Protesters in South Africa burned tires and piled rocks across the road leading to the Soweto home of the late Nelson Mandela on Wednesday, in a demonstration against electricity bills. Residents blocked the streets of the Soweto neighborhood that was once home to anti-apartheid icons Mandela and Nobel laureate Desmond Tutu, and now a popular tourist spot in Johannesburg. Read … [Read more...] about South Africa: Separate protests block tourist spot near Mandela’s old home, disrupt Cape Town
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Brick throwing on N12 near The Glen shopping centre
Johannesburg – An 8-year-old boy is in an induced coma after a brick flew through the passenger window of the car he was travelling in, striking him on the head. The boy is a victim of a series of four reported incidents of brick-throwing last Thursday, allegedly perpetrated by the same man on the N12 near The Glen shopping centre, south of Johannesburg, Netwerk24 … [Read more...] about Brick throwing on N12 near The Glen shopping centre
