President of the SRC at the Central University of Technology (CUT), Tshegofatso Mojanaga has confirmed that all students who were arrested on Thursday,...
Boikhutsong residents demand schools and clinic
Community members from Boikhutsong outside Ventersdorp in North West continued a service delivery protest today.
OFM News reports that according to provincial police spokesperson, Sam...
Senekal protests have impact on health services
The Free State Department of Health is concerned that protests in Senekal will affect services for patients in need of emergency care. According to...
‘Youth involved in protests jeopardise future employability’
With the elections looming, community protests have being keeping the police busy. Free State’s Acting Provincial Commissioner, Major General Solly Lesia, issued a stern...
Bothaville community members take to the streets in #FSprotests
Community protest action has spilt over to Bothaville in the Free State.
Police spokesperson, Stephen Thakeng, told OFM News ten men were arrested yesterday and...
Public is losing faith in local leaders: Analyst
Over the past two months, there has been protesting action in Mangaung's townships just about every week. This protest action has been in the...
‘Police harassment’ in Phase 7
Ntswaki Sello and Thandeka Mokhali, who were innocently watching the drama of the service delivery protests at the Dewetsdorp Road unfold on Monday morning,...
Residents protest over service delivery on Dewetsdorp Road
Residents of Phase 6 and 7 have been protesting about poor service delivery on the Dewetsdorp road since early this morning. They have been...
NWU Mafikeng Campus management dedicated to finding solutions
Management of the North West University's Mafikeng Campus is dedicated towards finding sustainable solutions to problems raised by students regarding study fees for 2017.
University...