source: Witness
actor1: Rioters (South Africa)
actor2: Police Forces of South Africa (1994-)
location: Northdale
notes: On 23 December 2021, Nkululeko informal settlement residents set tires on fire, closed roads and threw stones at vehicles in Northdale (Umgungundlovu, KwaZulu-Natal) in a demonstration regarding lack of electricity. The group tried to storm a substation and attacked with pangas and threw stones at a police officer guarding the area; the substation was set on fire. The police officer was injured. [size=no report]